Category Archives: Cookies Inspired by Drinks
MoFo #17: Carrot Cake Oatmeal Cream Pies
These are for the Vegan MoFo Iron Chef Challenge #4! Cinnamon coconut cream is encased between two soft carrot oatmeal spice cookies for a divine fall treat. The secret ingredients were carrots and oats.
MoFo #16: Matcha Truffles
This morning I gave myself a pretty nasty cut! I was using kitchen shears to halve brussels sprouts and I knew it was probably not a good idea, but if I thought about being careful, what could go wrong? Well, I immediately stabbed the scissor points into my index finger, sliced through, and was left …
MoFo #15: Jack and Coke Cake
My friend Megan requested this cake several months back and it’s been in the back of my mind for quite a while. After making whiskey buttercream the other week, I decided whiskey would be more suited with darker, chocolate-y flavors. I made a cola reduction, utilizing the same method as the grape soda cupcakes and …
MoFo #12: Chocolate Malt Shake [recipe]
Oh my god. I drank less than half of one of these and I’m in a milkshake coma. This shake is not for the faint of heart. It makes an extremely thick, rich chocolate malt diner-style shake. Sip slowly, savor, and consider sharing with friends. This milkshake is here to tread on the fragile stomping …
MoFo #11: Pumpkin Beer Bread
Get ready for more pumpkin because I roasted some squash today and made a giant vat of puree! I might just have to call this book “baked goods inspired by pumpkin-y drinks”. Ever since pumpkin beer emerged this season, I’ve been wondering what kind of baked good I should make with it, but have been …
MoFo #9: Kittycakes
KITTYCAKES! I made these cupcakes for my friend Sarah’s birthday last week. The cake is my basic lemon cupcake recipe topped with whiskey lemon buttercream and chocolate ganache. I’d like to make a dessert based on the whiskey sour sometime soon. Cupcakes are a dead giveaway, so I’ve been avoiding them lately when writing new …
MoFo #8: Mini Pumpkin Apple Pies and Coconut Cream How-to
Blah, blah, blah here I go with the pumpkins again. I decided to play around with the traditional pumpkin pie by introducing different flavors into the dessert and miniaturizing it. Now, I’ve made pie only a few times ever, so rolling pie crust and demystifying all the kinds of pie innards still has a bit …
Vegan MoFo #7: Ted Leo
Back in July, I saw Ted Leo & the Pharmacists in Milwaukee. Ted and I became Twitter friends shortly before the show. Is Twitter friends the correct term? What I mean is, Ted followed me back on Twitter because of the lovely beautiful pretty haired Isa Chandra. I got all giggly and jumpy for approximately …
Vegan MoFo #6: Rainbow Unicorn Cake
Unicorn rainbow cake! I rarely make full-sized cakes unless I have somewhere or someone to bring them to, but I really wanted to play around with fondant and painting with food coloring, so this cake went to school with me. After making grape soda cupcakes, I was really into the idea of making more soda …
MoFo #5: Pumpkin Beer, Brunch, and Bread
Surprise! I’ve jumped on the pumpkin bandwagon. With countless varieties of winter squash popping up in every grocery store and farmer’s market all over the place, it’s pretty difficult not to put roasted squash in everything or make every kind of pumpkin baked good. This newfound squash fixation forced me to do something I’ve never …
