Dessert Recipes

My friend Maria asked why I couldn’t just dump the pumpkin puree in with the butter instead of creaming them separately. I started to explain … Read more

The first time I made this pumpkin tres leches cake, I was trying to impress a neighbor who had just moved in from Texas. She … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and I had a very specific craving for something sweet, creamy, and spiced. I didn’t have the … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of perfectly uniform, elegantly frosted chocolate cupcakes for my niece’s birthday party. I had it all planned out—a … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store last October, totally zoned out, when I saw it—a bag of candy eyeballs hanging … Read more

The PTA Halloween party was in three hours and I had completely forgotten. Every other parent was going to show up with those elaborate, Pinterest-perfect … Read more

I used to think Halloween desserts were a little, well, ridiculous. All that neon food coloring, bags of candy corn that nobody actually finishes, and … Read more

I was standing in the dairy aisle of my local grocery store last Tuesday when a woman walked by holding a slice of pumpkin pie … Read more

My sister-in-law claimed for years that she “didn’t do cute desserts.” Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving, she’d show up with a store-bought pie or a simple bowl … Read more

I was at the hardware store last October, not for anything Halloween-related, just buying a new paintbrush for the trim in the living room. The … Read more