I swore that I'd never make a carrot cake for the blog.
But I've broken that promise to bring you the book-inspired recipe for Love Like That. Because just look at this book cover. How could I not bake a carrot cake for this post?? For years, I've disliked carrot cake. Loathed it, in fact. Every version I've tried has been dry and tasteless.
A few years ago, at the insistence of some co-workers at an office party (oh, the things we do under...
Who loves Sticky Toffee Pudding? THIS GIRL. You will, too, after you taste this amaze-balls recipe for one of the most decadent and delicious desserts known to man. Yes, this post absolutely needed all that alliteration. BECAUSE THAT IS JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING IS. *Takes deep breath and calms down * Welcome, Tartlets, and let me introduce you to my book-inspired recipe for A Single Thread. As a "surplus" woman in 1930s...
Sock It To Me Cake is main character Roy’s favorite cake in An American Marriage. His momma makes it for him when he goes to visit her, and the unusual, playful name of the dessert caught my eye as I was reading. However, when it tured out that Sock It To Me Cake is the last dessert Roy enjoys before being unjustly imprisoned, I knew what my book-inspired recipe for this amazing novel had to be. While Sock It To Me Cake is a well-known dessert...
Hey guys! So, I’m working on my manuscript this week, which means that I haven’t had time to do much reading. I started Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman, and I’m really loving it even though I’m only, like, five pages in. Josh Malerman wowed me last year when I finally read his 2009 novel Bird Box, and I’m totes excited for this new one from him. However, I had to take a break from it this week because I don’t like to read something by...
