A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

Citrus Breeze Ice Cream (Recipe Inspired by HELLO, SUMMER)

Nothing says “Hello, Summer” like Citrus Breeze Ice Cream. Confession: I've wanted to do an ice cream riff on the ever-popular Man Catcher Cake for awhile; its subtle hints of orange, lemon, and vanilla make everyone scrape their dessert plates and ask for seconds. One day, I decided that the cake flavors would be fantastic in frozen dessert form. (Spoiler: I was right). However, I didn’t have a book to pair with this culinary brain child,...

Man Catcher Cake (Inspired by THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO)

This book-inspired recipe was kind of a no-brainer. Evelyn Hugo has seven husbands. Clearly, this woman is a knock-out and needs no help catching a man -- or a woman, for that matter. So, I figured it was only fitting that I should pair my review of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo with the Man Catcher Cake. Full disclosure: This is by no means an original CJ recipe. I’ve been making this cake for years after first discovering it in All Cakes...