Saturday, July 27, 2019

Ice Cream Cake with Peanut Butter Crunchies

Cake with layers of chocolate cake, vanilla ice cream and peanut butter crunchies.

Happy birthday to me and, true to form, I've made my own birthday cake. This year I took a break from my normal cheesecake obsession to recreate a childhood favorite. Since my birthday falls in the middle of summer, my mother always got me an ice cream cake and it's about damn time I tried to make my own.

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Peach and Thyme Hand Pies

Individual peach hand pies with fresh thyme and an all butter crust.

I normally don't expect to find sweet ripe peaches around here until August but this year the selection has been amazing. When I see peaches at the grocery store and give them a sniff, I'm rewarded with the sweet perfume of ripe fruit. And I definitely can't resist.