Strawberry Pound Cake

This strawberry pound cake is baked in a Bundt pan for even cooking instead of the traditional loaf pan.

Triple Layer Coconut Cake

This three layer coconut cake has lemon curd filling and marshmallow frosting on top. It makes a classic, southern style homemade coconut cake.

Strawberry Cream Scones

Strawberries have the annoying habit of dissipating when they bake. Most of the juice bakes away, leaving a blip of strawberry inside muffins and scones. This recipe allows you to crown each scone with a mound of strawberries, glazed with opaque apricot preserves for a shiny, patisserie-like appearance and for extra flavor.

Toasted Coconut Pound Cake

Coconut lovers rejoice! This toasted coconut pound cake has just the right amount of coconut to satisfy your craving.

Coconut Shortbread Cookies

There is coconut baked both in and on these buttery shortbreads. If you are nutty for coconut, like me, go ahead and use coconut extract instead of vanilla – it is available in most grocery stores. Real extract, as opposed to artificial, may need to be sourced at a natural foods store.

Mai Tai Pudding

Using a wire whisk while stirring this stovetop pudding is easier than using a wooden spoon – the whisk also moves more of the pudding around, ensuring an even dispersion of ingredients.

Lemon Upside Down Cakes

The Meyer lemon is a common sight in California these days, ripening in late winter and early spring. I use them for their mild, sweet yet tart flavor, but any lemon will do-organic are best when eating the peel, as you will in this lemony cake. I served these for a decidedly non-fancy brunch and […]

Mani’s Lemon Bars

This is a classic lemon bar recipe. To keep longer than a few days, it’s best to wrap each bar in plastic and freeze. If you choose to sift powdered sugar over the top, it tends to be absorbed after a day or two – simply sift a few more tablespoons over the bars before […]

Lemon Cream Frosting

This easy to follow frosting recipe is very lemony and calls for lemon zest and juice.