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Posts about Dutch Butter Cake written by Liz {E2 Bakes Brooklyn}
Happy Christmas week! Happy Solstice! Happy almost the end of 2020!I’m coming at you on this winter Monday to give you one last cookie recipe before Christmas. Don’t worry, it’s super easy—just a slice & bake shortbread that’s been rolled in sparkling sugar so it looks *fancy.* And it is. But it’s also stupendously easy.…
I’m continuing through my list of classic Christmas cookies/treats of which I have previously been deprived My latest observation in this multi-year endeavor is that a lot of popular holiday desserts are just variations on sugar cookie dough. If you need proof, see here, here, and here (and then make all of those recipes and…
It's gotten a little quiet around here over the last week, but for a good reason. My little sister, Eliot (E3), moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to begin her masters degree at Harvard. Yes, that Harvard. I literally cannot stop bragging about her--so proud. In true Davenport style, we couldn't let her do a cross-country move…
The Fourth of July is just a few days away, y’all! While you may be thinking about vacation or grilling or how to keep your dog safe during the fireworks, I am over here thinking about--what else--cake! Red, White & Blueberry Cake, to be specific. Yes, a layer cake that is loaded with strawberries, blueberries,…
The idea for these Funfetti Cake Doughnuts popped into my head while my parents were in town last week and I was so enthralled by it that I reorganized my baking schedule so I could make them as. soon. as. possible.You’re welcome.I mean, are these the happiest doughnuts you’ve ever seen or what?!If you love…
I’ve been a chewy cookie devotee for pretty much my whole life, but I might be coming around to the other side. I mean, I’m not going to swear off soft cookies forever or anything, but let’s just say I get where the crunchy cookie people are coming from. Think about it. We don’t eschew…
I must have a thing for sweetened condensed milk right now—this is the third post in a row that requires cracking open a can of the good stuff.Can you blame me? It’s just so versatile! If you want something to be smooth, creamy, or structurally sound without a million ingredients, sweetened condensed milk is probably…
Have you ever had petit fours? They’re tiny cakes that are coated in sweet poured fondant—somehow the perfect combination of cuteness and class. They’re often seen at weddings, baby showers, and brunches. In my family, we like to eat them on Easter Even (aka Holy Saturday). Growing up, we’d forego Easter morning Mass in favor…
Father's Day is coming up! Normally, I would write a sappy post about my dad (he's a great guy--see here and here), but he's a little Internet shy. I don't blame him. So, instead of writing about him and a dessert he would love, I'm going in the opposite direction. My dad doesn't care for…
If you’re keeping track, this is my third Monster recipe in 18 months, but I took the long way around, posting two spin-offs of this recipe before posting the real deal. Logic isn’t always my bag. If you missed my Monster Blondies and Monster Carmelitas and are wondering why I’m talking about monsters and if…
Soft Sour Cream Sugar Cookies. Try saying that five times fast. Or, you know, skip the silliness and just make ‘em. These are a homemade take on the super soft, vibrantly frosted Lofthouse Cookies I loved during my college years. While you won’t find me buying them these days, I think about them more than…
For the third year in a row, my first Christmas cookies of the season are being posted as part of the Sweetest Season Cookie Exchange, in which food bloggers post festive goodies and donate money in support of Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We believe in their mission to raise funds for…
We’re getting close to the end of this year’s posts (two more recipes to go!), but I just couldn’t let 2020 end without making sure you knew about these Chocolate Salted Caramel Thumbprints.Let me say that again: Chocolate. Salted. Caramel. Thumbprints. That’s right—chocolate sugar cookies filled with soft, chewy caramel and finished with a chocolate…
I have never had many feelings about Neapolitan ice cream—that classic all-in-one combination of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry—except that I’d probably prefer a scoop of vanilla with sprinkles instead.Neapolitan Shortbread, though, are a different story. I saw a few recipes for them while scrolling through Pinterest a few weeks ago and thought they were super…
Sometimes I go weeks without any new recipe ideas. Other times, they just come to me out of the blue. One minute, I'm adding cashews to the filling of my Paleo Cheesecake, and the next, I'm totally consumed with the idea of Cashew Butter Snickerdoodles. Sometimes, it just hits me. Y'all, I am all about…
Sometimes you just need something easy. Something that will satisfy your sweet tooth, but also doesn't have 43 ingredients or involve a 90 minute chill. Something that turns out every single time without you having to think too hard. Something that will go well with Nutella or ice cream or pudding or coffee. Something that…
Updated 12/3/2018: this post was edited to add better photos and a minute to the baking time.For whatever reason, I associate gingersnaps with watching TV with my dad when I was five. After dinner, he'd grab a few and make himself a cup of decaf, park Eliot and me next to him on the couch,…
This is just to let you know that if, on the second night of vacation, you make dinner for your friends, clean up, and still have the urge to make Peanut Butter Cookies...well, that’s an urge you should follow. And if you have the urge to make them again when you return home, just go…
