Fall Baking Adventures

1. PB&J bars (Barefoot Contessa) 

Made with organic PB and Bonne Maman raspberry preserves.

 2. Blueberry Lemon Muffins (Barefoot Contessa) 

fresh blueberries, fresh lemons, not out of a mix = so much tastier.

 3. Vegan Chocolate Cupcake (Sketch-free Vegan Eating)  

You would never know the frosting is made with avocados. Shh... 

  4. Black Sesame Lemon Cookie (Martha Stewart)  

It's like a lemon poppyseed cookie, but with crunchy black sesame seeds.

  5. Chocolate Hazelnut Torte (Smitten Kitchen)  

If you like Nutella, you'll like this cake. Period.  

Red Wine Chocolate Cake

I think there are very few people who would not include wine, chocolate 

or cheese at their last meal. Thankfully, this has all three. 

First Crush red + Dutch cocoa + mascarpone 

It's like the "tipsy" version of red velvet cake!

It's Big, It's Gay, It's...Ice Cream!

Curried toasted coconut + pumpkin butter = NOMS! 

Henry James once said 'summer afternoon' contains the two most beautiful words in the English language. 
I say 'ice cream' comes pretty damn close. 

Behold: