

spice cake with berry compote & coffee-cardamom frosting
Ok, I promise I'm not going to post about everything we served at our wedding. I'm done after this one. Although there were these herbed butters... we'll come back to those later. This timing worked out perfectly, though. Our anniversary was on the 23rd and my friend asked me a couple months back if I'd be willing to make a cake for their wedding the following Saturday. She also gave me free reign on what kind of cake to make, so I jumped at the opportunity to finally eat a w


ginberry jam
Confession. (shhhhh!) I've never made jam before. Or rather, I'd never made jam until this month. I always liked to think about making jam, but I never really got around to actually trying it. Partly it was because I'd never learned how to can things and partly it was because I thought it would be way too much work for a small payoff. You know, those conjured images of stirring fruit in large vats over steaming stovetops, hair tied back in a kerchief and wiping sweat from you