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Cupcakes, farmer’s market finds, and pastries
Most of this past week has been spent making cupcakes! I had an order for one of my personal favorites, red velvet cupcakes. For those of you unfamiliar with red velvet, it is a buttermilk cake, tinted...
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Why Pastry School?
I’ve always loved baking. You can probably tell this by taking one look at my blog. But I wanted to learn more. I wanted to understand why failures in the kitchen happen and how to prevent them. I also...
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What is Pastry School?
Sometimes I mention my time spent in pastry school in my articles and blog postings. For those of you wondering what exactly pastry school is and all that it entails, I’ve done my best to create a fair...
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Petit fours for a crowd
Last week I made several types of petit fours for my mom’s book club meeting. They were a hit! I love being able to share the taste of French pastry with people. It’s just something we don’t get to...
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Wild Mountain Blueberries and Peak-of-Summer Berry Crisp
Recently, my brothers and I took a trip down to the Asheville, North Carolina area for a repeat of our sibling adventures last summer. We wanted to fit in lots of hiking and take advantage of the cool...
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Lemon Ginger Sand Dollar Cookies
When I first came across this recipe, I knew that I would make these. Perhaps it was the combination of lemon and ginger that got me, or maybe my mind was already on our upcoming family vacation to...
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Key Lime-Cocoa Tartlets
A few weeks ago I bought a bag of key limes. While tiny, key limes are prized for their tartness. Being late summer and all, I thought a lime tart would be quite refreshing in this heat! I was going to...
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Sweet Corn Ice Cream with Blackberry Sauce
Alright, alright, don’t freak out too much. Yes, this is ice cream infused with a vegetable. I know this sounds weird. But think about it okay? Why do we like corn in the first place? Because it’s...
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Apple Season and Apple Spice Cupcakes
One of my favorite things about Autumn is going to apple orchards and picking our own apples. We always come home with more apples than we had expected… Fortunately, apples can last a long time when...
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Separating The Best From The Rest: The Ultimate Brownie Recipes
For the past month now, we have been dealing with a bit of an oven fiasco. None of the repairmen seem to know what’s wrong with it and how to fix it. As someone who bakes about every day, this has been...
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The Newest Pastry Adventures
Hello friends! It’s time for a little update. I’m moving to Colorado, which is an adventure in itself. My life will become significantly busier, but I’m determined to keep posting. Every time I’ve...
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Pumpkin Butter, Poached Pears, and Preserving Herbs
Shortly before Halloween, I purchased a pumpkin pie pumpkin. Yes, you read that correctly. Pumpkin varieties that work best for baking are the pumpkin pie pumpkin and the sugar pumpkin. Pumpkin pie and...
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Exciting News!
Hello friends! I am finally back to the blog world. After spending the winter season working out in beautiful Colorado, I decided to stick around. I am about to embark on a new adventure as pastry chef...
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The Sunday Harvest Menu
There are only a handful of Sundays left this season for our Sunday Harvest Menu at the restaurant! Since early June, the Restaurant Kelly Liken kitchen crew shops at the Vail Farmer’s Market every...
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High Altitude Baking
I am often asked by many of our diners how I adapt my baking for the altitude that comes with living up in the high rockies. When I first moved out here, I was terrified of what the elevation can do to...
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New Dessert Menu Debuts Today!
The aspens are turning a brilliant yellow right now, which only means one thing: fall is here. This can be reflected in the our new fall menu, which showcases the end of summer produce and early fall...
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Chocolate Pistachio Mousse Cakes for a Special Visit
My parents came out to visit for a few days and it was such a joy to see them and spend time together. Since we live so far apart, getting together was a special occasion. For one of the nights, I...
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High Altitude Rocky Mountain Apple Spice Layer Cake with Caramel Whiskey...
Last week I did a dessert special at the restaurant featuring this moist lightly spiced apple cake. Cubes of warmed cake were served on top of a spiced caramel (star anise, cloves, cinnamon sticks,...
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Autumn Palette: The Fall Dessert Menu
I managed to remember my camera tonight at work, and we also had the rare occasion of a slower night, which created a few opportunities to snap photos before the plates left the window. When I was...
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A New Beginning
Hello friends, it’s been awhile. I know I have been absent on here, and a large part of that is due to my lack of time. However, lately I feel there is something missing in my life. Making plated...
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