9.12.2011

Close of Summer... and Tarts....

Fried Egg & Okra tart


It's finally getting pleasant enough to turn the oven on for lunches and such... Tarts as you, perhaps, already know are one of my favorite baked items to make, savory or sweet.

9.06.2011

Let there be cake......

Apricot upside Down Chocolate Cake-1


Even as the Summer comes to a slow end around here with a lot of upheavals and new experiences (an earthquake, an almost-hurricane..), Summer produce continues to flood the market. Every year, the warm weather brings an abundance of stone fruits and there is always yet another way to enjoy them.

Apricots are one of my favorite stone fruits. If you have ever tasted one baked into a cake, you will have to agree that they represent Summer in bite sized happiness! Combining them with chocolate, another mood booster was just the simplest thing to do.