tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-286208 2009-12-11T00:00:00-08:00 a passion for pastry TypePad typepad/dessertfirsthttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1d8653ef0120a73ebd47970b 2009-12-11T00:00:00-08:00 2009-12-10T21:51:20-08:00 pastrygirl Here's a little irony for you: when I went to the midwest for Thanksgiving a couple weeks back, I was told there might be a chance of snow, that I might get to experience the joy of the first snowfall....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=81wD22_UmVY:Ki1hOeZmzjk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=81wD22_UmVY:Ki1hOeZmzjk:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=81wD22_UmVY:Ki1hOeZmzjk:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=81wD22_UmVY:Ki1hOeZmzjk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=81wD22_UmVY:Ki1hOeZmzjk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=81wD22_UmVY:Ki1hOeZmzjk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=81wD22_UmVY:Ki1hOeZmzjk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=81wD22_UmVY:Ki1hOeZmzjk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=81wD22_UmVY:Ki1hOeZmzjk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=81wD22_UmVY:Ki1hOeZmzjk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://dessertfirst.typepad.com/dessert_first/2009/12/brown-butter-cake-with-caramel-buttercream.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1d8653ef012875d72f4f970c 2009-11-25T22:00:00-08:00 2009-12-05T23:26:58-08:00 pastrygirl Happy Thanksgiving to all! This is just a short update since I'm in Kansas about to celebrate the holiday with the family of the boyfriend. I just wanted to share a little concoction I whipped up before I left, while...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzcMYZtkvfM:O7dhZ7WPrgE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzcMYZtkvfM:O7dhZ7WPrgE:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=OzcMYZtkvfM:O7dhZ7WPrgE:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzcMYZtkvfM:O7dhZ7WPrgE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=OzcMYZtkvfM:O7dhZ7WPrgE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzcMYZtkvfM:O7dhZ7WPrgE:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzcMYZtkvfM:O7dhZ7WPrgE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=OzcMYZtkvfM:O7dhZ7WPrgE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzcMYZtkvfM:O7dhZ7WPrgE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=OzcMYZtkvfM:O7dhZ7WPrgE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://dessertfirst.typepad.com/dessert_first/2009/11/giving-thanks-frozen-cranberry-nougats.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1d8653ef0120a6beeb4b970b 2009-11-21T00:00:00-08:00 2009-11-20T23:47:58-08:00 pastrygirl Does anyone else have a noticeable uptick in friends' birthdays around this time of the year? November to me is not just the month that marks the beginning of the holidays, but also the beginning of the birthday onslaught. I...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=cyIE9gwKtCo:_w7TUlSSWvI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=cyIE9gwKtCo:_w7TUlSSWvI:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=cyIE9gwKtCo:_w7TUlSSWvI:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=cyIE9gwKtCo:_w7TUlSSWvI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=cyIE9gwKtCo:_w7TUlSSWvI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=cyIE9gwKtCo:_w7TUlSSWvI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=cyIE9gwKtCo:_w7TUlSSWvI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=cyIE9gwKtCo:_w7TUlSSWvI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=cyIE9gwKtCo:_w7TUlSSWvI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=cyIE9gwKtCo:_w7TUlSSWvI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://dessertfirst.typepad.com/dessert_first/2009/11/gingerbread-birthday.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c1d8653ef01287598f265970c 2009-11-13T14:04:41-08:00 2009-11-13T14:04:41-08:00 pastrygirl Some of my earliest memories of baking at home involved my mom, a box of cake mix, and a bundt pan. Now, to be completely fair to my mom and cake mixes, she came over to America at the age...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzyxseTT9MY:VGDK8FLRUrw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzyxseTT9MY:VGDK8FLRUrw:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=OzyxseTT9MY:VGDK8FLRUrw:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzyxseTT9MY:VGDK8FLRUrw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=OzyxseTT9MY:VGDK8FLRUrw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzyxseTT9MY:VGDK8FLRUrw:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzyxseTT9MY:VGDK8FLRUrw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=OzyxseTT9MY:VGDK8FLRUrw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?a=OzyxseTT9MY:VGDK8FLRUrw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/typepad/dessertfirst?i=OzyxseTT9MY:VGDK8FLRUrw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://dessertfirst.typepad.com/dessert_first/2009/11/vanilla-mocha-walnuts-memories-of-bundt-cake.html