Jump to recipe Noah’s birthday fell on a Wednesday this year, right in the middle of soccer practice drop-offs and a week where Jake had back-to-back late nights at the office. There was no time for an elaborate layered cake, and honestly I was not about to show up to […]

Jump to recipe The other afternoon, Lily came home from school absolutely convinced that the only thing that could fix a hard day of first grade was a “really, really good chocolate project.” I had all my usual healthy dinner prep staring at me from the counter, but when a […]

Jump to recipe The other day, Noah and Lily were begging Jake to build a campfire in the backyard because they were craving s’mores. Since it was pouring rain here in Austin, a fire was completely out of the question. I promised them we could make something even better inside, […]

Jump to recipe It was a Sunday afternoon in late spring, the kind of day where the Texas heat was just starting to creep in and everyone in our house was a little restless. Lily had been asking me all week for something special and dessert-y, and I had promised […]

Jump to recipe Last weekend, we decided to have an impromptu backyard picnic. Lily and Noah were running through the sprinklers, and Jake was firing up the grill. I wanted to make a dessert that felt bright to match the afternoon, so I baked this Hawaiian Carrot Pineapple Cake. Noah […]