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Classical tenor, university professor, and enthusiastic baker! 🎵 👨‍🏫 👨‍🍳
05/31/2026
Today’s recipe features a lovely combination of flavors that I hadn’t tried before: ’s Raspberry Lavender Muffins!
The lavender flavor in this recipe comes from steeping lavender buds in melted butter, straining the buds out, and then adding the butter to the batter. The raspberries add a nice amount of moisture to these muffins, in addition to plain yogurt! The muffins aren’t too sweet, so I decided to top them with Dorie’s confectioner’s sugar glaze. My church choir friends enjoyed these—I’d recommend the recipe!
03/29/2026
Today’s bake is perfect for spring, perfect for Aries season birthdays (👀), and absolutely delicious: ’s Lemon Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting!
I love baking layer cakes of all kinds from various cake cookbooks/food blogs, but I must admit that Yossy Arefi is my favorite cake recipe developer. Her cakes always yield perfect results. I always know when I select one of her cake recipes that it will turn out beautifully. This cake is flavored with lemon juice and lemon zest, and each layer is brushed with lemon syrup for extra moistness. The cream cheese frosting is the perfect compliment to the lemon. This was my first birthday cake of the year (my birthday is this week), and I shared it with my church choir friends! 🍋The recipe is available on .
Almost every dessert worth eating starts with eggs and butter, and I’m showcasing this dream team of ingredients by making Penny’s Chocolate Mousse with Candied Hazelnuts!
Only the best ingredients will do for this rich and decadent treat, so naturally, I’m using eggs and butter from . This recipe comes from ’s menu at , and it was adapted for by .
The consistency is thicker than your traditional mousse—but my goodness is it fabulous. Extra virgin olive oil from gives the mousse a brightness, and the candied hazelnuts—well, I could eat those by the handful.
This might by my new go-to dessert recipe for dinner parties. If you’re a chocolate lover, definitely give this recipe a try!
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