Tag Archives | baking

Norwegian Apple Cake

Are you looking for something a little different than the traditional apple pie for the holidays? This Norwegian apple cake...

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Cocoa and Brown Butter Brownies

I am on the endless quest for the perfect brownie. As you peruse the Sur le Plat site, you may...

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Deep Dark Chocolate Cookies

Chocolate heaven! My neighbor, Carol, gifted me with these cookies many years ago when I first moved into our neighborhood....

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Coffee Flan

I have Alice Medrich, author of “Sinful Easy Delicious Desserts,” for this simple luscious recipe for flan with my favorite...

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Coffee Rani Brownies

Coffee Rani is a charming neighborhood cafe in Covington and Mandeville Louisiana. They are known throughout the region for their...

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Cherry Clafoutis

Sometimes when I grow a little weary of fruit cobblers, I remember the cobbler’s cousin, clafoutis. A clafoutis is a...

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Coffee Almond Ice Cream Cake with Dark Chocolate...

Another no cook recipe to add to my “turn off the stove ” series of summer recipes. This Coffee Almond...

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scone baking

In the Sur Le Plat Kitchen: Making Scones, fruit cobbler and lemon curd

The inaugural Sur Le Plat scone making class was a tremendous success! We began the class with a tasting of fresh blueberry scones with lemon curd. I also made some lavender lemonade to keep us cool on this hot summer day and accompany our sweet and savory creations. Twelve cooking enthusiasts joined me in the […]

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Lemon Curd

My friend Marguerite has a Meyer lemon tree that produces literally hundreds of lemons each winter. Meyer lemons have such...

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Honey Lavender Cookies: A tribute to Pinnebog Creek...

I am forever grateful to Pinnebog Creek Lavender Farm in Bad Axe Michigan for sharing their lavender and their recipe...

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Blueberry Cobbler

I first started making cobblers when I moved to Covington and met a friend with a blueberry farm. This led...

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Macadamia and Coconut Tart

In her cookbook, “Cindy’s Supper Club,” Cindy Pawlcyn, the Napa Valley California chef shares recipes learned from her travels and...

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