Some Holiday Baking

Hot chocolate, Balzano apple cake, and some apple pies I made for a friend.

Between Food Interlude: More Music

Some of the songs I'm baking to this week:


Morcheeba - World Looking In


Alice Smith - Fake is the New Real

Sarah Brightman - Gloomy Sunday

Ron Sexsmith - All in Good Time

Amos Lee - Shout Out Loud

Feist - Inside and Out

Wise in Time - The Fox

Passion Fruit Curd Tartlets

The tartlet is based on the Tart Maeva I had at the Vanille Patisserie in Chicago. The sweet tart shell is filled, from top to bottom, with strawberry jam, a disc of banana cake, and passion fruit curd.

Sticky Buns