Welcome to TBLSPOON
Follow along as I document my adventures in baking. I hope it inspires you to try something new.
Thanks for visiting,
Sarah
Follow along as I document my adventures in baking. I hope it inspires you to try something new.
Thanks for visiting,
Sarah
All tagged Almond
This beauty is an easy poppy seed almond cake with a light, brushed-on, citrus glaze. Just beat together the wet ingredients, beat in the dry ingredients and pour it in the pan. It came out light, moist (sorry), flavorful and delicious. I'll definitely make this one again. And really, any activity that ends in fabulous cake is a good activity, yes?
This berry-almond combo is a personal favorite, and this year I'm riffing on it again with raspberries, lemon, and coconut for a slightly tropical twist. I love the blend of nut flavors and brightness that the lemon brings. This is an easy stir-together recipe that you can make from start to finish in about an hour!
Sweet, buttery shortcrust pastry filled with luscious almond frangipane filling and topped with even more sliced almonds. Simple ingredients but really big on flavor.
Bosc pears are poached in white wine and warm, autumn spices – clove, cinnamon, and vanilla – until transluscent, then nestled in a thick layer of frangipane (sweet almond custard) in this perfect-for-fall tart. I’d never made anything with frangipane before and now I want to make everything with it. Creamy, nutty, delicious.
Sweet, cinnamon flavored taco shells filled with my Bourbon Chocolate Mousse accompanied by a fresh mango salsa. These dessert tacos are not any sort of authentic Mexican dessert, but with cinnamon sugar and chili powder warming up the mousse, the flavors are reminiscent of fresh churros and Mexican chocolate.
A rich almond and sour cream cake, brightened by fresh strawberries and orange zest, with a little nutty crunch from sliced almonds on top and poppyseeds dotted throughout. So flavorful. It’s the kind of cake you savor at first bit, but then demolish pretty quickly, or at least that’s what happened in my house!
These easy, almost no-bake apricot almond granola bars are everything I wish the store bought varieties were: nutty, chewy, full of fruit and flavor. And with no refined sugar it’s even a healthy-ish snack. The light sprinkling of dark chocolate on top really brings out the apricot and ties it all together.
Namoura is a semolina cake sweetened with a floral syrup that gets poured over top after baking. A classic dessert of the Middle East, it goes by different names in different regions: Namoura in Lebanon, Hareeseh in Syria and Palestine, and Basbousa in Egypt. The cake is rich in flavor, moist in texture, and surprisingly not sticky sweet or dense given the quantity of syrup that it gets soaked in. The nuttiness of the semolina and hint of tang from whole milk yogurt do an excellent job balancing it out.
A simple recipe for Almond Orange Macaroons. Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, they’re perfect for Passover and Easter. They have just 5 humble ingredients and are naturally gluten free.
