Hi Bakers!

After what always feels like the longest month of the year, February is finally upon us. If we learned anything from the busy holiday season it’s that you can never get too ahead of schedule. So before you start planning your Valentine’s Day, consider adding these treats to the menu:

Berry Eton Mess

When I think of Valentine’s Day desserts, two different types of treats come to mind: decadent chocolate recipes or pink, berry-forward recipes. This Berry Eton Mess is more of the latter. Berries are layered with sweetened cream and crispy meringues. If you want something on the lighter side (especially after a big dinner), then this is it.

Before you do, review this visual guide to making French meringue:

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Bake Club+ : A Visual Guide to French Meringue

Hi Bakers! I hope you have been enjoying these lessons on classic baking techniques and mixing methods. I feel that a better understanding of what goes on behind a recipe makes for a more confident baker. Thank you for your continuous support. Remember that if you have any questions or comments on what type of content you’d like to see next, leave a rep…

2 years ago · 2 likes · 2 comments · Tessa Huff

Chocolate Cake for Two

Craving chocolate? This mini fudge cake serves just two. I scaled down my classic chocolate cake recipe to make this 6-inch version. Find a vanilla buttercream version and video here.

Chocolate-Covered Raspberry Pie

Can you imagine sinking your fork into that chocolate mouse filling?! It is so so good. The tart raspberries as well as the topping balance out the rich, decadent chocolate. This recipe has a few different components, but it is totally worth the effort.

Read more about this recipe from Pie Queen Erin McDowell and her book, The Book on Pie:

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Cookbook Club : The Book on Pie

Award-winning food stylist, baking consultant, author, and an all-around amazing human being, Erin Jeanne McDowell does it all. With a roster of clients from NY Times Cooking and Food Network Kitchen to Food 52 and baking guru Rose Levy Beranbaum, her most impressive attributes are her infectious enthusiasm and her ability to teach anyone how to improve…

2 years ago · 3 likes · 2 comments · Tessa Huff

Giant Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies might be the size of your face, but the recipes makes just four perfectly decadent chocolate cookies. I can’t think of a better way to end a Valentine’s Day.

Next Level Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies

Nothing says “I love you” more than a platter of hand-piped sugar cookies. This dessert is a bit of a project, but sticking to just a few colors makes it more manageable. Run out of time to decorate Christmas cookies (like we did)? These edible Valentines would be fun to make as a family or group of friends too.

Get the full tutorial (with decorating videos!) here:

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Next Level Valentine's Day Sugar Cookies

Hi Bakers! We are moving right along and getting straight into Valentine’s Day prep. Sporting a variety of designs, these cookies are equally fun to decorate as they are to give (and eat, of course). From simple hearts to intricate zig-zags to mini rosettes, you are going to have so much fun mixing and matching the decorating techniques in this lesson…

a year ago · 1 like · Tessa Huff

Miso Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies are my love language. They are my most favorite dessert. If that is the case for you or a loved one too, then try switching it up with these Miso Chocolate Chip Cookies by Elizabeth Van Lierde. The miso is mild and adds a subtle savory quality - similar to the way desserts usually taste ten-times better with a hint of salt.

Find out more about these cookies and author Elizabeth Van Lierde’s book, Everyday Entertaining, here:

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Cookbook Club : Everyday Entertaining

What started out as an Instagram pun, this “college housewife” turned her love of all-things domestic into a career. Elizabeth Van Lierde entered the world of entertaining as a student, living on her own for the first time and unleashing her love for cooking. More importantly, she discovered how amazing it felt to cook for and feed others…

2 years ago · 13 likes · 19 comments · Tessa Huff

Chocolate Peanut Butter Marble Cookies

Another twist on the the classic CCC? Try these Chocolate Peanut Butter Marble Cookies. They are half peanut butter and half chocolate, with chocolate chips folded in throughout. They are chewy in the center, crisp around the edges, and taste just like eating a peanut butter cup.

Earl Grey Tea Cake

Not everything has to be over-the-top chocolate or pink for Valentine’s Day. Sometimes all you need is a simple tea cake to make the afternoon special. My daughter has come to love tea time after preschool, and a slice of this Earl Grey Tea Cake would be perfect to share with my little Valentine.

Read more about this Earl Grey Tea Cake from Ruth Tam’s book, Baked to Order, here:

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Cookbook Club: Baked to Order

Hi and welcome to the first installment of the Style Sweet Cookbook Club! Here you can find interviews with cookbook authors, inspiration for your next bake, and new books to add to your kitchen library. First up, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ruth Mar Tam, the author of…

2 years ago · 4 likes · 4 comments · Tessa Huff

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