TWD: French Strawberry Cake

Probably the best part about making this cake was picking the strawberries ourselves. I really wish that we were closer to a pick-your-own farm because these berries were cheap and delicious!

I think my actual cake flopped a bit. I must not have whipped the eggs enough. That baby was thiiiiiin.

But the cake was still pretty and tasted good.

A very good summer treat.

TWD: Oasis Naan

File this one under "Foods That I Love, But Probably Shouldn't Make Myself."

These suckers were a bit time-consuming and messy. I felt like I had a sticky dough explosion on my hands. 

And they just didn't achieve the same softness that naan usually has. Mine were very chewy (probably from all the mixing and kneading), but they didn't feel like naan. Good, but not great. I think I'd rather just get the frozen ones from TJ's.

TWD: Pecan Sticky Buns

I am really happy that I decided to cut these babies in half. I felt much less guilty about only smearing 1 entire stick of butter in a pan than if I had had to do it 2x. In halving the recipe, I messed up the filling amount and only stuck 1/2 the amount of cinnamon and pecans inside the rolls.

Either way, these were good, but not quite as amazing as I expected. Don't get me wrong, I will eat them all and cry myself to sleep. However, I thought the caramel would be caramelier. All my butter sort of just ran out of the pan when I inverted. Maybe I should have let them sit for a minute. 

And you can't deny that they are pretty darn cute.

TWD: Hungarian Shortbread

Ohmygod so much butter. This recipe has 1 pound of butter in it. That's a bit intimidating. Maybe we shouldn't think about it. It's so delicious and simple.

I baked the bottom layer for an initial 15 minutes per the advice of others and used raspberry jam. So delicious.

French Fridays: Coconut Friands

Coconut friands, you were pretty delicious. I love all that coconut taste. And you were so small that I ate a lot of you. I'm not sure that I think of you as more that a mini muffin, but we can call you "friand" to make us both feel elevated.

TWD: Lemon Loaf Cake

My feelings on this one: Good, but would be better with whipped cream or as a base for something. Easy. Fast. Normal ingredients. It wasn't as moist as I would have liked. Not my favorite, but definitely would have been awesome with whipped cream and berries.

TWD: Pizza Rustica

This was way easier and way tastier than I thought it would be. The dough came together perfectly in the food processor.

I used part-skim ricotta and pepperoni as the meat.

It came together fast and beautifully. 

My lattice was a little smaller.

And it didn't brown up as much as I wanted, but it tasted good!

I was a little scared that it was going to be too eggy from the looks of it, but not at all! We're having lunch brought in at work today and I'm sad that I don't get to eat my leftovers! I loved the sweet crust with the spiciness of the pepperoni. This was a winner.