The recipes
10 recipes in three categories.
Sweets & Bakes
5 recipes Layer Cake · Made · my birthday
The King
An Elvis birthday cake: peanut butter, banana, and dark chocolate, six layers tall.Read the recipe Layer Cake · Made once
Strawberry Layer Cake
A big strawberry reduction, baked thin and stacked tall.Read the recipe Pastry · Made
Sticky Toffee Pudding Cinnamon Buns
Sticky toffee pudding, reworked into an enriched cinnamon bun.Read the recipe Layer Cake · Made
White Chocolate Peppermint Mocha
White chocolate, peppermint, and mocha, layered for Christmas.Read the recipe Layer Cake · Best of the year
Piefecta
Pumpkin, bourbon pecan goo, brown butter. A Boston pie rebuilt as a cake.Read the recipe
Sauces & Preserves
4 recipes
Hot Sauce · Made · verdict: amazingBlue Ash
Smoked habanero and blueberry. More flavor than fire.Read the recipe Pepper Jelly · With lime-mint
Raspberry Pepper Jelly
Raspberry pepper jelly, plus a raspberry, lime, and mint variant.Read the recipe Pepper Jelly · Firm set
Peach Cobbler Reaper Jelly
Peach and Carolina reaper, cobbler-sweet with a serious back end.Read the recipe Pepper Jelly · Made Oct 2025
Pear-Ginger Habanero Jelly
Rustic pear and habanero, lifted with fresh ginger. Medium-hot to hot.Read the recipe
Michael Germano