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holiday baking

Cake shaped like an Easter bunny's head, with licorice whiskers and a candy-covered tie

Make a bunny cake, but swap box mix for a vintage carrot cake

April 29, 2025

A classic 1970s bunny cake that kids love to decorate, except it tastes delicious.

Round tart with thin-sliced honey-crisp apples

This roasted apple tart brings Parisian flavor and elegance without too much fuss

November 18, 2024

Ever since I got to visit Paris, I have been thinking about making a dessert inspired by a French apple tart called “Tarte aux Pommes Normande” with salted butter crust, dense almond filling, and roasted Honeycrisp apples.

A butterscotch-colored pie in a storebought crust with a big pile of whipped cream on top

Let this butterscotch-pumpkin pudding pie solve all your (pie) problems

December 07, 2023

This blog is a safe space for store-bought crust. Especially if it’s full of homemade pumpkin butterscotch pudding.

This stunner Star Bread tastes like sweet rolls from the Bake Shop in Girdwood

December 20, 2019

Soft, not-too-sweet, anise-scented dough, threaded through with cinnamon and raspberry jam that tastes like a ski day.

A stolen, bulletproof cheesecake recipe from an old Anchorage restaurant

December 02, 2019

It’s based on a famous recipe from a restaurant called The Restaurant that existed long ago in Anchorage, at 3rd Avenue and E Street.

City Kitchen:Coconut winter-squash truffles with Lindsay

February 13, 2017

Just in time for Valentines Day, a non-traditional, delicious winter squash-coconut DIY truffle recipe.

Guest post: 10 ways to get into the holiday spirit with kids

December 11, 2015

Easy, local ways to bring light to the darkest season with your kids.

Bring us some of Dad’s (GF) figgy pudding (for New Year’s Eve!)

December 29, 2014

This version is gluten free and uses persimmons.

A “family” recipe for golden Italian anise Christmas biscotti (GF version included!)

December 09, 2014

Nonna’s biscotti + Aunt Nota’s biscotti = the best Italian Christmas biscotti, ever.

Step-by-step with Uncle Tommy: best (gluten-free) pie crust ever

November 24, 2014

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