September 16, 2024
“My goal is to encourage you to bake more, and bake often,” writes Broma Bakery blogger Fennel in her winning debut. Chewy peanut butter–chocolate chip cookies, strawberries and cream crispy treats, and blueberry almond cake are a few of the many recipes that can be made in an hour or less. There’s also an extensive selection of inventive sweets, ranging from red wine brownies and raspberry croissant bread pudding to baklava cheesecake and ginger apricot muffins. For readers who want to present dinner guests with a show-stopping finale, Fennel offers black forest pavlova, pistachio layer cake with white chocolate frosting, and a gorgeous s’mores tart. An impressive section of desserts for one, including single-serve recipes for double chocolate chip cookies and apple crisp, will satisfy sweet cravings without dirtying too much baking equipment. Among the dozens of valuable tips, Fennel explains that only filling every other cup in a muffin pan will make them rise significantly higher. In conjunction with easy instructions, Fennel provides step-by-step photos for some of the more involved creations, showing, for example, the process of shaping apple slices into roses for the apple rose tart. This will become a go-to for dessert lovers of all baking levels.