Completed today – Macadamia Nut Shortbread Cookies. In early May 2023, QC and I were in Kauai, HI. When available, we rent a cabana at the pool or ocean. Part of our rental included a box of Hawaiian macadamia nut cookies. Well, that was all it took. Stay tuned for my version.

Snuck in: FunFetti Practice Cake and Cupcakes. Our almost-seven-year-old asked for FunFetti cake for her birthday. We settled on cupcakes for the party which will be held primarily outside. Eighty cupcakes!


Second up: Zeppoles! A delicious Italian treat. Recipe thanks to Eat, Live, Escape. https://eatliveescape.com
Here is a list of bakes added to my calendar.

Further On Down The Road (Taj Mahal): Sometime down the road I want to remake some entremet. QC bought me the pans for them, but I haven’t used them in 6 years. I think some prinzregententorte 8 layers geniuses with chocolate custard coated with shiny chocolate ganache decorated with rosettes would be perfect.
Also: Puff pastry without all the chilling, folding and rolling. I think it would be a perfect base for some blueberry hand pies.
Completed: English Teacakes: These are more bread like than cake like and are definitely NOT the sweet, delicious, cookie like southern tea cakes. The American version were originally created to replicate the English Teacakes (one word) but using only ingredients on hand ended up as a wonderful sugar cookie. (There are numerous variations of the American tea cakes (two words.)