Coconut Sugar Banana Sheet Cake with Caramelized Coconut Sugar Frosting
Cinnamon-Sugared Blueberry Bundt
Chocolate Chip and Cherry Date Cake
Spiced, Brûléed Maple Pumpkin Pie
Orange-Scented Vanilla Bean and Turbinado Pound Cake
Rummy Roasted Pineapple Pudding Cake
—Jazzing Up Treats with Natural Food Colorings—
Four-Spice Pear, Apple, and Blackberry Crisp
—An Ode to Whole Wheat Pastry Flour—
HAVING GROWN UP IN THE MIDWEST, I’m a sucker for comfort foods that serve a crowd, especially desserts. We are a people who believe in hospitality via a 9 × 13-inch baking dish. It’s a beautiful thing. When I think of all the reasons that we invest time in home baking, having a solid handful of go-to recipes that can easily travel along to a picnic or potluck is up there with holiday cookies. It’s the stuff of community and tradition, the kinds of goodies that draw people to a buffet table and get them talking. And nothing gets people talking quite like learning that a dessert is made without white granulated sugar. These might be my most favorite recipes of all.