Tag Archives: Dessert

Cream Cheese Frosting

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Salts Kitchen

I have struggled for years to find a cream cheese frosting that I could eat and hold my head up serving to lactose-eaters as well. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is my favorite dessert and I’ll often just make … Continue reading →

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Pistachio Torte with Limoncello-Soaked Strawberries

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Salts Kitchen

I ran into a friend of mine at the grocery store and the conversation steered towards pistachios and how difficult they can be to find raw, shelled, and organic. I bake with a lot of different nut flours but for … Continue reading →

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Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Salts Kitchen

Warning! The following entry has a gluten and dairy-full recipe. There is a GF and DF version at the bottom. My friends Jake and Joy got married a few weeks back and asked me to make the desserts for the … Continue reading →

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Boozy Orange Cake

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Salts Kitchen

I’ve made this cake and variations of it now dozens of times since the first go round. It has come to be one of my favorite standby desserts. My most popular version and the one I’ve now made over and … Continue reading →

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Three Layer Peanut Butter Brownies (Raw)

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Salts Kitchen

These were amazingly rich and decadent and though I made them myself, I couldn’t believe they were raw (and vegan and sugar free and gluten free). Everyone’s favorite Sal-Pal left town and for her going away bash I had to … Continue reading →

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Salted Chocolate and Nut Triangles

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Salts Kitchen

I made these for a vegan’s going-away fiesta and they were a hit. These were a quick and easy naturally gluten free and vegan treat- the texture was somewhere between fudge and a chocolate bar. I used chopped walnuts, pecans, … Continue reading →

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Sesame Balls

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Salts Kitchen

I made these sweet Sesame Balls filled with Red Bean Paste to ring in the Chinese New Year. The paste is two ingredients and the sesame balls are another two. Yep, that’s it. Both were pretty fool-proof. They were amazingly … Continue reading →

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Chestnut Cake

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Salts Kitchen

Hello chestnut cake. Who knew? Why don’t I see this everywhere, all the time? Talk about a lovely and naturally gluten free flour. My mother frequents a tiny, hole-in-the-wall, amazing Italian import store in Los Angeles called Guidi Marcello. Sometime … Continue reading →

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Salt and Pepper Cocoa Shortbread

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Salts Kitchen

I created these a long while back and brought them along to a picnic. I forgot all about them but my 3rd base-playing friend, LB, did not. She reminded me of how much she loved those cookies several times over … Continue reading →

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Dark Chocolate Ice Cream with Olive Oil and Sea Salt

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Salts Kitchen

I have friends eating their way through their last week in Austin before a big move overseas. Some of their favorite things include dessert: particularly Lick Ice Cream. While I do love Lick, I can’t sample some of the favorites. … Continue reading →

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