Here it is. The long-awaited reveal!
We’ve made lemon curd. We’ve made candied lemons. Now, let’s make some cheesecake. And put it all together.
We do have a birthday to celebrate, remember?
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Homemade Lemon Curd
I teased you yesterday talking about lemon cheesecake. But, in all fairness, I said I had to do a few things before I could really give you a recipe. And, here we go.
Lemon curd.
It pools on top of the creamy cheesecake and drips down the sides when you cut into it. It’s swirled into the cheesecake batter for a tart and tangy flavor burst. In essence, it makes this cake. Well, really it does, since it wouldn’t be lemon cheesecake without it. Continue reading
Lemon Cheesecake – Part I
I have a bit of a reputation in my family.
Jessica is the caterer for our events, and the one who keeps us on track with healthy eating. But I’m the baker, the dessert maker. Whenever a holiday or occasion comes around, sweets are my go-to contribution. And I tend to get a bit wild when I have the opportunity to bake for a crowd, when I can try my hand at all the fancy, complicated things that I would never make for myself. Like red velvet cheesecake and from-scratch cinnamon rolls at Christmas, or southern caramel cake at Easter.
I’m even starting to get special requests. Continue reading
Amazing Lemon Cranberry Scones (Gluten Free!)
The finished product…crunchy and creamy with sweet and tart cranberries
As of right now, I don’t follow a strict gluten-free lifestyle. But I’m beginning to wonder if I should….
Gluten. Oh gluten. This was going to be my year. The year I FINALLY successfully gave something up for Lent. After hearing a whole slew of bad press about this peculiar protein, I decided to make that my target. I was going to give up gluten for forty days. Welp, here we are, the week before Easter and I can officially say I epically failed. Epically. Like 4 days into it. I’ve eaten more glutenous foods since Ash Wednesday (start of Lent) than I’ve eaten in the past 6 months. No joke. WHY does that always happen???? That is why diets don’t work. When you are fixated on cutting something out, you eat it more often and in greater quantity- or maybe that’s just me, and my lack of dietary will power.
