Pumpkin Breakfast Pudding
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Pumpkin Breakfast Pudding

It’s as cooling as it is warm with the deep yet bright notes of cardamom which is accentuated by the complexity of buckwheat honey. The pumpkin brings a freshness and cottage cheese keeps it light with acidity while bringing a creamy texture.


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Fig Cookies
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Fig Cookies

These bites of delight are bold with dried fruit and spices and kept fresh with orange zest. The contrast of the smooth filling with the bite of fig seeds and crunch of nonpareils sprinkles gives the cookies a depth of excitement that most cookies don’t have.

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Stuffed Apples
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Stuffed Apples

Stuffed Apples is hardly a name for such a delectable dessert that boasts the freshness of fall apples paired with the warm fall flavors of nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and mace in one of the best custards you’ve ever had that is tied together with a crisp meringue.

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Squash and Pistachio Crumble
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Squash and Pistachio Crumble

It tastes like apple pie, but screams summer with its bright notes of lemon. Even people who snub their nose at squash will have smiles on their faces. I argue that this dish is more American than apple pie because apples are not native to North America and squash is. 

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King Cake
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King Cake

This king cake is light and buttery with cinnamon front and center while supported by nutmeg and lemon. It’s as classic New Orleans king cake as it gets.

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Baba Cake
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Baba Cake

Baba cake is a single layer yellow cake with a layer of coconut, covered in vanilla custard, and topped with toasted meringue. It’s decadent. It’s light. It’s the perfect summer dessert to cool you off.

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Popcorn Balls
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Popcorn Balls

At each driveway, we’d jump off the wagon and run down loooooong driveways to get the goods. There was always the house with plenty of witch’s brew, the house with Zapp’s, and my favorite — the house with popcorn balls.

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Wedding Cake
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Wedding Cake

I’m definitely a wedding cake person. Before I lose you because there’s nothing special about wedding cake, wedding cake should be a white cake with almond flavoring, filled with fruit pineapple (most traditional), lemon or strawberry.

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