📝 Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup hot coffee
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• For ganache: 2 cups chocolate, 1 cup cream

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F, grease 2 pans
2. Mix dry ingredients in large bowl
3. Add wet ingredients, mix until smooth
4. Stir in hot coffee
5. Divide between pans, bake 30-35 minutes
6. Cool completely on wire racks
7. Make ganache: heat cream, pour over chocolate
8. Stir until smooth, cool to spreading consistency
9. Frost cooled cake layers
10. Decorate as desired

📝 Ingredients:

• 4 cups bread flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp yeast
• 1 cup warm milk
• 2 tsp salt
• 300g cold butter for lamination
• 1 egg for egg wash

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Make dough, refrigerate overnight
2. Pound butter into 8x8 inch square
3. Roll dough, place butter in center
4. Fold dough over butter, seal edges
5. Roll and fold 3 times (lamination)
6. Chill 30 minutes between folds
7. Roll into rectangle, cut triangles
8. Roll triangles into crescents
9. Proof 2 hours, brush with egg wash
10. Bake at 400°F for 15-20 minutes

📝 Ingredients:

• 200g almond flour
• 200g powdered sugar
• 150g egg whites, aged
• 200g granulated sugar
• 50ml water
• Food coloring
• For filling: butter, powdered sugar, vanilla

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Sift almond flour and powdered sugar twice
2. Make Italian meringue: boil sugar and water to 240°F
3. Whip egg whites to soft peaks
4. Pour hot sugar syrup into whites
5. Whip to stiff glossy meringue
6. Fold in almond mixture (macaronage)
7. Pipe circles on baking sheet
8. Let dry 30 minutes until skin forms
9. Bake at 300°F for 15 minutes
10. Fill cooled shells with buttercream

📝 Ingredients:

• For crust: 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• For filling: 900g cream cheese
• 1.5 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup flour

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Mix crust ingredients, press into pan
2. Bake crust at 325°F for 10 minutes
3. Beat cream cheese until smooth
4. Add sugar, beat well
5. Add eggs one at a time
6. Mix in sour cream, vanilla, flour
7. Pour over crust
8. Bake in water bath 1 hour
9. Turn off oven, leave inside 1 hour
10. Chill overnight before serving

📝 Ingredients:

• 4 cups flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp yeast
• 1 cup warm milk
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup butter
• For filling: butter, brown sugar, cinnamon
• For frosting: cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Make dough, knead until smooth
2. Let rise 1 hour until doubled
3. Roll into rectangle
4. Spread with butter, sprinkle cinnamon sugar
5. Roll up tightly, cut into 12 pieces
6. Place in greased pan
7. Let rise 45 minutes
8. Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes
9. Make frosting: beat cream cheese, butter, sugar
10. Frost warm rolls generously

📝 Ingredients:

• 6 egg yolks
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 500g mascarpone
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 2 cups strong espresso
• 3 tbsp coffee liqueur
• 40 ladyfinger cookies
• Cocoa powder for dusting

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Whisk egg yolks and sugar over double boiler
2. Cook until thick and pale
3. Cool, then fold in mascarpone
4. Whip cream to stiff peaks
5. Fold whipped cream into mascarpone mixture
6. Mix espresso and liqueur
7. Quickly dip ladyfingers in coffee
8. Layer cookies and cream in dish
9. Refrigerate 6 hours or overnight
10. Dust heavily with cocoa before serving

📝 Ingredients:

• 500g bread flour
• 350ml water
• 100g active sourdough starter
• 10g salt

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Mix flour and water, autolyse 30 minutes
2. Add starter and salt, mix well
3. Bulk ferment 4-6 hours, folding every 30 minutes
4. Shape dough into round
5. Cold ferment in fridge overnight
6. Preheat Dutch oven to 500°F
7. Score dough with sharp blade
8. Bake covered 20 minutes
9. Uncover, bake 25 minutes until dark golden
10. Cool completely on wire rack

📝 Ingredients:

• For crust: 2.5 cups flour
• 1 cup cold butter
• Ice water
• For filling: 8 apples, peeled and sliced
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup flour
• Lemon juice
• 2 tbsp butter

👨‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Make pie dough, chill 1 hour
2. Mix apples with sugar, cinnamon, flour, lemon
3. Roll out bottom crust, place in pie pan
4. Fill with apple mixture
5. Dot with butter
6. Cover with top crust, seal and crimp edges
7. Cut vents in top crust
8. Brush with egg wash, sprinkle sugar
9. Bake at 425°F for 45-50 minutes
10. Cool before slicing