Tourte Milanese is perfect for a picnic in the park as well as a sit-down dinner with it’s ribbons of color encased in a pastry crust.

Moravian Sugar Cake – soft, fluffy yeast-dough cake. Topped with crunchy, buttery cinnamon/sugar/butter topping. Terrific.

Small-batch Lemon Icebox Crumbles – lightly lemony and slightly addictive little cookies.

NOT a diet related post, Richard Sax’s Chocolate Cloud Cake.

Molasses cake swirled with lemon cake – a great combination. Recipe adapted from the late, great Richard Sax.

Delicious Fruit Tart with Chocolate Crème Patissière! (in Spanish)

A soft and sweet bread. Perfect for your breakfast! Delicious (in Spanish with translator)

Rich espresso whipped into creamy frothiness and topped with heavy cream. Breakfast or dessert?

A summer tart with yellow tomato custard

Desserts from Chef Richard Ruskell (winner of Food Network’s Last Cake Standing) at Scarpetta Beverly Hills

Richard Bertinet’s brioche, (recipe in Catalan, translator on sidebar)

Creamy, velvety custard of ripe golden tomatoes makes for a very elegant lunch/brunch dish that is simple and requires very few ingredients.