Desserts

I treated semifreddo like frozen mousse. Tossed it in the freezer, didn’t line the pan, didn’t chill the mix. What came out was a rock-solid …

I thought I could just toss cream cheese into any chocolate cake and get that dense, fudgy pound cake texture. Instead, I got a dry, …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… When I first tried making this Michigan French Toast Sandwich, I was way too confident. Thought it would …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… The first time I tried making panna cotta, I thought, “It’s just cream and gelatin, how hard could …

I assumed Christmas cookies were all about decoration. Pile on the icing, go heavy on sprinkles, and hope no one notices they taste like cardboard. …

The first time I made cowboy cookies, I thought I could just toss oats and chocolate into a basic cookie dough and call it rustic. …

The first time I made scones, I thought they were just posh biscuits. I overmixed the dough, skimped on chilling, and baked them into dense …

The first time I tried making flan, I got cocky. I cranked the heat on the caramel, skipped the water bath, and didn’t chill it …

Soufflés are kitchen drama in a ramekin—gorgeous one second, deflated the next. I thought I could wing it. I didn’t grease the ramekins right, beat …

The first time I tried to make this, I ended up with strawberry-flavored foam in a ramekin. No lift, no structure—just sad pink soup. I …