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Nothing Fancy

From the book that gave you Slow Roasted Chicken with Tomatoes and Brown Buttered Salmon with Red Onion, Capers and Dill, it’s Nothing Fancy. Published in 2019! Imagine!

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Almost Angel Food Cake

Heavy on the vanilla and butter, the batter gets baked in a thin, even layer, giving you a golden brown, nearly crackling crust.

Hibiscus-Roasted Peaches with Brown-Sugar Bread Crumbs

The peaches are also a very “nothing fancy” mood, taking no time to prepare but looking and tasting extremely special.

Torn Plum Browned-Butter Cake

I have a fondness for plums because their color speaks to my soul, especially when baked and they get all jammy and tie-dyed looking.

Salted Honey Panna Cotta with Crushed Raspberries

Panna cotta translates directly to “cooked cream,” but the funny thing is that the cream in a panna cotta should never be cooked

Sweet and Salty Cream Cheese Tart

While cream cheese is the default here since it’s the most widely available, I will say that if you are able to make this tart with labne, you will be very glad you did.

Casual Apple Tart with Caramelized Buttermilk

As the tart bakes, the sugars in the buttermilk caramelize, lending a crystallized texture and faintly tart but deeply milky flavor.

Upside-Down Apricot Tart

I’m calling it an upside-down apricot tart because to me, tarte tatin is a specific thing made with apples.

Sour Cherry and Sesame Galette

“What if instead of a galette, it was a giant pop tart?”

Crushed Blackberry and Cornmeal Cake

If you like cornbread but wish it were sweeter and less crumbly, maybe studded with lots of sweet-tart crushed berries, then you will absolutely love this cake.