Recipe: Purple potato cupcakes with molasses cream cheese frosting
Purple potatoes add an earthy flavor to these decadent spiced cupcakes with a rich, velvety frosting.
Moriah VanVleet
Moriah VanVleet is the voice behind butter, sugar, flowers, a blog started in 2011 to showcase her original (and often unusual) dessert recipes. Her creations have since been mentioned by the New York Times Diner’s Journal, the Huffington Post, Buzz Feed, Today.com, and more. She enjoys living and working in the East Bay.
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Recipe: Easy oatmeal cookies
This recipe is both forgiving and flexible (two qualities we could all use right now).
Recipe: Blood orange poppy seed cake
The tangy citrus flavor in this light, vibrant cake is balanced with warm vanilla and toasty poppy seeds.
Recipe: Frosted fig torte
This simple, rustic recipe featuring fresh figs, aromatic spices and a decadent cream cheese frosting will fill your kitchen with sweet autumn aromas.
Recipe: White peach Campari sorbet
This refreshing herbal sorbet is a frozen dessert version of Campari and soda with a twist.
Recipe: Sweet almond cherry bars
These tempting cookie bars flavored with fresh cherries, almond paste, orange and vanilla will make you wish cherry season was all year long.
Recipe: Kumquat skillet cake with whiskey and mascarpone
The sweet, tart and tangy citrus in this rustic skillet cake is balanced by silky mascarpone cheese, toasty almond meal and warming whiskey.
Recipe: Herbes de Provence shortbread cookies with lemon curd filling
Herbes de Provence are sweet-friendly, with a convenient absence of things like garlic and onion. This recipe showcases them in a cookie with a crisp but tender crumb and a satisfying balance of salt.
Recipe: Lemon apple skillet cake
This lemon cornmeal cake, draped with a layer of tart apple slices and speckled with fruity, bittersweet pink peppercorns, makes for a symphony of flavors.
Recipe: Rhubarb Rye Shortbread
Tart and tangy rhubarb and a sweet orange glaze top these bite-size rye shortbread cookies.
Recipe: Ginger celery cake
Freshly grated celery gives this unique cake a whisper of grassy notes, a perfect complement to its bold, earthy and spicy ginger flavor.
Recipe: Easy vegan coconut caramels
A batch of these chewy, rich caramels — creamy with coconut and smoky with paprika — make an uncommonly good holiday gift.
Recipe: Almond apple sherry cake
Celebrate apple season by making this delicious, succulent cake featuring comforting flavors of fall.
Dragon fruit sherbet with strawberry and lemongrass
This refreshing dragon fruit and lemongrass sherbet is topped with a layer of pureed strawberries, for a pretty, multi-textured and delightfully unique frozen treat.
Recipe: Cherry sorrel cakes
This decadent dessert recipe tops lemon-sorrel cakes with tangy, sweet in-season cherries. It’s a delightful summertime treat.
Rhubarb banana skillet cake
In this tender upside-down cake, the creamy-sweet qualities of banana balance nicely with tangy rhubarb.
