MARBLED, SWIRLED, AND LAYERED
Ready, Set, Get your baking bowls out and step up to the counter for Irvin Lin’s new book MARBLED, SWIRLED, AND LAYERED: 150 RECIPES AND VARIATIONS FOR ARTFUL BARS, COOKIES, PIES, CAKES, and MORE. Irvin was bit by the baking bug when he was in third grade (me too!) and has been baking ever since.
Of course, I checked out the pie section first to see that Irvin has many creative spins on old favorites with adventuresome and exciting flavor combinations. His Carrot and Honey Pie with a Cream Cheese-Coriander Crust can become a Hazlenut, Chocolate, and Honey Pie, or a Lemon, Marscapone, and Honey Pie with a Pistachio Crust. I’m totally on board with his Lemon Blackberry Chess Pie, and his spin on the classic Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie had me heading outside, even though it’s still winter, to see if the leaves on my rhubarb plants are starting to unfurl yet so I can top the pie off with a Pistachio Crumb Topping. Yummy!
Lest you think it’s just about the pie 😉 there are inspiring recipes for cookies, brownies, cakes, and breakfast treats galore and the sections on baking equipment and ingredients are excellent reads on their own.
Irvin says that his friends sort of expect him to bring dessert to their gatherings and after reading MARBLED, SWIRLED, AND LAYERED I can sure see why.
Way to go my friend! Read more about Irvin at his blog Eat The Love.