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Teacup Chocolate Cakes with Rose shaped frosting on top

Tea Cup Rose Cakes – Paleo Sweets

My story with sugar is long (my whole life long) and a bit convoluted. I was raised by hippies in the 1960s. We lived on communes, as one did. Until I was about 7 it was really the only life I knew, so never struck me as unusual. It wasn’t until […]

Lemon Meringue Cake

These meringue roses remind me of fine porcelain china, dainty and ultra feminine. Perfect on an occasion that requires something spectacular, even a bit over-the-top. Mother’s Day is one such time. It is the day when we give thanks to the women who raised us. I have been blessed with […]

Ice Cream Cake with Meringue | ZoeBakes by Zoe Francois

Baked Alaska Style Ice Cream Cake

As you may know by now, I love meringue. I especially like the effect of spiking it into a Phillis Diller-esque topping. It works on cakes, pies, cheesecake and ice cream cake.

Trix Cake – A Fun Day Baking in the Betty Crocker Kitchen!

Nearly two years ago my friends at General Mills challenged me to do something fun and a little out of the box (sorry, couldn’t resist that one) with their cereals. I came up with a cake layered with all the flavors of Trix and decorated the outside with a mosaic […]

Chocolate Caramel Matzo for Passover

This year I added a little extra flavor power to classic chocolate caramel matzo. I made a triple batch to make sure I could send gift bags home after the seder. All the toppings were a hit, but the toasted sesame seeds with the milk or dark chocolate is my […]

Flourless Chocolate-Almond Torte for Passover

Flourless chocolate torte is a long standing tradition on Passover. This chocolate almond version is also dairy free and topped with a gorgeous layer of blackberries. Flourless chocolate torte is a long-standing tradition on Passover. I have made several variations, but this one is far and away the most popular. It is […]

Beehive Cake with Honey Buttercream

Up until very recently my father has been a beekeeper. He had bee hives at our home in Vermont and then drove them, full of bees to Minnesota. Due to a city ordinance he was not allowed to keep bees in his Edina yard and had to set them up at […]

Devil's Food Cupcakes Recipe from Zoë François of Zoë Bakes

Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

This Devil’s Food Cake from Zoë Bakes Cakes is the best chocolate cake recipe I have ever tried and believe me, over the past 20+ years, I’ve tried them all. It is perfect for devil’s food cupcakes with cream cheese icing. Want a Devil’s Food Cake fit for a celebration? Try my […]

The Best Homemade Blueberry Pie

I love pie—all pies—but this blueberry pie stands above the rest. I’m not even a huge blueberry fan, but when they are baked up in a pie shell, with just a bit of lemon, some sugar and pats of butter, I could eat the whole thing. Blueberry Pie Tips and Tricks

Lemon Curd Cheesecake

I have a bunch of classes on Craftsy, including “Show-Stopping Cheesecakes!” To find any of my classes on the platform, just type Zoe Francois in to the search bar and you will find all three of my courses. I’ve done an “Artisan Bread in Minutes” baking class based on the Master recipe […]

Lemon Lavender Shortbread with Affogato

There is something so perfect and ageless about shortbread. Nothing trendy or hipster about it, just the most basic, easy recipe and yet it feels sophisticated and posh. There are only three ingredients in shortbread; butter, sugar and flour. I dolled these up to make lemon lavender shortbread, because that is […]

Pistachio Cake

Pistachio is my absolute favorite flavor of ice cream. When I traveled with my family to Italy, we did a whole lot of “research” on gelato. It was an informal, albeit thorough, study consisting of my sons trying every single flavor made in the country, while I stuck to a […]