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Cranberry Pomegranate Curd Tart

Nov 19 by Anita 8 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving week! This cranberry pomegranate curd tart is making an appearance at my Thanksgiving table this year. It combines a lot of my favorite things: cranberries, buttery tart crust, and creamy, silky curd, making it a close cousin to the chocolate cream pies or pumpkin pies that regularly appear on holiday tables. This is […]...

Filed Under: Fruit, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: cranberry, curd, pomegranate, tart

Guava Mango Passion Fruit Cake

Sep 1 by Anita 25 Comments

Summer’s coming to an end and alas I didn’t get my tropical vacation this year. I have a couple of other small trips coming up that prevented us from adding in a Hawaii getaway. Maybe that’s why I found myself craving something sweet and fruity and faintly exotic, that could make me feel like I’d […]...

Filed Under: Cakes, Recipes Tagged With: cake, chiffon, chinese baking, curd, fruit, guava, mango, passion fruit, tropical

A Sunshine-y Cake for Spring

Mar 7 by Anita 26 Comments

Thanks to everyone who commented on last week’s post with their favorite pie. I have about a hundred pie ideas to make now! The two winners of a copy of Pieography are: Commenter #3, ladywild and commenter #6, Sarah! Congratulations! For the rest of you, remember my pie recipe is available on my site....

Filed Under: Cakes, Recipes Tagged With: buttercream, cake, curd, vanilla

Cranberry Curd Tarts and End-of-Year Contemplation

Dec 14 by Anita 13 Comments

As we’re heading into the final stretch of the year, as I’m hitting the final weeks of my pregnancy, I realized I’ve been feeling different for the last few days. As I’m counting down the days to week 39, I suddenly wondered whether I’d spent enough time enjoying my pregnancy....

Filed Under: Fruit, Recipes, Tarts Tagged With: cranberry, curd, tart


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Anita Chu, also known as pastrygirl, is a baker, writer, and photographer with a passion for pastry. She trained at Tante Marie's Cooking School and is the author of Field Guide to Cookies, Field Guide to Candy, and Lollipop Love. Anita lives in San Francisco with her husband, baby girl, and rescue cockapoo Snickerdoodle. More about pastrygirl

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