The comfort of baking. Well, most of the times!

Crostata alla crema con frolla agli amaretti – Amaretti tart with pastry cream

I had planned this letter quite in advance. I wanted the last recipe of the January theme, comfort food, to be a cake. Because baking makes me feel joyous – the butter, the vanilla, lemon zest… - because eating a slice of cake sitting in a quiet kitchen is a comfort, because tomorrow is Juls’ Kitchen 13th birthday, and I felt it was a perfect excuse to …