Over the summer, a customer called PS 7’s pastry chef Leon Baker to talk about making a birthday cake for an upcoming party at the Penn Quarter restaurant. Baker says the customer wanted crème brûlée ...

Break out the kitchen torch! These creme brulee cupcakes combine two classic desserts into a totally modern recipe.

The ice cream and topping are so good that you don't even need to agonize over the short cake. I often use pre-made short cakes from the grocery or I bake a sheet cake and cut into three-inch rounds.