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If you are looking for a groovy bundt cake from the 70′s, today is your lucky day. I found this in an old Pillsbury cake booklet, and it’s awesome. It’s a moist yellow cake with a big ring of cinnamon-nut cake running through the center. Aside from being pretty and tasty, it’s …
Published on June 27, 2006
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Today’s recipe comes from Satan. No really, check it out. It’s pretty trendy to go vegan these days, but I am surprised to see that even the devil himself has gone veg. I should be even more surprised that he bakes – and cookies? You’d think he’d bake something like molten lava cakes or chocolate [...]
Published on June 20, 2006
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This is one of my favorite chocolate bundt cakes. It’s not as dense as your typical pound cake, but rather soft and tender and almost reminds me of a cake-mix based cake. I mean that as a compliment. It has the tenderness and moisture of a cake mix cake but tastes like …
Published on June 19, 2006
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I didn’t feel like baking yesterday, but wanted something homemade. Remembering the Saltines we’d bought last weekend, I decided to make Cracker Candy – an easy recipe composed of brown sugar, butter, crackers and chocolate. Luckily, I had everything on hand, including a nice bar of chocolate called Toffee Interlude by Ghirdelli. The end result [...]
Published on June 16, 2006
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We said goodbye to our favorite houseguests this morning — Andy and Heather. Andy and Heather are both American citizens who have been living and teaching in Mexico. It had become routine for them to break up their drive from Mexico to New England, by staying with us for a night. But no …
Published on June 16, 2006
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This recipe was originally made with self-rising flour. If you have some on hand, you can cut out the baking powder and salt and use 1 1/4 cups self-rising in place of the all-purpose flour. These are thick, cakey, and moist. White Chocolate, Apricot, Almond Chunk Cookies 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 [...]
Published on June 14, 2006
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Excellent Molasses Cookies
Published on June 11, 2006
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Easiest Ever Pecan Pie 1 cup chopped pecans 1/2 cup butter (I used salted) 1 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons flour 2 large eggs 2 tablespoons evaporated milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 unbaked store-bought pie crust (I used a deep dish) Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Toast pecans using [...]
Published on June 10, 2006