Coconut Cakes

Tonight I made a really great coconut cake. The full version of the recipe is located on Recipezaar, but as usual I made modifications. First off, who has self rising flour? Well, I do. But I figured not many other people would so I went ahead and made my own by adding baking powder and [...]
Published on July 14, 2008

This is a fast cake you can throw together in a jiffy, provided you have some Coco Lopez on hand, and who doesn’t keep Coco Lopez in the pantry? Um, me. I had to go buy it, and found not only do they sell it in the booze section of the grocery store, they sell smaller [...]
Published on April 30, 2008

Here’s a recipe you won’t find on the back of a bag. It was invented by my friend Janice’s husband, Larry who likes to put a creative twist on old recipes. This recipe, which evolved from a very old recipe involving crushed pineapple and angel cake mix, is one of Larry’s best. For the baking [...]
Published on August 21, 2007

I have made some modifications to the previous cake recipe, so if you copied it, you might want to re-copy it. The sheet cake idea didn’t work so well. The cake tasted good, but the coconut mixture didn’t seep down into the cake very much, but rather sat on top and firmed up. The correct [...]
Published on May 26, 2007

School’s out and Fuzz is playing with the kids next door. They’ve formed a little gang that goes back and forth from house to house. Right now, they’re at the other house. It’s not so fun here because the upstairs is still under construction, much like this cake. I am on “Day Three”. Here’s the [...]
Published on May 25, 2007