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So all that talk about extract was leading up to this cake. The original version was on the back of a Watkins cherry extract box, and since Todd loves anything chocolate-cherry, I knew this cake was in our future. The original cake was double this and baked in a standard size Bundt pan. I’m glad [...]
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I love going through old Bake-Off books and looking at entries from years gone by. It’s always interesting to see what recipes become famous and which ones fly under the radar; for instance, this one from the 1969 Bake-Off in Atlanta. It’s a whipping cream pound cake made with sesame seeds toasted in …
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Hello, and thanks for all the well wishes! It’s been a long week. I headed back to the kitchen yesterday, but my appetite had changed a bit and my usual rich, gooey, chocolate cravings were on the down low. What did sound good was a plain vanilla pound cake, and the King Arthur Flour Whole [...]
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When I saw this recipe in Mark Bittman’s NYT column, I knew I’d have to try it immediately. Not only is the cake made in the food processor, which in past experience has yielded a dense, tender, moist and tight crumbed cake, but the recipe called for almond paste, which is a flavor I love and [...]
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I’m bumping this old recipe up for my friend Shirley because it’s a Neapolitan Bundt Cake kind of day. It’s surprisingly good I believe this is an old Bake-Off recipe, but am still researching to find out whether that is true. Neapolitan Bundt Cake 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened 4 large eggs, room [...]
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I couldn’t resist! Here it is, the Lemon Loaf Cake from Baking with Julia. I altered one step. Instead of adding the lemon zest to the batter, I mixed it in with the sugar and crushed it around a bit so that the sugar became lemony and fragrant. I’m not sure …
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The peach pound cake recipe is from Diane Rattray who has an excellent collection of Southern recipes over at About.com. Here’s the recipe. Photo below. Cake was amazingly moist. My only advice it to cut your peaches very small because if you don’t, they look strange. Also, grease and flour your cake pan thoroughly because [...]
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The original recipe is from Maida Heatter, but I got it from Katy G. who is pretty much the queen of pound cake recipes. Thanks Katy, Maida Heatter and Nabisco. And Nabisco, please keep making Halloween Oreos. Maida Heatter’s (Spooky) Oreo Bundt Cake 18 whole Oreo cookies (Halloween Colored) 2 3/4 cups (330g) all purpose [...]
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