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I’ll try anything once. Scratch that. So not true. But pepper in pound cake? Sure! It seemed like a fun combination. Plus, I’d read in a book that this cake was first prize winner at the West Texas State Fair in Abilene. According to Taste of Home, this recipe was created by a reader who was [...]
Published on April 21, 2008
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This cake had been on my “Make Soon!” list for the past 5 years. I’m not sure why it took me so long, but I finally got around to trying it today. Unfortunately, I haven’t actually tasted it….unless you count the tiny pieces that fell off the bottom (okay, they didn’t really fall) when I [...]
Published on December 30, 2007
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Below is the pound cake recipe from yesterday. The original recipe said to bake it for 45 minutes in a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. I did it this way and the cake rose about an inch over the top of the pan and took almond 90 minutes to bake. I baked it again today in [...]
Published on August 1, 2007
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This week I’ve been obsessed with baking Bon Appetite’s Lemon-Almond Pound Cake with limoncello. It’s in the newest issue next to the editor’s note. The cake sounds fabulous, but I can’t justify buying two tubes of almond paste ($12) and a bottle of limoncello for a cake which we’ll eat a few pieces of and [...]
Published on February 7, 2006
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This recipe, which Fuzz loved because it had 4 eggs to crack, is from one of my favorite cookbooks “Classic Home Desserts” by Richard Sax. It’s a simple but informative book with great recipes, a friendly laid back tone, and a bit of history on some classic dessert favorites. This particular recipe was given [...]
Published on January 16, 2006