I baked a cake!
We had a few people over for dinner to celebrate Chinese New Year. I decided it would be fun to do a Chinese-style banquet.
Seemed like a good idea at the time…. I spent the entire day chopping and prepping.
Okay, it was fun but I doubt I’ll do it ever again.
The menu follows the … Continue reading.....
This is a do-over.
I first made this Apple Bread a few years ago from a recipe I found on-line. At the time I thought it called for too much sugar (2 cups) so I cut it back to 1 cup (among other changes).
It was dry. I either baked it too long or it needed more sugar.
We don’t … Continue reading.....
My mother baked cakes.
She baked wedding cakes and groom’s cakes and birthday cakes.
Birthday cakes were always Angel Food.
I tried to explain Angel Food Cakes to a Belgian friend. It was a bit difficult as I have never made one and Europeans don’t have cakes as such, like Americans do. Cakes here are more like fruitcakes in the … Continue reading.....
This is my new favorite thing to do with zucchini.
I’m done with baking sweet zucchini breads with Chocolate or Lemon or Fall Spices.
It’s cheese and olives and herbs from now on.
Seriously…. This was really excellent.
The French actually use the word ‘cake’ – not to describe a sweet treat with frosting but for a small, savory … Continue reading.....
I didn’t think we were going to have a big plum harvest this year.
We walk past our biggest plum tree every morning, and, every morning, Guapa searches the lower branches for fruit.
She loves plums; she wasn’t finding any..
So I didn’t plan on making jam, or really doing much of anything with them this year. A few weeks … Continue reading.....
I made another cake.
Which, of course, means we had another dinner party because that is the only time I bake cakes.
I think I have found my niche as far as cakes are concerned: fruit and bundt pan.
In another life my specialty was Devil’s Food Layer Cake with Fudge Frosting but I am no longer going to subject … Continue reading.....
I baked a cake!
Which means I must have had another dinner party as that is the only time I make anything sweet (well, a few Christmas cookies).
I’ve been thinking about gingerbread lately. It was something my mother made often and I’ve always loved it.
But gingerbread for a dinner party?!?
Why not?
Tart it up a bit, finish … Continue reading.....
I have been making this bread every week for the last 20 years or so.
I first started making it around 1992 as that is the copyright date of the cookbook I found the recipe in: “Ireland – Grand Places, Glorious Food Cookbook”.
There are 2 brown soda bread recipes in the book, both ‘traditional’ and almost identical. Both are … Continue reading.....
