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Category Archives: CAKES
.jpg) Thumbing through The Perfect Finish Cookbook . . . is a thrill for the senses. The Author – Bill Yosses, is the executive pastry chef at the White House. The pictures are amazing and I found myself dog-earing half the book! The Blueberry Angel Muffins stopped me in my tracks. Is it a muffin or cake?…
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 Bananas ripen too quickly. Therefore . . . I can’t just peel . . . and eat. I much prefer a slightly green skin. There’s only one thing left to do. This . . . . . . and this and this. I actually doubled the recipe and made 2 small loaves of Banana Bread…
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.jpg) It’s Easter! Bright Colors and sweets are popping up everywhere. I’ve tried not to buy too many tempting treats. Candy melts were calling my name though . . . so I made a few Oreo Truffle Pops. Easy as 1-2-3. The hard part is staying out of them. All you need is 3 ingredients and…
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
.jpg) When I asked my sweet half what Dessert he might like for Valentines Day . . . his response didn’t surprise me at all. I knew what he would say. Angel Food Cake. but . . . there was an or! It was this. This just happens to be another family favorite recipe. We make it…
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
.jpg) It seems I always have bananas in my kitchen. I like to peel & eat this funny yellow fruit, as long as they are still green. Speckled Yellow bananas . . . yuck! My sweet half much prefers his favorite Banana Bread. I prefer CAKE. It’s moist & delish! My sweet half even ate it!…
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
 You’re going to be happy that you dropped by today. Really you are. It’s very difficult to choose a recipe from Rhodes new fabulous Cookbook. Home Baked Family Favorites is jam packed full of scrumptious recipes & beautiful pictures. I finally narrowed it down, and made PETAL PULL-APARTS. Trust me, they are darn good! They…
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
.jpg) It seems that lately my time has been spent cleaning up after myself! Take for instance, dropping a FULL glass jar of homemade Salsa all over the kitchen floor. Glass & Salsa everywhere! I’m still finding odds and ends lurking in cracks and underneath large appliances. My newest trick, was filling up a very…
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
 I do like Brownies. I don’t make them much anymore. I don’t have anyone in this house, that will help me eat them. I can’t convince my sweet half to like Chocolate. I ask you . . . Who doesn’t like Chocolate? It’s sick! The brown butter is a killer ingredient. That’s what drew me…
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
.jpg) Doughnuts . . . oh geez. One of those guilty pleasures. Is there anything better than a warm fried doughnut? . . . I just don’t think so. I’ve made cake doughnuts in the oven before and they’re good . . .but they don’t hold a candle to a just fried, glazed doughnut….
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
.jpg) Summer. I love it . . . I hate it. Tired and just a tad awnry! Oh . . . I’ve been in the kitchen, but I haven’t been baking very much. I did manage to use some egg whites that I was actually saving for Macarons. I knew that wasn’t going to happen anytime…
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