I was especially excited this past Father’s Day to have my brother and his family from New York with us. For dessert I made one of his favorites… our Mom’s Banana Sour Cream Cake with this Fluffy Peanut Butter Frosting which I discovered online searching for a better peanut butter frosting than what I usually make….
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Strawberries and Cream Spectacular
Strawberries and Cream Spectacular! This recipe comes from the Time Life Series of Books called The Good Cook/Techniques and Recipes published in 1981. I had the entire collection in those days, and through the years I have donated many and sold some at yard sales, but this particular one simply called Cakes remains on my…
Passover Chocolate Sponge Cake Roll with Raspberries and Cream
In addition to the Passover Lemon Cheesecake which I made this year I also took this Chocolate Sponge Cake Roll with Raspberries and Cream to the seder at our aunt’s home. I am not a chocoholic by any means ( I usually prefer desserts without chocolate with a few exceptions), but i know that for…
The Best Coffee Cake. Ever.
I wake up early every day, whether I need to or not. That’s just my body clock. But I can’t really start the day until I’ve had my second cup of coffee. I love my coffee, and have since I began drinking it in college. (I’m so thrilled that the recent health pundits have been…
A Gluten Free Chocolate Birthday Cake
Our good friends from our “Chicago Days” who now live in Rhode Island spent the night with us on their way down to Florida yesterday. It was so wonderful to spend some time with them. They were a part of a close knit group of friends we had who, like us, were all transplanted to…
White Fruitcake
The classic fruitcake has been the brunt of many jokes. The often ridiculed cake popular at Christmas is typically a heavy, dense, overly sweet cake laden with artificially colored candied green and red cherries as well as other fruits and nuts. It has usually been soaked in rum or some other liqueur. Supposedly, Johnny Carson…
Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
If you are looking for a simple coffee cake recipe that will also satisfy your chocolate cravings this one’s for you. The recipe comes from a book I purchased from a good friend and co-worker years ago when I was working at The Chef’s Catalog store in suburban Chicago. The book called “Specialties of the…
Crunchy-Topped Whole Wheat Plum Cake
The Jewish New Year or Rosh Hashanah begins tomorrow evening at sunset. As is traditional we usher in the new year with a delicious meal abundant with all kinds of sweet dishes symbolizing our wish for a sweet year ahead. As I’ve been busily preparing all week for this special dinner I realized that much…
Meyer Lemon Olive Oil Cake
On a recent trip to Costco I spotted a huge carton of beautiful Meyer lemons. These fragrant lemons, a cross between a lemon and a mandarin or regular orange, bear a deep yellow hue with an orange tint when ripe. Meyer lemons are sweeter and less acidic than the lemons we usually buy. They are…
Triple Berry Summer Buttermilk Bundt
The bundt cake above is the perfect vehicle for the summer berries in abundance now at the farmer’s markets, produce stands and local groceries. In celebrating the bounty of summer in the menu I served last week (or in the case of the gazpacho, almost served), this was the dessert that made the cut. The …