I thought I would review this coffee chiffon lace cake I baked earlier in the year. But first, I just want to say how relieved I am that the storm has passed, and we came out relatively unscathed, thank goodness. We were very apprehensive, not so much about the rain but more about the winds because our backyard is so close to the woods, any one of those tall trees is within striking distance of the house if, heaven forbid, one of them were to topple over. But we fared well Continue reading
I’ve been experimenting with a vanilla chocolate bundt cake for Halloween. I had to make two cakes, each time slightly altering the recipe, and I’ve concluded it still needs a little bit more tweaking. So I’ve decided not to include the recipe just yet since it’s not quite perfect in that it was just a tad too sweet. But if you need to make a bundt cake, the recipe for the chocolate marble cake I baked before would be perfect. I’ve used it to bake Continue reading
Pecan pie is so simple and easy to make, it’s hard to imagine how something so delicious can be made out of such plain ingredients. I made the basic pie pastry recipe and used one half of the dough for the pie. The dough can be made Continue reading
Mini tarts are to pies as cupcakes are to cakes. They are miniature individual portions of their larger kin, and more easily portable. So portable that, why, you can even carry a wrapped one in your shirt pocket, not that you would want to, but you could. These caramel tarts are Continue reading
There are a handful of recipes I use repeatedly because I’ve tried and tested them with great results each time; the recipe for this Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake is one of them. It’s from Continue reading
