It’s super easy to make a Halloween cake when you have, as I always do, ready-made components in your freezer and refrigerator. I didn’t want to go shopping for candy eyeballs, pumpkin marshmallows, licorice, or anything else for that matter. I wanted to “eat down the fridge and freezer desserts” as I do with savory […]
Dark Moist Spice Cake
Your kitchen will fill with a divine spicy scent, reminiscent of gingerbread, when you bake this Dark Moist Spice Cake. Dark Moist Spice Cake After almost an entire week of temperatures in the high 90s, with humidity to match, these last few days have been rainy and chilly, and frankly a shock. Of couse, rain […]
Orange Almond Bundt Cake
Why do a variation of my tried and true, very popular Big Orange Bundt Cake? Well, I fell in love with the Nordic Ware Heritage Bundt Pan that I bought at Fantes, and had to honor it, so I did an Orange Almond Bundt Cake using almond meal and blood orange extra virgin olive oil. It […]
Hanukkah Spiced Mini Jelly Donuts
Why do Jewish people eat fried Jelly Donuts and Latkes on Hanukkah? Well, the story of Hanukkah (or Chanukah) says that the oppressed Maccabees defeated King Antiochus’ mighty troops and reclaimed the Temple in Jerusalem. To celebrate, they attempted a ritual lighting of a seven-pronged Menorah candle, but there was oil for only one day. […]