Tag: Cake

Party Cake with Fresh Whipped Cream and Berries

I might have mentioned this before (erm, once or twice?), but I love berry season.  It takes all my willpower not to come home every week from the farmers’ market with flats of every berry I can lay  my hands on. And sometimes my willpower 

Irish Tea Brack

Never heard of Tea Brack?  Yeah, I hadn’t either until like, yesterday.  But hey, it’s St. Patrick’s Day and all, so let’s try something new!

Chocolate Chip Cake

Since I’ve been on such a roll with my old tried-and-true recipes, I figure I might as well just keep on truckin’.  And it doesn’t get much better than this.  This is recipe gold, folks.  Cake.  Chocolate Chips. Cinnamon Sugar.  A big chunk of this 

Nectarine and Blueberry Poppyseed Cake

There are a lot of good things about being a parent.  But there are also some pretty lame parts about being a parent. You know what one of the worst parts of being a parent is?  When you have to be mean mommy. You know… 

Chocolate Banana Cake with Pecans

It would seem that the internet hardly needs another recipe for banana bread.  Or banana cake.  And it isn’t as though bananas and chocolate are a novel combination, for goodness’ sake.  But I feel like it is my duty to share this banana cake recipe, 

Grandma’s Rhubarb Cake

Grandma’s Rhubarb Cake

My grandma on my Dad’s side is an incredible woman.  She managed to raise nine children, keeping them clothed, cared for, and fed.  Now, as someone who can regularly be heard raving, “I give up! I! GIVE! UP!” trying to care for only two children, 

Applesauce Spice Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Applesauce Spice Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

As I was saying last week, something about fall just makes it so much fun to spend time in the kitchen.  Every recipe I see makes me want to give it a try.  All the warm spices, harvest veggies, and hearty soups and stews make 

Peach Upside-Down Cake

Peach Upside-Down Cake

Well, friends, summer is reaching its end.  All the kiddos are back in school, I actually felt something resembling a chill while sitting outside the other night, and I’m starting to play the annual game of what I like to call, “Bug hubby to go 

Strawberry and Rhubarb Cream Tart

Strawberry and Rhubarb Cream Tart

As much as I enjoy food blogging, there is one thing that I decidedly do not love.  And that would be the simple fact that when you blow it, there is photo evidence.  When I make something new, I take pictures “just in case” it’s 

Sopapilla Cheesecake: Two Ways

Sopapilla Cheesecake: Two Ways

Food-snob alert: If you detest recipes that start with, “Take one tube of dough…”, avert your eyes.  This recipe is definitely not for you. It is full of refined sugars, chemical preservatives, saturated fat, and processed carbs.  It bears the name Sopapilla without having the