Simple Food. Good Ideas. Great Fun.
Note: This post contains an Amazon Affiliate link. If you purchase the item using the link, I will get a few cents in commission. It will not impact the cost of the item. This article has been updated since it was originally posted. My dad did not really cook; fried eggs, oatmeal, toast, and grilled […]
This post contains an affiliate link for Amazon. I will get a few cents if you purchase the product using the link. It will not impact your cost. I am not affiliated with the manufacture of the product; I just like it. Sometimes going back to your roots can be very comforting. Just as Grandma’s […]
Although it is not something I do that often, I have been known to make a cake for my family to have for breakfast. Frankly, I really do not see much of a difference between eating donuts or pancakes for breakfast and eating a piece of cake for breakfast. I don’t even have much guilt […]
Please Note: The following post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you make an Amazon purchase as a result of clicking a link, I will get a small ad commission that will not affect your purchase price. My paternal grandmother and her sister often fixed a lemon cake that was baked in a tube or Bundt […]
Apparently, Bundt Cakes are once again “in.” King Arthur Flour even named 2017 “Year of the Bundt.” I guess I really don’t move in the proper circles, because I never knew Bundt cakes were ever out. I have always loved Bundt cakes since my mom got her very first Bundt cake pan in the late(?) […]
When I found the hand-written recipe for Orange Slice Cake in my mom’s recipe box, I briefly thought it was for the orange cake that our neighbor, Gussie, frequently made and shared with us. It was her favorite. The thing is…no one in my family really liked orange cake. However, I knew not really enjoying it would never […]
My daughter wanted a vanilla cake with a blueberry filling and marshmallow frosting for her birthday. Although she does not like sour cream, she does like sour cream doughnuts (she just doesn’t know they are sour cream doughnuts), so I decided to make her vanilla cake a sour cream cake. Okay, I will admit sour […]
There is quite a bit of irony that nearly every year of my early life I asked for a Coca-Cola Cake for my birthday. First, it is a chocolate cake and I am not the biggest fan of chocolate. Second, I really preferred Sprite or other non-cola drinks when I was young. Last, my mom’s […]
German chocolate cake is something that I have never been that into…except for its icing. I love its coconut-pecan icing. It was never a cake that my mom or grandmothers made very often. In fact, the only person I remember frequently making a German chocolate cake was my uncle. He made two desserts that I […]
My daughter was having a difficult time deciding what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, so I suggested that she decide what type of icing or frosting she wanted first then we could figure out a cake that went with it. So, I started naming over all the frosting and icing types I […]
