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In my mom’s recipe box, I found a recipe in my paternal grandmother’s handwriting for banana cake. I can’t say I remember either my mom or my grandmother making a banana cake, but I decided I wanted to give it a try. My daughter wanted caramel icing for her birthday, so I suggested we try […]
The beginning of December meant the beginning of the candy making/baking season for my mom. The first item she usually made was fruit cake (aka. fruitcake)…so it would be ready to eat by Christmas. Baking fruit cake for Christmas was a family tradition that both she and her oldest sister continued; however, there was one […]
A delicious, easy cake that is a great summertime treat is a Mandarin orange cake with its light, creamy pineapple frosting. Yum! Even when you don’t stir the Mandarin oranges enough to break them up and they sink to the bottom of the cake, the cake is still very good. Although, it is harder to […]
What happens when you bake cakes for a gathering and forget to take pictures for your food blog before service? In my experience, you do not get any pictures of two of the three cakes and the only piece of cake you do get a picture of is sloppy looking at best because your in […]
Looking for a cake that is great to serve for a potluck or a large crowd? Want a cake that would be great for people who like chocolate, but don’t love chocolate? This very easy, semi-homemade Chocolate Chip in Vanilla Bundt cake may just the answer. To me, this cake has about the right amount […]
I find myself making a lot of sheet cakes whenever I cook/bake for a large crowd (70+ people). Thus, I am always on the lookout for new sheet cake recipes. I found one for a pineapple sheet cake in the Lehman’s Anniversary Cookbook and immediately changed it 
Yep, that is how I roll anymore. […]
I must confess that I would much rather skip dessert than eat a piece of a dry, bland cake. Additionally, I must confess that I do not enjoy the act of applying frosting to a cake…let alone multiple cakes. Thus, I love a cake that is moist, delicious, and does not need a buttercream or […]
This moist, tasty, simple pear cake is super easy to make. Seriously, I don’t think you could ask for much more except if would not require frosting…oh wait, it doesn’t. Unlike many cakes, this pear cake is good if it is still a little warm or made the day before. It is also a very […]
My daughter usually wants me to make her a strawberry cake for her birthday. The first year she asked for one, I made the strawberry cake with a strawberry filling completely from scratch. Although it was good, the color was kind of muted and not extremely appealing. The second year she asked for one, I […]
This frosting is a simple classic. it is easy to spread for a “crumb coating,” a filling between layers, and to frost an entire cake. Recipe: Basic Buttercream Frosting Ingredients 1/2 c. soft (room temp) unsalted butter 3 1/2 c. sifted confectioners’ sugar 1/8 tsp. salt 3 – 4 Tbsp. milk, half and half or […]
