Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
When fall rolls around, pumpkins catapult to the top of the ingredients list–at least for baking. No matter what critics say about the overuse of the American pumpkin-spice mixture, it is a brilliant combination of flavors, and I never tire of it. It wouldn’t be fall without it. Nor would pumpkin bread. The kids never […]
My son was turning 11 years old, so it was time again for me to roll up my sleeves and create his favorite of all time birthday cake. To sum up this gem of a recipe: It’s a cake with regular chocolate cake layers (each cut in half to make 4 layers), but spread with […]
I volunteered to make a cake for a Halloween-themed party. Kids would be there and adults. Something scary would not work. Something too kiddy-like also would not work. I settled on an orange-black themed cake with a spider-web top. There were a lot of steps to get through, though luckily, the steps were pretty easy, A […]
Fall is in full swing, and that means lots of apples and, more importantly, apple-based desserts. There is another fruit that I see sitting alongside the apple, and that is the pear. I associate the two together because they are both in season during the fall months (and are white inside!). I learned recently that […]
In Polish cooking, this cocoa cake ranks as the easiest baked dessert. I had to laugh out loud when I heard that from my Polish relatives. It is definitely not a mug or all-in-one bowl cake, so that means that it’s already a step above “easy,” at least in my book. For this cake, you […]