In tribute to all of the scary but fun decorations out there, here is our Halloween Pirate that gets dusted off once a year.
Halloween Spider Black Velvet Cake
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 […]
Perfect for Fall: Pear Upside-Down Cake
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 […]
Mini-Glazed Polish Cocoa Cakes (“Murzynek”)
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 […]
German Potato Salad
Growing up, I had potatoes in some form or another about 4 to 5 times a week with dinner. Dinner without potatoes wasn’t a real dinner. As a kid, I actually wasn’t too fond of this starchy root vegetable. If it weren’t mixed with something else, I had a hard time eating it. In the […]