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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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