Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
Halloween is just upon us, and so are Halloween parties, so let’s pull out those cake pans and start baking! If you need to whip up an easy-ish but ultra-tasty Halloween layer cake for a party that won’t scare everyone away, then I’ve got the cake for you. As an added bonus, you don’t need […]
I’m sure you’ve heard this before: “Oh, well. Gotta throw out these squishy, overripe bananas. They are too icky to eat!” Those are the words of a frustrated non-baker looking for a banana to eat right out of the peel. But for bakers, a pile of overripe bananas is a gift dropped straight down from […]
It might be my Slavic/Polish heritage, but I think anything made with plums or prunes is d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s. Poland is among the top 20 plum producing countries, with production levels at over 100,000 tons per year. Nothing beats Polish plum conserves, chocolate covered prunes, prune-filled doughnuts, prune layered honey cake, or even spiced plum herbal tea. […]
Here is a vintage cake that has risen up to the top of my pile of go-to coffee/Bundt cakes: the hot milk cake. It is like a light pound cake, or perhaps it can be called a sponge cake alternative. The key to success comes from melted butter mixed in hot milk. When joined with […]
This is probably ranking as my no. 1 coffee cake recipe so far. It results in the best tasting peach-blueberry cake EVER. I can’t emphasize this point enough. In my family, half of it was eaten by just two people within 15 minutes of serving. I had to hide the rest away so that the […]