Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
For a kid-friendly potluck reception, I signed up to bring cake. How I came to this choice was not a straight path. The occasion was a potluck reception after a piano recital where my kids were performing. In thinking about what I could bring for the reception, I put myself in the kids’ shoes. All […]
To make a lemon layer cake special, lemon curd spread in between the layers as a filling or mixed into the frosting will do wonders. It is a lemon, butter, sugar, and egg combination that is cooked until thickened, just like a custard. Lemon curd comes to us from British cuisine, dating back to somewhere […]
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 […]
In my baking world, nothing spells Spring more than a lemon cake. And when it comes to lemon cakes, few top the rustic charm of the British Lemon Drizzle Cake. I baked a Lemon Drizzle Cranberry Bundt Cake for Christmas, but cheated by using oil instead of butter. This time around, I wanted to make amends […]
I was itching to bake another Bundt cake this weekend. Part of the reason why was because the kids absolutely love Bundt cakes. Another reason is that these are big cakes and therefore there are a lot of leftovers that I can freeze and save for another day–which has come in handy more times than […]