Pound Cake
Pound cake was traditionally made with a pound of each of the following ingredients: butter, flour, eggs and sugar. Now there are many variations of pound cake around the world, including this...
View ArticleCoconut Macaroon Tart Shells
This recipe comes from Cooking Light. I usually use it to make lemon coconut macaroon tartlets and strawberry coconut macaroon tartlets but it would be a great crust for other pies and tarts as...
View ArticleWhite Cake
This white cake recipe is from Cooking Light magazine. It has a rich buttery vanilla flavor but when compared with many other cakes, it is surprisingly not that bad for you. It is moist and works...
View ArticleHomemade Ice Cream Cones
I used a recipe for vanilla tuiles from The Bon Appétit Cookbook to make homemade ice cream cones. Tuiles are thin, crisp cookies that can be easily shaped when they are warm and just removed from...
View ArticleFrench Vanilla Ice Cream
There is something about homemade ice cream which is simply the best. Fortunately, making ice cream is so easy these days. You just have to remember to freeze your ice cream bowl for at least a day...
View ArticleCream Puffs
I recently made cream puffs for the first time using my Grandma’s recipe. My family affectionately calls them Cream Puffs a la Grandma Thelma. It’s a great recipe because the cream puffs are not...
View ArticleOld-Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies
I got this recipe from an old unidentifiable magazine clipping that I’ve had for years. The sugar cookies are soft, chewy and have that melt-in-your-mouth buttery vanilla flavor for which sugar...
View ArticleOrange Julius
With all of the cold winter weather we’ve been experiencing I’ve found myself daydreaming of sunshine and summer. So when Simply Orange Juice contacted me with the offer to send me coupons for a...
View ArticleNatural Dyes for Buttercream Frosting
After successfully coloring Easter eggs with natural dyes and making green eggs and ham with spinach juice (not to mention all of the controversy surrounding chemical food colors) I have been wanting...
View ArticleHorchata
It was surprising to me that until a year ago I had never had horchata. Going to college in southern California and all that was involved with getting a degree in French and Spanish provided me with...
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