Easter of 2020 I was a Brat! I let this damn Covid-19 rob me of a beautiful day. First time IN MY LIFE I wore Black on Easter Sunday. NOPE! No more ‘kick-the-can’ attitude for me! Today I took a long drive to where I grew up. Remembered so many […]
Tag: Cake
FREEZE YOUR EGGS: Grocery Eggs That Is!
Covid-19 has changed all of our lives, and we are not out of the dark just yet. California is moving to have ZERO MOVEMENT for 2 weeks. Each state could potentially follow and that means no grocery shopping or curbside pick up. I wanted to share an easy trick to […]
CHOCOLATE FREAKIN CAKE!
Do I feel guilty when I indulge in the most scrumptious bite of Chocolate Cake ever? Nope! Not when I make them into tiny little, harmless size, petite ‘cakettes’! “What harm could one, oh… say, two delicate little bites be”? My thoughts, exactly! Just standing over the slight sized iron […]
CHRISTMAS CAKE: A WINTER WONDERLAND CENTERPIECE
Cakes, Cookies, Pies, Snow, Horse-drawn carriage fairytales bring a special magic to the holiday season. It brings out the little kid in all of us. And so, I couldn’t let the magic of this season pass without creating my very own Winter Wonderland Cakes, which are now the centerpiece for […]
FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE
What type of chocolate cake do YOU like? There are a gazillion recipes for chocolate cake. So the real determination as to what recipe you will love is to determine what you want out of the flavor of chocolate. There are those that prefer milk chocolate anything, which is less […]
HONEY CAKES
Oh, how we take for granted the gift offering of the Honey Bee. Growing up in a Syrian American home, nearly all our desserts were made with honey; sweet, sticky, golden, yummy HONEY! For me, there are only two flavors that enhance the flavor of honey like nothing else: Lemons […]
ORANGE CAKE
ORANGES. Can you imagine a cake using Whole Oranges and only 5 ingredients! Spring is in the air and I wanted something bright and refreshing in flavor, gluten-free (without using any of those gluten-free flours), and healthy-ish. This cake is simply all the above and amazing! Ingredients 10 inch cake Oranges […]
HONEY CAKES
Having gone to see the new Christopher Robin film with my grown daughter, her request, I was reminded just how much I adored Winnie the Pooh! The numerous scenes in the film of honey oozing and dripping from here and there tantalized my appetite to make these Honey Cakes. My […]
STRAWBERRY LAYERED CAKE
Nothing says springtime like strawberries. And so, in the dead of winter, don’t you think we need to dream a little? For Valentine Day, I am serving this delicately flavored pound cake with strawberry infused whipped cream, and of course, lots and lots of strawberries! Cake Ingredients Makes 1 large […]
COCONUT & MANDARIN ORANGE CAKE
“I don’t prefer cake,” says hubby! “Chocolates, biscuits, and pies, I prefer,” says my British husband. Biscuits, of course, meaning cookies. Well, every now and then I like to create something new in the cake world to see how it goes over at home. A beautiful mound of mandarin oranges […]