Make a Big Impression This EasterI love holiday recipes that are inexpensive, impressive, and most importantly easy! If you like coconut cake, you will love this lemony version. Eggs that look like flowers are fun any day--pretty, nutritious, and super easy.Lemon Curd Coconut CakeHere's a beautiful cake that is perfect for Easter: a Lemon-Filled … [Read more...]
Sticky Toffee Pudding Recipe
We had sticky toffee pudding recently at Peli Peli in Houston, TX. What a treat! They served it as a large cupcake topped with caramel sauce and heavy cream. It was so rich, but I think a scoop of vanilla ice cream would have been better than the cream. The cupcake was hot inside and seemed like a cross between gingerbread and carrot cake in … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Trifle with Kiwi Shamrocks
We love trifle. You just layer cake, pudding, and fruit which somehow turns into something magical. I haven't met a person yet who doesn't like it. They seem to sigh with the first bite! So I was thinking about a trifle for St. Patrick's Day. Piece of cake! Use kiwi slices to make shamrocks for the top the trifle! With trifle you have almost … [Read more...]
The Real Black Forest Cake
This is a cake to love and to celebrate. The linked recipe uses canned cherries, but take this to excellence by using fresh dark Bing cherries. You can make this with canned cherries the rest of the year & no one will complain, but in cherry season go for the best! This is an outstanding cake that is soaked in Kirschwasser (Kirsch) made from … [Read more...]
Royal Wedding? Make a Madeira Cake!
Whether you will be watching the Royal Wedding or not, this is a delightful cake baked with plenty of rich butter. It is a traditional English sponge cake that keeps its lemony flavor for several days. Enjoy!From Wikipedia: "The history of Madeira cake dates back to an original recipe in the 18th century or 19th century. The Madeira Cake was … [Read more...]
Green Pistachio Bundt Cake or Cupcakes
I love this look for Spring. This is a quick cake to make using a yellow cake mix, pistachio pudding mix, and some green food coloring. Great for St. Patrick's Day as a bundt with powdered sugar as shown in the picture. Or turn it into cupcakes with fluffy white icing, green sugar crystals & perhaps a green candy shamrock. Fun & … [Read more...]
Old Fashioned Gingerbread: Real Comfort Food
I'm craving good old fashioned moist gingerbread. It's wonderful warm or cold and is great plain or with whipped topping or vanilla ice cream. Love it! Some people like to serve it with warm lemon sauce which is super easy to make. You just mix a teaspoon of hot water into instant lemon pudding mix a teaspoon at a time until you get the … [Read more...]