A Chocolatey Engagement Celebration
I have been trying to find a good chocolate cake recipe for a couple of years now. I didn’t think it would be that hard, but for some reason nothing has even come close to my ideal: PF Chang’s “Great...
View ArticleCaramel Pear Cake
I have a soft spot in my heart for lumpy bumpy homegrown pears… Our very first house in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn had a magnificent pear tree in the front yard along the driveway! This is the...
View ArticleSpiced Applesauce Cake with Caramel Glaze
Back when my children refused all things chunky we ate a lot of applesauce. They liked it with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top, and who was I to refuse? Apples and cinnamon are a taste sensation! In...
View ArticleFresh Orange Cake
I made this cake twice… I had two fresh orange recipes for cake in my winter pile of “desserts-to-try.” The first used an entire whole orange, poached in simple syrup and pureed down into a luscious...
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