Today, January 15th, is the birthday of my beautiful grandniece and I created the newest Crookie* in her honor. The new Miley Reese Crookie has a base of brownie with Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips and a top which is a Milk Chocolate Chew. It “ticks all the right boxes” mixing chocolate and peanut butter with … More New! The Miley Reese Crookie
Today (well, the 22nd) is the birthday of my good friend and also the belated birthday (cake) of her husband, who is also my good friend. (I usually bake a birthday cake for him, too, but wasn’t able to do so this year.) I call this cake Exquisite because it is the most beautiful and … More Exquisite Raspberry on Chocolate Fudge Cake
Did you notice the title said plural cakes? That’s right. I made two of these. Wednesday the 19th of October was the birthday of the Manor’s jazz pianist and he was the recipient of one of the two cakes. Last year I made him a chocolate birthday cake* but it had a fresh seedless raspberry … More Deluxe Chocolate Fudge and Raspberry Cakes
With a little substitution of a word from part of a song I learned in my high school Spanish class, I introduce Version 3, the final and perfected version of my Mexican Chocolate Snick which I’m planning to mail to a birthday girl today as a surprise. These are made with “melted” Abuelita Mexican Chocolate … More Si Abuelita fuera mi compania, entonces I make Mexican Chocolate Snicks
I like to experiment with flavors in my cookie lines and this is the newest in the Chew line. I used a mix of all-purpose and almond flours and did not over-emphasize the taste with too much extract. They are delicately flavored and my Chinese Mahjongg players approved this addition to the almond-flavored cookies* I … More Happy Autumn with New Almond Chew
I read about Hummingbird Cake somewhere, sometime and decided to make it to share for my birthday this year instead of my usual Banana Nut Cake* (as a sheet cake) and ** full nuts 2017 and *** Banana Cake with Creamy Nut Frosting No Nuts. Banana nut is my favorite cake, and Hummingbird Cake is … More Hummingbird Cake Cupcakes
I asked my friend and neighbor what kind of cake she’d like for her birthday on July 15th. To my surprise, she said spice cake with caramel frosting. We talked about divvying it up with other cake lovers nearby and she said, not excited in the least, “I suppose it should be a sheet cake.” … More 2 Birthday Cakes: Spice Cake with Caramel Frosting, AKA Penuche!
My mother has a LOT of favorite cookies, but high on the list are anything lemon, lime and peanut butter. So, I went into variation mode on Monday, the 4th of July with two lime and lemon cookies she’s never had before (since I invented them!) and a variation on one of my Wiches. Mailed … More New! New! Cookies for Mother’s 93rd Birthday
Can you hear the song in your mind’s ear? Well, I heard it in mine. I had a couple limes in the fridge. “Put the lime in the coconut” had filed itself into my memory and when I toasted some coconut for a carrot cake (with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting, oh my!) earlier this week, … More New! Put the Lime in the Coconut Snick
This is the newest in the line of soft, chewy and maybe gooey cookies. I dreamed about it, then got up and made it the next day to share with my drivers and physical therapists, froze some dough to check freezability (yay!) and baked the rest for part of a birthday basket referenced in the … More New! Gooey Peanut Butter Chews; 2 Ways
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