Jun 15
Whatever else goes on this weekend, Sunday is the national day for celebrating our fathers. And what could be better for doing that than to offer your father, or the father of your children something sweet and delicious?
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Feb 17
“What do meatloaf and butterscotch pudding have to do with each other?” you may well be asking yourself. Unless you are me, the answer is most likely, “Nothing.”
The year was 1977 and I was married less than a year, pregnant, and horribly sick. I did not have morning sickness that lasted the usual first 3 months when one is expecting. I had all day and all night, constant, unrelenting nausea and vomiting, which I have since learned was due to something with a weird name that basically means I was highly allergic to being pregnant. Not to my precious daughter, Sara, but to whatever hormones my body was making to keep the pregnancy going. I was a mess.
Feb 10
This is the story of how I came to have a recipe for THE PERFECT CHOCOLATE CAKE.
I am blessed with a husband who is extremely easy to please, at least as far as food is concerned. We will have been married 36 years on the 28th of this month, and in all that time he has never complained or had a negative comment about anything I have made for him. Anything, that is, except chocolate cake.
I love to bake (probably because I love to eat, but that’s another story) and I learned early on in our relationship that chocolate cake is Randy’s favorite. So, since I love to bake and I love Randy, I wanted to make him the best chocolate cake he had ever eaten on the first Valentine’s Day after we were married. I used a delicious sounding Bon Appetit recipe I had been saving and was thrilled at how it turned out. But to my dismay, when I served him my masterpiece, he was underwhelmed to say the least. I was sooooo disappointed because I wanted badly to make him happy and knowing that he was so easy to please about everything else, I was perplexed as to why he wasn’t delighted with the cake I had made especially for him.
Feb 6
When a friend passed out this recipe many, many years ago, we did not realize what a journey it would take. Its presentation is quite beautiful and people rave about how it tastes. We have used and used and used it and, every time we do, we realize, once again, that it is a very easy, amazingly pleasing dessert. We have offered it on countless dessert bars, as the finishing morsel at elegant dinner parties, as a wonderful companion to a good cup of tea and, on many occasions, as a birthday cake.
The meringue is best baked the night before you want to serve it, and then left in the oven (having not opened the oven door), overnight. It has NEVER failed us and we feel sure that it will never fail you. Enjoy!
{photos by Natalia Chydzik}
Jan 31
The word “trifle” comes from the old French term “trufle,” and means something of little consequence. Had they tasted this trifle they might not have thought so! A proper English trifle is made with egg custard, cake, usually stale or left over cake, with a fruit syrup and sherry and topped with whipped cream.
We will give the recipe for each of the important components but obviously if you happen to have some stale cake lying about feel free to use it. Also we used fresh raspberries and Fresh Raspberry Freezer Jam but store bought jam or strawberries and strawberry jam are equally delicious.
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