Chocolate waffles hot from the iron with a fluffy cloud of whipped cream make for a perfect dessert. Or — if it’s just one of those mornings — a rare breakfast treat. Cocoa powder and bittersweet chocolate add to balanced rich chocolate flavor, with mild sweetness to let ice cream or whipped cream add to…
Category: Baked goods
Banana Cake with Cinnamon Frosting
Here’s a homespun cake for the banana fan. Banana Cake slice This buttermilk moistened banana cake is tender and sweet with warm notes from fragrant cinnamon and topped with crunchy toasted pecans. Banana Cake batter The batter for this cake is thick and fluffy, and bakes into either one nine-inch or two eight-inch layers. This…
Vanilla Butter Cookies
This tasty rolled and cut cookie is just the perfect thing to frost and decorate. What makes this my go-to recipe for cut-out cookies is that this dough tastes great and is easy to work with. The secret? There isn’t much sugar in this dough, yielding a very easy to roll dough that cuts cleanly…
Wholegrain Cornbread
I’m a west coast granola-girl and have come up with my own California twist on cornbread, a quintessential American side dish. There are two main types of cornbread: Southern and Northern. Southern cornbread is savory and made with all or nearly all cornmeal. Northern cornbread is lightly fluffy and sweet, and often made with a…
Lux Lemon Layer Cake
I needed a cake for a friend’s birthday, and my lemon trees had some beautiful ripe fruit. I imagined a light textured layer cake with bright lemon flavor completed with silky smooth lemon buttercream. This cake was the result: It’s like eating sweet sunshine combined with butter. This is a longer recipe than usual, as…
Blackberry Bars
One of the joys of late summer is blackberries. I envisioned a simple dessert bar that had a crisp, buttery crust topped with as much blackberry sweetness as crust. Blackberry Bars Blackberries are deep purple, with a mellow sweetness and flavor. The filling has no spices to distract from the blackberriness of the flavor. And…
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