Ahh . . . Whiskey Cake. How many times have I made you? I’ve lost count. This cake is a sultry, moist, make-ahead dream. Though most of my baking is from scratch, this is one super quick recipe for which I use a cake mix. I developed this recipe many years ago at the…
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Cracker Jack Cake
Last spring I wanted to create a new cake for a young friend. I asked him for suggestions for flavor combinations, and he thought that peanut butter and caramel would be a good combo with yellow cake. It was a great idea. This cake was the result. It’s a yellow cake with peanut butter frosting,…
Caramel Sauce – Liquid Gold
I’ve made this delicious, golden sauce for many years. We just call this classic caramel sauce Liquid Gold. I first saw this recipe many years ago in Cooks Illustrated. I’ve made it so many times that it’s become a basic for me. But I recognize that caramelizing sugar can be a challenging task for the…
Crazy Cake
This moist, dark chocolate cake is supremely easy to make. It’s a Depression era recipe, made popular during WWII because it doesn’t use eggs or dairy – two scarce commodities during war time rationing. In the past several years there’s been a resurgence of interest in Crazy Cake (also called Wacky Cake) because it’s a…
Yellow Cake with Fresh Raspberry Buttercream
I made this cake for a friend’s birthday – pink is her new favorite color, and raspberries are in season. So, I created Fresh Raspberry Buttercream for the event. The vivid pink color is due entirely to the dark red beautiful raspberries I used in the the buttercream. The technique is the same as for…
Snickerdoodles
The Snickerdoodle is a humble cookie, possessing a homey magic all its own. These cookies are soft, crinkly, sweet, and fragrant with cinnamon. Snickerdoodles are leavened with a combination of baking soda and cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate). This combo provides fast rising at the beginning of baking, resulting in Snickerdoodle’s characteristic crinkles. Snickerdoodles 2…
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