Food, Travel, and Cooking!
An easy to make cake that is moist, light and full of the fall spices we all love so much! In my books, if it’s made with buttermilk then I’m sold! Makes A 9” Square Pan 1 ½ cups granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 cup tinned pumpkin or homemade puree** ½ each vegetable oil & […]
The local blueberries are in! Have I been busy or what, making all sorts of wonderful things with them. This is an easy cake to put together, is really, really good and could be served for dessert, with afternoon coffee or tea, or as a guilty pleasure, for breakfast. Enjoy! You can use frozen blueberries […]
You’d hardly know it’s zucchini season if you looked in our kitchen! Joking! I have to admit there’s a whole lot of things being make using zucchini these days! And this moist, spicy, quick to make, cake is one of them. It’s great with not only coffee but we’ve had it for breakfast too! It […]
I made this quintessential English cake for my birthday last year…it’s the bomb and from now on “The Birthday Cake.” It’s not difficult to make and just plain awesome! This version of Victoria Sponge comes from Mary Berry. For the Cake: 8 oz. butter, room temperature 8 oz. berry sugar (Rogers make it) also known […]
Well, the push is on! Phyllis, the elf, has been baking up a storm, menu planning for Christmas and New Years, making lists, inviting guests, accepting invitations, putting up the decorations and last and perhaps not the most fun, cleaning the house! Just a few stocking stuffers left to get and the gifts are ready […]
I know that this weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving and we are all geared up for our Thanksgiving dinner event whether it be a beautifully browned roasted turkey or in our case a loin of pork with gingersnap sauce ( the recipe to be posted next week). My mom made the best pumpkin pie, if you […]
This is one terrific Bundt cake! My Dad loved spice cakes of any kind, so we always baked a spice cake for his birthday. It was always popular when I made it at work, usually for a corporate luncheon around the end of October. Back in the day, I used my own cooked pumpkin and […]