SHF: Asian Invasion

As promised, I’m back with more information on this birthday cake. Ramona’s birthday is on Tuesday and she said what she would really like to have is a steamed sponge cake such as could be found in a bakery in Taiwan, but sadly unavailable in central Illinois. Just knowing that there was a [...]

Where’s The Fruit?

Sorry to have gone missing for so long! The Husband’s parents came for a week to celebrate Thing 1’s 11th birthday at the beginning of the month. I didn’t have anything to post from that because she requested a lemon torte from the Grocery Store Bakery. It pains The Husband when the [...]

The Daring Bakers Party With Dorie

This month the Daring Bakers tackled Dorie Greenspan’s beautiful Perfect Party Cake (p. 250 of Baking, recipe below). As soon as I flipped through the book, I knew I wanted to attempt this cake some day. I rarely have had a white cake come out completely white — there’s always some ‘golden’ edge, [...]

Turtle Cheesecake

This is a chocolate overkill dessert! When I make desserts for Easter, I always have a chocolate dessert and several years I have made cheesecake, usually plain with fresh fruit toppings. This year I decided to make a chocolate cheesecake, but not just any chocolate cheesecake, I wanted it to be a real ‘wow’ dessert [...]

A Little Green

Ha! After coming across all snooty about pudding mix and Cool Whip desserts, I’m back with pudding mix, Cool Whip, *and* cake mix!

I’ve never been fond of the traditional St. Patrick’s corned beef and cabbage, green-dyed foods, or the drunken rowdiness that is typically associated with the celebrations. It’s also my [...]