These bars were my favorite childhood dessert. I recently asked my mom for the recipe – but being that she is so neat and tidy (which is great), she often throws things away (not so great). I suffer the same affliction at times. Anyway, luckily my very good friend Michelle also loved these as a [...]
Archive for October, 2009
orange/pumpkin cornmeal cake
28Oct09I noticed this recipe in Fine Cooking’s Sweet Cakes magazine because of the beautiful photograph of the cake – it looked delicious and pumpkiny – perfect for fall. I was also curious about the mix of orange, pumpkin and cornmeal. So off I baked. This cake is rich in color and texture and so very very moist. I will [...]
chocolate buttermilk waffles
27Oct09Sometimes the recipe that comes in the instruction manual is actually pretty good! In this case, very good. You may know (from a previous post) that I’m always on the lookout for suitable breakfast foods for Andy. Andy who doesn’t eat cereal and who really likes chocolate and isn’t all that hungry in the morning. [...]
The week of my daughter Sylvie’s school bake sale, my son Andy was sick with fever. I normally go cookie crazy the days leading up to the sale because as I’ve mentioned, I like baking! But this week was a little different – dividing my time between keeping him company, taking him to the doctor, [...]
halloween peeps
23Oct09A plain Peep is not something that I love. However…a chocolate covered Peep is divine. Seriously. I did a short stint at Chocolations (a local chocolate shop) last year and Maria, the owner, was dipping Easter Peeps in chocolate. Well, that was it. Done. Count me in. My early resistance to Peeps was no more. I [...]
