At the beginning of this year I took a pastry chef course. I was in seventh heaven. For four months, every Monday afternoon, the class of 20 gathered and (...)
My baby is 25 tomorrow! My BABY- do you get that? Ouch!This cake came at a perfect time. Easy to make, frosting that is (as others have said before me) worthy (...)
I love cake, and I love pie, but what I really love the most are COOKIES! All kinds and shapes.There are cookies that are the "usuals"- chocolate chip ( (...)
I write this blog to keep a record of the things I bake and sometimes to just express myself to open space. I don't think more than , maybe 8 or 10 people have (...)
I love cheesecake! Almost any kind of cheesecake (I go crazy at the Cheesecake Factory- forget the meals, just give me cheesecake). I've made many different (...)
I've seen and heard of these bars many times in the past but never tried them. I wasn't even sure how to correctly pronounce it. So here you go:Now that we've (...)
I haven't really celebrated Thanksgiving since I've lived in Israel. It falls in the middle of the week and my family here is not really excited about the very (...)
I've had an oatmeal cookies recipe that I've been using for many years. Recently, my daughter made them and said there was a slightly bitter after taste. We (...)
Dolly's coconut bundt cake with dark chocolate and filling
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Now that's a mouthful!"Baked Occasions" dedicated this cake to Dolly Parton, whose birthday is January 19th.We'll leave out her age- you can Google that on (...)
You really can't get much better than the combination of peanut butter and chocolate. Reese's? I mean, the ultimate in the merger of flavors. But I'm biased- I (...)
When I think of dates, I think of the Middle East. And that's where I live. Date palms all around, both natural and on farms that grow dates for both local and (...)
St. patrick’s drunk bundt cake with whiskey and bailey's glaze.
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That title is quite a mouthful, but so is this cake! If you are looking for something verychocolatey with a hint of alchohol, then this is your baby. I don't (...)
Saturday morning, March 2nd- an amazingly gorgeous day! The sun is shining, not a cloud in the sky. Warm enough to walk outside with short sleeves, but still (...)
Conversation heart cakes with black velvet cake for valentine's day
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I can't say I have ever been a big participant in the Valentine's Day celebrations. Maybe it's because of one outstanding memory I have of a Valentine's Day (...)
Everyone has their favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. My personal favorite is from Jacques Torres. Then there are the famous Tollhouse cookies that we were (...)
Life is so fragile. Every once in a while something comes along to brutally shake us back into reality. Look at things in proportion. All those catch phrases (...)
As a child, I loved horses. Even took riding lessons and collected horse figurines. I wasn't a particular fan of horse races, but just to see the beautiful (...)
OK, this is going to be a quickie since it's very late and I need to get this posted- now! I wasn't sure I was going to have the time today to make this cake (...)
Risks. Taking risks is an important part of life (in my opinion). Now, there are all levels of risk- some involve a life or death decision (tfu, tfu tfu), some (...)
Today, I am the rogue baker. According to the recipe schedule for Baked Sunday Mornings, I should be making these. Alas, no one home to eat them, besides the (...)
This recipe came just in time to finish off the last of the flour in my house until after Passover.I have always looked at baking as a kind of therapy( for me (...)
We are now back to the beginning-the first "Baked" book, "New Frontiers in Baking" which, in my opinion is the best. I have bake extensively from this book and (...)
Unfortunately, from this picture, you can't see the tricolor. I'll have to edit this post and insert a picture when I cut the cake- and that will have to wait (...)
No blueberries here- not now, almost not ever, and if there are- well let's just say they cost a gold mine! So we go with a lot of frozen fruit here. I know, I (...)
