St. Paddy’s Day is fast approaching and while we all think of drinking as the main way to celebrate, let’s not overlook the treats. Because frankly, there are some amazing treats. For example, last year’s Baileys White Chocolate Cheesecake with Almond Brown Sugar Crust. T his year, I went with an Irish Whiskey Cake. However,Read more
I am pro butter. Always have been, always will be. However, 50% of people diagnosed with celiac disease cannot have butter. In addition to gluten, they are also allergic to a protein found in dairy called casein. Now, if you combine that number of people with all the people who are lactose (also a protein)Read more
September 14th is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. It is tradition to dip apples in honey to bring in a sweet new year. There also seems to be a tradition of serving honey cake at holiday dinner. However, every honey cake I ever tasted was terrible and I could not understand why my grandmotherRead more
Until a year ago, I never heard of Meyer lemons. Apparently, they are huge in the foodie community. I mean HUGE. Really, just Google it. It’s crazy. I’m not sure how I remained so ignorant of something the food world deems so important but, clearly, I am not alone. Everyone I mentioned it to, sinceRead more
So I was looking on Pinterest for a bundt cake recipe because really who doesn’t love a bundt? I mean they’re always so pretty and require no talent whatsoever. I am amazed every time I make one how incredible it looks. So anyway as I was searching I made the most amazing discovery–brown sugar pound cake. BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE? Really? This is a thing? Oh yes and like most decadent food, it seems to be Southern. Then as if brown sugar pound cake wasn’t mind blowing enough, they enhanced it with toffee and pecans. Add a caramel glaze and you have what my husband’s co-workers call “crack” cake.
