One Great Cake!
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 Posted in Recipes | 1 Comment »I made an awesome cake yesterday. It's Paula Deen's Basic 1-2-3-4 Cake (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/basic-1-2-3-4-cake-recipe/index.html.) I substituted coconut milk for regular milk, made a simple cream cheese frosting with coconut extract and coated it with lots of fresh coconut. So, so good! [caption ...
Holiday Cookie Exchange
Monday, December 14th, 2009 Posted in Creativity, Recipes | No Comments »I joined up with my friend Ann this past weekend to bake cookies with a group of kids from lower-income homes. While holiday tunes played, we rolled out, cut, iced and tossed sprinkles on Sugar, Moravian, and Gingerbread cookies. ...
Kitchen Redo
Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in Recipes | 1 Comment »You may remember way back in the spring when I mentioned that I was redoing my kitchen. Well, the project kicked off Memorial Day weekend. It proved to be a long summer of coordinating contractors, choosing paint colors and moving ...
Banana Bread
Friday, June 26th, 2009 Posted in Recipes, Uncategorized | No Comments »In just days work crews arrive and demolish and remodel my kitchen. It struck me today as I was baking that this might be the last time I bake in my oven, which has served me faithfully for fifteen years. ...
Happy Mardi Gras!
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Creativity, Recipes | 1 Comment »[caption id="attachment_235" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="My version of King Cake."][/caption] In celebration of Fat Tuesday I decided to make a King Cake. Turns out the cake isn’t so much a cake as a bread, but that doesn’t stand in the way of ...
Valentine’s Day Sweet Buns!
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 Posted in Recipes, Uncategorized | 8 Comments »I love to have these for my sweetie on Valentine’s Day. I make up the dough in my bread maker the night before, assemble the buns and then let them rise in the refrigerator. I also mix up the icing ...
An Outer Banks Thanksgiving
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Recipes, Travel | 5 Comments »[caption id="attachment_155" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Buddy loves sitting in the driver's seat."] [/caption] The Outer Banks of North Carolina. Just returned from the Outer Banks of North Carolina where Buddy, Bella and I celebrated Thanksgiving with my aunts, uncles and ...
