by Brian | Jun 11, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
The website Food52 is a resource that you simply must visit. It’s a site beautiful both for its recipes and its visualizations. Suzen made this cake, and began boasting to me. As the family dessert maven, I took no offense. But I wondered if she had changed...
by Brian | Jun 6, 2013 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
I first blogged this recipe three years ago. It’s a childhood favorite that I keep returning to. This time, though, I used one of the options: adding a cup of shredded coconut. A very good cookie was elevated to sweet perfection. This cookie recipe has three...
by Brian | May 3, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
[To view this post in a pretty PDF format that is easily printed, please click on this the link below. I’m still working on the mechanics here. When you click on this link, you’ll get a new window that says click on a link. You’ll then have...
![Coffee-Walnut Layer Cake [Except I Used Pecans] from Retro Cakes and Cookies](/var/www//wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2013_03_09_0634_HDR_Vignette-4389011_1080x675.jpg)
by Brian | Apr 2, 2013 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
So darned good. I took one look at this cake, in Retro Cakes and Cookies by Wendy Sweetser, and I had to make it. Coffee flavor and nuts. Oh, this is an English recipe and they want walnuts. Suzen is not anti-English – she’d live in London – but she’s...
by Brian | Mar 6, 2013 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
“Too big.” I said. I know what I am talking about. “They’ll be fine,” Suzen countered. I bit my tongue. I waited. They baked. They cooled. Suzen made the filling and began to assemble these sandwich cookies. “Too big,” she...
