by Brian | Apr 30, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Cookie Jar, Recipes
We all strive for a life that is rewarding, perhaps challenging, but hopefully not arduous. We want to avoid rocky roads, except for perhaps a vacation adventure. No, our pathways in life ideally are as smooth as asphalt with easy hills. Uh, there is one exception....
by Brian | Mar 5, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dessert Digest, Recipes
If the baking community were to create a royal family, then my vote for the Queen of Cakes would be easy: Rose Levy Beranbaum. After all, she did write the Cake Bible. Rose is one of those personalities who just command a room. She’s a lovely, energetic lady whose...
by Brian | Feb 20, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dessert Digest, Recipes
Have you ever looked at recipe, said to yourself, “That’s pretty strange,” and kept turning the pages of the cookbook. And, then, repeatedly kept coming back to that temptation. That’s what I did with this very interesting, a tad strange, but...
by Suzi | Nov 17, 2008 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Yield: one 9-inch double-layer cake Equipment: two 9 x 2-inch round cake pans This is the cake recipe we use for our almost famous Amy’s Bread “Pink Cake,” a moist vanilla-flavored butter cake inspired by a recipe from one of our favorite baking colleagues, Carole...
by Suzi | Nov 17, 2008 | Recipes
Yield: enough to fill and finish one 9-inch two-layer cake This is what makes the famous Amy’s Bread Pink...