Tag: cake

GLUTEN-FREE CARA CARA ORANGE POUND CAKE

Who doesn’t love sweet winter oranges, especially when said oranges are zested and the tequila-sunrise-colored juice is hand-squeezed into a glass measuring cup – a few splashes of orange oil ripple towards the edge like ink dots. Fresh-from-the-farm eggs whipped with sugar become light and airy; flour is added in alternating batches […]

GLUTEN-FREE PERSIMMON PUDDING

Until a year ago, I had only used persimmons as table decorations but had never actually tasted a persimmon – even though I’ve lived here in Indiana for almost 20 years and persimmons are well-known in these parts. We’d tucked some pulp away in the freezer and The Professor found […]

GLUTEN-FREE TIRAMISU BUCHE DE NOEL

I have dreamed, thought, considered, planned – whatever verb you choose – to bake a Buche de Noel for many, many years; always deciding that baking one would be far too much work, far too complicated and far out of my reach in terms of decorating something that fancy. In […]

GLUTENFREE HUMMINGBIRD CAKE WITH LEMON MASCARPONE FROSTING

[grooveshark width=”250″ height=”40″ id=”37781667″ style=”metal”] Musical pairing – “Imagine” by John Lennon NOTE: I meant to post this last week but in the midst of attending Big Traveling Potluck in Los Angeles, I completely forgot; the cake is still fabulous – I really hope you’ll bake one! Sometimes one just […]

GLUTEN-FREE SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE

For more years than I care to admit, I’ve carried yellowing, smudged, brittle and torn recipe pages up and down the West coast, then to the Midwest – always tucked inside a bulging 3-ring recipe binder that is home to hundreds of other recipes I’ve collected over the years. Like […]

GLUTEN-FREE PUMPKIN BUCKLE WITH SUGARED PECANS

[grooveshark width=”250″ height=”40″ id=”36161493″ style=”metal”] Musical pairing – Here We Go Again by Ray Charles with Norah Jones Guys, I’m going to out myself here and say that I am bone-tired. My brain is fried, my body’s ‘get-up-and-go, got-up-and-went;’ I’m staring at a calendar that says next week is Thanksgiving, […]

SALTED-CARAMEL SIX-LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE

Human by Jon McLaughlin on Grooveshark Musical pairing – Human by Jon McLaughlin When I asked The Professor for his advice on which angle to write this post . . . his reply was, ‘What about how much of a struggle the recipe was?’ To which I said, ‘Oh, you […]

BLOOMINGTON BITES: CLASSIC CHOCOLATE CAKE

Musical pairing – Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves by Aretha Franklin (with The Eurythmics) ‘An Adventure to the Classics‘ – As kids, my sister and I fell into two camps. I was the adventurous eater, my sister the picky one. I would pile on the spicy Indian sauces whereas […]

BLUEBERRY BUCKLE & BETTY

Musical pairing – Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino August.  It’s now August.  And at the end of this week, I’ll be boarding a plane that will fly me to Pennsylvania to meet a group of people I’ve only ‘met’ on Twitter to attend a one-day blogging workshop.  And I’ll be […]

A NOT-SO-TEXAS COOKIE SHEET CAKE

Musical pairing – If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d Have Baked A Cake by Eileen Barton This post is a labor of love, and by that I mean that I count myself very fortunate to have married into one of the best families ever – and that includes my […]