Baking

Here in our little corner of Germany Spekulatius are a holiday cookie tradition.  Gilding them is a new Mad Hausfrau tradition which…

Yesterday was my mother-in-law’s birthday. Germans are already following the advent calender and celebrating Christmas. So instead of making her a cake, I…

First I would like to announce the winner of the To Romance, With Love cookbook package is Susan who said: My husband and…

Thanksgiving time often finds me turning into this Heartland cookbook book for inspiration and comfort. In this case, maybe a slight buzz.…

Omg – big luscious chewy chocolatety moistness. This cake could sustain a group of castaways on a deserted island for a month.…

I had planned months before on making orange velvet cupcakes for Halloween and was going to improvise a recipe. Much to my…

Dr. B picked up a baking book for me recently. It was basically a big hint as he loved everything in it. It’s…

These Italian seven layer or rainbow cookies remind me when I lived downtown in NYC. Back then (before Chinatown swallowed parts of…

This tart has many names depending on where in Germany you live. Pflaumenkuchen in some places. In Bavaria, it’s called zwetschgendatschi. Here in…

This was the last thing I was able to make out of my friend Trudi’s orchard in Temecula, CA before I had…

Every time I visit California, it reminds me of how spoiled I was when I lived there from the abundance and varieties…

When I found this recipe on Apartment Therapy’s The Kitchn I knew I had to make it. Then I saw a version on Real…

When I met my husband (crazy story involving scuba) he had a pair of 20 year old scuba fins he was incredibly…