Categotry Archives: Desserts
Coconut Cake and Boiled White Icing
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I love butter cream icing; but when my son Benjamin requests coconut cake for his birthday, it’s not butter cream that I use. Many years ago I originally saw the recipe for boiled white icing in an old edition of the Settlement Cookbook . It looked rather complicated; but one day I experimented and found that it makes mounds of a creamy and delicious white icing. Over the years this icing has become the topping for not only my coconut cakes, but numerous […]
Coconut Macaroons elevated to Flavortown
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Recently at a friends party I tasted a coconut macaroon from the dessert tray. My favorite candy as a child was the Mounds bar, so; anytime I see a sweet made with coconut, I’m in. I naturally asked for the recipe and prepared to, gather the ingredients as well as a couple of extra ingredients I felt would really push this confection over the top. I finished making them as my husband was ready to leave for work. Naturally he asked to […]
Black and White Cookies
I haven’t baked in a while; but, on a recent holiday I was itching to make a dessert I had never made before. My husband has loved black and white cookies since he was a little boy and on this occasion I chose to surprise him. I must say I found many good recipes; but I settled on one adapted from the fabulous New York food emporium, Zabar’s. The cookies are large and I placed them in an airtight container […]
Chanukah, the Festival of Lights
Every year when Chanukah rolls around the excitement builds for a Jewish holiday that is traditionally celebrated with family. In Judaism, Chanukah is a holiday celebrating the re-dedication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem in 164 BC, after its desecration three years earlier by order of Antiochus the IV. The Maccabees recaptured Jerusalem and re-consecrated the Temple after leading a successful revolt against Syrian rule. The lighting of the menorah recalls the story that a one-day supply of oil burned miraculously in the Temple […]
Rosh Hashanah Luncheon
So many things are a tradition in my Jewish faith and lunch after services on the first day of Rosh Hashanah is one of them. As the family grows, so do the numbers attending; and this year the table held twenty five. Friends are included too; and in-laws and friends alike, bring toys for all the children to play with. My family is a blended one, like many. The best part of that equation is that everyone gets along. In […]
Hello Honey, Hello Sweetie, Hello Dolly
Called Hello Dollies, this multi layered cookie bar is a winner. Layer as many as eight ingredients and you’ve made stack after stack of sweet goodness. This cookie bar is a fun and easy confection to make and will stay in your go- to recipes for a lifetime….as it has mine. Just layer or sprinkle one layer after the other…..easy-easy-easy. Using a casserole dish, the first layer is melted butter, the second is graham cracker crumbs and then let your […]
Pecans Revisited
I love anything with pecans in it. As a little girl. I spent hours getting them out of the shell with a nut cracker and separating them from the bitter part they are encased in. Ou-e nast-ee! I remember my father’s company trucks making detours on their route to Morgan City, La., stopping at the Morgan City Bakery to pick up pecan pie tarts just for me. I wonder if the bakery is still in business. They were the best. […]
Strudel
Who doesn’t love strudel? Everyone enjoys it, but how many make it? The process is easier then you can imagine and it tastes out of this world. An invitation to a friend’s dinner party, introduced me to this recipe. Her dessert menu included; brownies, lemon squares, banana pudding and the most delicious strudel I had ever tasted. I asked her at which bakery she purchased it and she told me she made […]
La Suprema Bakery
Have you ever passed a bakery on a street you frequent and every time you see it, you say to yourself,” I need to stop there”. Well last week that is just what I did. I stopped at the La Suprema Bakery. The bakery is a Mexican family owned business with five locations in the metro Atlanta area. Despite the Spanish name, in their own words, “our cakes have always been traditionally American”. But it was not the American cakes […]
Mini Desserts
Desserts are my special treats. When I entertain, I like to serve a variety of desserts to give my guests choices. Wish I could claim the concept of offering “mini” dessert portions in whisky jiggers, which are so cute, and the perfect size…..but no cigar. So many people are either health or weight conscience; but when you offer small versions of sweet confections, in an appetizing and visually tempting way, who can resist one or even two? How would […]