We had a delicious honey date cake for dessert during Rosh Hashanah. I usually don’t like honey cakes, but I actually made a big mistake while making the cake and added twice the honey than I was supposed to. I made other adjustments to the recipe to counteract the extra honey and the cake was…
Category: Dessert
Sugared Pecans
North Carolina is pecan country. So, in honor of our vacation on the Outer Banks, I made some sugared pecans. I find pecans to be a bit bland. But they are perfect for coating with yummy goodness, especially coating that also add more crunch, such as pralines or this sweet cinnamon-sugar coating. I only had…
Strawberries in Minted Honey Syrup
Today I was able to visit a farm stand for Magee Farms. But it was not just any farm stand, I had helped the Magees obtain the permission to start a u-pick operation on this historic farmland. So, I was especially pleased to be able to buy strawberries at “my” farm stand. So, of course,…
Braided Lemon Bread
I had not intended to write a post about making this bread. But once I made the filling, I realized how good this was going to be. So there are only a few pictures…but much enjoyment! With lemon cream cheese and lemon curd fillings, this is basically a cross between a bread and a danish. Perfect…
Pistachio “Persian” Rugelach
I love when I am able to merge my husband’s Persian culture with my Jewish one. This was a perfect to do so with both Norooz (Persian New Year) and Purim just days apart. I decided to merge the two holidays in one treat – pistachio, cardamom, chocolate chip rugelach. Rugelach is a traditional Jewish…
Ina Garten’s Cranberry and Apple Cake
I feel very lucky, not only to get local eggs, but also to personally know the chickens that lay my eggs. Thank you Farmer Kim for this great picture. They are Wyandottes, a heritage breed from the 1800’s. My dog was so intrigued by them on our last visit, he tried to go into their…
Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Brownies with Nutella Ganache
These are so delicious, the first thing I need to do is acknowledge Rachael at La Fuji Mama (lafujimama.com) for the recipe. It was so good and made so many brownies that the first thing I did was give half of them away! To keep myself from eating them, of course. Then I fed some…
Honey Cookies
I love Rosh Hashanah. And I love eating honey: honey and apples, honey in the challah, honey on the challah, honey apple cake, honey on my chicken… honey, honey, honey! Of course that also means local honey. Luckily we have a lot of local honey to choose from. These are just a few that happen…
Blueberry Galette
We were invited to a friend’s house for a 4th of July celebration. What to bring? I had picked up a lot of blueberries, since they are now in season. so it was going to be a blueberry something. I decided on a galette, they are easy to make, easy to transport, and they can…
Chocolate Krantz Cake
Ever since I first opened my copy of Yotam Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem cookbook I have been mesmerized by the chocolate Krantz cake. It looked so beautiful, and so complicated. But I finally worked up the nerve to make it. And, surprisingly, it was really quite simple and….oh so delicious! Chocolate Krantz Cakes From Yotam Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem…
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