Just Baking

 
I’m a huge fan of Fall. I love the changing colors of the leaves. I love the musky smell of piles of leaves wet on the ground. I love the cooler nights and shorter days. I love using it as an excuse to bake lots of things with pumpkin in them. So today I present […]

I’ve been waiting for an excuse to make this wonderful cake. I’ve had some pistachios left over from a previous baking adventure and had decided that they would be perfect in a pound cake. I’ve made this particular cake before plain and have used pecans in it as well (I love it with pecans, yum) […]

Summer finds me wanting to buy every sort of seasonal fruit I can get my hands on. I’m always overwhelmed (and really overjoyed) by the gorgeous mounds of ripe fruits at the local farmer’s market. I’ve had a pile of plums sitting in my kitchen for the past few days, because there are […]

Banana cake, is it just another way to use up old bananas or is it an excuse to buy a few extra bananas? I like to think it’s a fabulous excuse to buy that bigger bunch of bananas. A good banana cake with some cream cheese icing hits the spot when a […]

Perfect for a picnic or potluck. This is a cake my mom always made for us during blueberry season. Coming home from school to find this cake cooling on the counter was always a grand event. Mom still makes it often for church picnics and other events. Blueberry Buckle is a terrific way […]

No, I haven’t been watching reruns of “The Newlywed Game” (hopefully I haven’t given any of you strange flashbacks to the show…we used to watch it when I was a young baker…and don’t worry, I won’t try to use any “Gong Show” references), I’m talking about Whoopie Pies. I have seen Whoopie Pies before […]

Most of the time when we think of baking, we are thinking of cookies and cakes and breads. Usually forgotten are things like quiche, savory bread puddings and the like. One savory baked dish that I have loved since Mom first made it for us in our late teen years is Cauliflower Cheese […]

Doughnuts or donuts. However you spell it they are tasty. They are not something one should make a regular diet out of, but in moderation they won’t kill you. I don’t believe I’ve had a doughnut in a few years so it seemed like now was as good a time as any […]

Sugar Crusted Breton Butter Cake (traditional name Kouign Amann or “bread and butter”). Every time I pick up the book Butter Sugar Flour Eggs by Gale Gand, Rick Tramonto and Julia Moskin, I am drawn to the same photograph and recipe. My book actually falls open to the page this recipe is on, and I […]

“Just like Grandma used to make” and I can say that because my Grandmother did indeed used to make these. There were few things better than Sundays at Gram’s when I was a kid. The best part about these days was spending time in the kitchen with my Gram. She always cooked […]