How could I not repost this Mitts and Measures classic for the holidays? You simply can't go wrong! (Originally posted back in 2013!) It is very unusual for me to be thinking of chocolate so soon after my last post raving about Simon Hopkinson's Chocolate Tart. I insist I am a lemon/citrus/anything-other-than-chocolate lover person. So [...]
Category: Cakes
Lemon Zucchini Cake
This Lemon Zucchini Cake is being posted in honor of my very best friend, Lesa. I've known Lesa since childhood when her family moved two houses down from us. We were both toddling around together at the tender age of three. So at sixty-years plus now, after growing up together and becoming adults, moving on [...]
Pumpkin Roulade with Ginger Buttercream
Update: This fabulous Roulade is my original post from back in 2013 and I thought I'd honor the beginning of pumpkin season with a re-post. Once you taste it, you'll see why it's one of the front runners! 🙂 When autumn arrives and the weather cools, there's one flavor of the season that cannot be [...]
Red Velvet Cheesecake
When I was having dinner (and a wonderful time) with my oldest son, Andrew, a couple of weeks ago in St. Louis, we were discussing where to have dinner the following night...(see a familial pattern?)...and Andrew started talking about an amazing cheesecake at The Cheesecake Factory he had had the other day, which was their [...]