Tales of Traveling, Baking and Memory Making™
Momma always had cake when company dropped by and we had a lot of company. If she knew in advance that it was just a couple of people stopping in, she would sometimes just make a one layer. In those days, trips to the store was on payday and that […]
WITH PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE SPREAD Good friends share recipes and I have so many friends that love to share their handed-down recipes. Most of these recipes were prepared with as much love as there was flour in the mixture. My friend Kathleen is a nurse. Our paths have crossed over […]
Who does not like a cupcake every once in a while. While chocolate is my all time favorite flavor, a little cheesecake thrown in just makes it that much more tempting. Now you will mess up a few bowls for this one. You make a cupcake batter and then you […]
Momma loved Betty Crocker cake mixes. Her very favorite was Milk Chocolate and it was sometimes hard to find among the chocolate flavors. But she would not buy any other cake mix but Milk Chocolate. I wish she was still her to experience the Butter Pecan cake mix because the […]
Most of my life, I have used the “see one, do one, teach one” theory. Breads, however, did not ever fit into this category. It was more like: “see ten, do twenty, teach one.” Activating the yeast is a challenge. What is warm? If you use a thermometer, it needs […]
I love making layer cakes. Momma made a gazillion with her 9-inch pans. She would make thick layers and split each layer in half. I love my 8 inch pans because I never seem to have a snafu. Of course, I always use Baker’s Joy to prepare the pans. It […]