Tales of Traveling, Baking and Memory Making™
I have never understood why they called this an Italian cream cake. I can only describe it as a vanilla cake with coconut and pecans. It even reminds me of a Hummingbird cake and maybe my version. Momma loved sheets cakes for several reasons. She used one pan and it […]
Most plain cheesecakes have the same basic ingredients. These may vary in amounts according to the baker and of course, the size of the springform pan. I was always intimidated by this complicated-sounding dessert using a special pan but I finally broke through my fears. My, oh my, it is […]
Pumpkin is usually considered a fall dessert these days. Momma considered nothing exclusive to the season. If she took a notion and had the ingredients, she baked it. Sweet Potato pies were one of her most popular but now and again she made some type of pumpkin dessert – usually […]
When I was about 5 years old, I remember the long trip visiting my grandparents about 4 hours north of our home. Granddaddy was a farmer and a hard-working farmer. They had very little in the way of material things but then, they really did not want for much. They […]
In the South, we are lucky in that we have small farmers that sell their produce on the side of the road. Sweet potatoes are sold by the box so sometimes a friend and I will share a box. Even a half of a box is a lot of sweet […]
Chocoholism is a disease that runs rampant in my family. Momma was an excellent chocolate dessert maker and we three girls were the taste testers. She made doberge cakes before we even knew what they were. Our local bakeries sell them. They consist of several thin cake layers with filling […]