Cook’s Country recipe for Lemon Pudding Cake.
Recipe and photographs of Basil Gruyere Souffle
Many people think only of ice cream in the warmer months, but as a child, my dad occasionally made it in the winter, with snow and the old-fashioned hand crank machine. Of course, living in the desert now, there isn’t much snow and I have a nice electric model but I still love home-made ice cream. […]
Recipe for Apple Peanut Butter Cheesecake
This dessert was inspired by a recipe I saw in Food & Wine magazine, Lemon-Blueberry Cheesecake Parfaits. My kids are not big fans of blueberries and red seemed like a better holiday color, so I substituted dark sweet cherries. I also decided to use the Cranberry & White Chocolate Shortbread recipe from the Joy of Baking with […]
I made this as we were having some friends over for dinner. I took these before the guests arrived, intending to take some pictures of individual slices later (there were only 5 of us so I assumed there would be plenty left). However college son had a couple of his friends over later to watch a movie after […]
This is a recipe from David Rocco, VILLA MARIA’S LEMON TIRAMISU. I still had some of the limoncello that I made a while ago so I decided to try this one. The ingredients are simple, eggs, cream, sugar, lemon, limoncello, white chocolate and ladyfingers. I did find that the ladyfingers I bought must have been too soft […]
Recipe and instructions for making a White Chocolate Wedding Cake for a small wedding
As I’ve already mentioned, the family is a determined chocolate cake bunch and they never want any other type. This is more of a mild chocolate, still flavorful, but not a deep dark cake. When you add the chocolate ganache, glaze and a little shaved chocolate it is the perfect mix, really chocolaty but not […]