Topped with Coconut Cream and a spoonful of seasonal fruit this is a wonderful dessert for a summer seaside luncheon: easy, light, delicious, and pretty. It can also be served with coconut ice cream and bittersweet chocolate sauce or warm with a little papaya or passion fruit jam for a weekend breakfast treat. Any way you slice it, … Continue reading
It’s strawberry season in Maine, there’s a rain delay at Wimbledon, and I’m meeting Kari and Stephanie at 11:30 to walk around Back Cove before lunch: time to bake a cake! Fresh picked local organic strawberries are fragrant and delicious, but often delicate because they’re not bred to endure cross country shipping. When you think your berries … Continue reading
On Thursday evening our book group discussed Florence Gordon, a well written, interestingly paced, novel about a prickly protagonist. We recommend it. Whitney requested a clementine tart, something I have yet to bake GF. Since she couldn’t join us and because there were two bunches of ripe bananas in the corner fruit bowl, I opted to … Continue reading
This special cake combines elements from some of our favorite winter dessert recipes: Marie’s Apple Brownies, Citrus Olive Oil Cake, Pan Forte, and White Chocolate Mousse with Lemon Curd. Making it is a project, but fragrant aromas of the holiday season fill the house and the final product is satisfyingly beautiful and tasty. An excellent morning activity … Continue reading
Joan organized lunch at Brita’s house last week and agreed to let me to bring dessert because it would help ME. A cool drizzly morning dictated the warm fall flavors of Gingerbread Cake. This recipe includes the use of flax seed meal which has notable health benefits. So Delicious Culinary Coconut Milk adds body, flavor, and richness to this moist cake. One topic of conversation … Continue reading
A congratulatory email from Marie earlier this week cinched it: Peter and I have been married to each other longer than we haven’t. I told him not to buy an anniversary thing. OK, we might pick out a piece of artwork together. A quick Google search of anniversary gifts year by year revealed that one might traditionally expect pearls. However the … Continue reading
Gingerbread cake in April?! The Farmer’s Almanac prediction for spring in our neighborhood has proven true: cooler than normal temperatures with near normal rainfall. We served this spicy cake at tonight’s end-o-season Paddle Tennis round-robin and dinner. With temps in the low 40s and a crackling fire inside Karen and Ford’s log cabin, the Ginger Olive Oil Cake with Lemon Icing suited everyone’s tastes. One … Continue reading
“He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.” ― Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. A couple of weeks ago I received an email … Continue reading
Oranges, clementines are special winter treats. It’s not full-on citrus season, but soon the fruit will be plentiful and delicious. Our gluten-free Citrus Olive Oil Cake is a great way to celebrate it. A lot more of you have joined us since we started this endeavor a year ago. The citrus cake recipe, adapted from one in … Continue reading
We’re sharing one of our most popular recipes for the first time. Heidi gave us a pumpkin from her garden which we caramelized by roasting it at 350 F for an extra hour: hands down the sweetest, most flavorful this season. There is something special about waiting for seasonal produce to make traditional sweets. Heidi’s … Continue reading
