Chewbacca cake
Posted by Kellee MillerThis birthday cake is the most interesting (and perhaps the ugliest) cake I've ever decorated. My boyfriend requested the cake to celebrate the anniversary of his first Chewbacca …
Entries from the ‘Sweet Spot’ Category
Banana Bread Bake-Off
Posted by Dawn PerrySome soft, black bananas turned up in the kitchen yesterday so I thought I'd bake some banana bread. I've been using the same recipe to make "my" banana …
decadent glazed chocolate layer cake
Posted by Lesley StocktonWhen developing the layer cake for the holiday dinner in our new December issue, we tried several variations. We tinkered with the number of layers, the dimensions and …
The evolution of a cookie
Posted by Charlyne MattoxThere's no better month to feature a maple cookie than November.
My first thought was to do a maple sandwich cookie; a maple cookie with a maple cream cheese …
honey tasting
Posted by Danielle BlackNot too long ago, Megan from the National Honey Board came by to share some information – and some samples. Behold the amber rainbow!
Darker colored honey is stronger …
Apple Pie with the Flakiest Crust
Posted by Charlyne MattoxI made an apple pie this past weekend. I used half butter and half leaf lard in the crust. It was the flakiest crust I have ever made!! …
Coming to America
Posted by Dawn PerryThose of you who poke around the blogosphere have probably heard about Tim-Tams, "Australia's favorite cookie." Two wafer-ish cookies sandwich a chocolate cream filling and the whole thing …
