Category: baking

  • Coco-NUTS!

    Bobby Flay’s 6 Layer Toasted Coconut Cake Well, hello there! Don’t you look sweet and tasty? Why don’t you let me slip you out of that cumbersome glass domed lid. Aaaaaaaahhhhhh…. That’s better. ChompchompchompchompnumnumnumChompchompchompchompnumnumnum……… gulp.

  • Guess what I was doing Saturday, ’till midnight?

  • a cookie fit for a lady…

    “Fetch me that Ottoman, and prithee keep your voice low, said the Emperor; and steep some lady’s-fingers nice in Candy wine”. ‘The Cap and Bells’ (1820)John Keats I’m sure most of you have today off and if you’re not braving the cold amidst thousands of sale crazed lunatics, maybe you’ll consider staying in and baking…

  • autumn crisp, in the air and in the kitchen…

    I am a summer girl, through and through.every year, as summer fades away and autumn’s crisp air flows in through the windows, I am saddened.I say, “goodbye” to my tan.“goodbye” to my tanktop drawer.and the cute little bottle of sunscreen on my keychain. the one thing I do relish in when autumn arrives, is BAKING!I…

  • summer fling…

    as promised, here is my recipe for the best fresh peach scones this side of Georgia. I’ve made these scones with fresh berries, as well. and my daughter prefers them sans-fruit with a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar on top. either way, they have a crunchy, sweet top with a soft, flaky, buttery pastry beneath. (all…

  • pie hole…

    okay, so everyone who knows me is familiar with the fact that I bake. wait….let me correct myself. I LOVE to bake. I live, eat and breathe baking. it’s just what I do. I do it without exception. sick, on vacation, 2 o’clock in the morning, broken arm…. (okay maybe never that last one.) but…