Even though my loving father died shortly past my tenth birthday, and that Dad was barely home – working tirelessly at his bakeries – in spite of this–his smiles and baking endeavors have resonate in me for decades. All aspects of baking flash before me, daily; they hound me to bake something, anything. I love…
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Sweet Potato-blueberry-walnut bread-lemon iced
After cooking sweet potato soup, which was delicious, I’ve dug around the extensive sweet potato website based in North Carolina, and learned historical facts and viewed many recipes. Most of the historical information can be found on my recipe for the soup. But personally, I’ve discovered my own small tidbits about sweet potatoes. One, I…
Glazed Lemon Pound Cake – a sweet dessert with pucker power
At the beginning of my fora into cooking and baking, which started fifty years ago, I never thought of using real lemons. Unknowingly I bought those plastic bright-yellow lemon containers. Naturally there was lemon juice in them, but who knows what else? It took me many years to discover fresh lemons, and their many benefits…
A Tub of Dark Chocolate Zucchini Bread topped with Cream Cheese-Yogurt Frosting
Toward the end of summer I’m thrilled when my vegetable garden presents a cornucopia of several vegetables; my favorite for decades has been zucchini, the green variety. I catch them at their peak, about six to eight inches. However, larger ones work well in stews and casseroles, or stuffed with chopped veggies, cheese and ground…
