The combination of cherry and almond is a favorite of mine, so that must have been the appeal when I stumbled across this recipe in Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison’s A Real American Breakfast Cookbook, which is something of a bible of breakfast recipes. I used to make these muffins all the time. I had a friend whose mother loved these, so I would always take her a batch … [Read more...] about Cherry Almond Cream Muffins
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Plain Cake
Most of the older community cookbooks I have, even some reproductions of recipe books and “housekeeping manuals” from the 18th and 19th centuries have a recipe for Plain Cake. Sometimes it is used as a base for other things, like trifle, but mostly it just sits there on the page between the other more elaborate cakes. Easy to ignore or just flip past. This has been in … [Read more...] about Plain Cake
Festive Food Finds 2024
It’s that time again! I’ve put together my annual list of gifts for the food lover in your life (and that includes you)! As always, these are just some personal favorites – no one has asked me to promote any products or compensated me in any way, though I may earn a small commission from Amazon sales. Photos used are from the vendors. And for more gift ideas, … [Read more...] about Festive Food Finds 2024
Festive Finds 2024
It’s that time again! I’ve put together my annual list of gifts for the food lover in your life (and that includes you)! As always, these are just some personal favorites – no one has asked me to promote any products or compensated me in any way, though I may earn a small commission from Amazon sales. Photos used are from the vendors. And for more gift ideas, … [Read more...] about Festive Finds 2024
Maple Pots de Crème with Maple Tuiles
Pots de crème are a wonderful back pocket recipe for entertaining. They have a chic French name (pronounced poe de crème) which sounds like you went to way more trouble than they actually require. A little heating, a spin in the blender, a little bath in the oven. What you end up with is an impossibly creamy and delicate and lovely dessert with the added bonus that it can be … [Read more...] about Maple Pots de Crème with Maple Tuiles