My husband LOVES lemon pies. He cannot get enough of them. To make his day cheerier and try a daring new recipe, I baked for him (and work colleagues) an almost fat-free vegan lemon pie. The original recipe comes from Susan at Fat Free Vegan, who shares this recipe, alongside another for calamondin pie. Her…
Fig Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
For Father-in-Law’s birthday celebration, we took him out. “Out?” you say, “What’s so great about that?” Well, this was a huge event for us. You see, F-i-L has been pretty much bedridden for nearly two years and has not peered past his own fence but in an ambulance. Needless to say, we (and Brother-in-Law) were…
Figgy Layer Cake
Last weekend I baked up a lovely fig-filled cake for a friend’s birthday. This is the friend you may remember mentioned in previous posts, for whom I’ve been creating a file of vegan recipes to accomodate her stomach’s unhappy reception of dairy products. After reading through my list of cake flavors, she chose fig. I…
Iron Cupcake Returns!
This month marks the beginning of Iron Cupcake: Earth 2.0. I’m happy to say that this year I should be able to submit monthly, as I unfortunately joined the group in the last month of year one’s competition. Here are the lovely prizes we’re competing for this month: We love our prize providers! The Demy™…
Pretty in Pink Chocolate Cream Tarts with Raspberry Mousse
My two recent blog love finds are by French food stylists. I picture Bea and Helen sipping cafe au lait at a chic open-air bistro plinking away at their keyboards formulating the latest fashionable recipe. Their blogs are artistic, elegant, and full of the some of the most dazzling photography that I’ve seen. Brimming with…
There’s a new lemon cake in town
Last week my landlord requested a birthday cake for her soon-to-be 3 year-old son. The piñata was “Cars” themed, so in keeping with this, I headed to the cake shop and found a cute plastic printout of Lightening McQueen (I’d forewarned her that my decorating skills are still a work in progress, so as not…
Numar Course
Tiramisu Ingredients This week I attended a desserts course at the largest margarine company around. The class was entitled “Especialidades para el Dia de la Madre” and focused on sweets for Mother’s Day, celebrated here in late August. The course was intended for pros who buy loads of products from the company, but the friend…
Mr. Berry meet Miss Pineapple
My favorite poolside drink is definitely the pina colada. It is smooth, tangy, creamy and refreshing all in one fancy shaped glass, preferably topped with a skewer of pineapple or a cute mini umbrella. Today as I was tossing ingredients into the blender for my mid-afternoon snack, the result was extraordinary. Beyond pina colada fixation…
Monkey Food
Yes, it’s Paula Deen in the background. I’m sure she’d be proud! It’s a lovely, relaxing Saturday morning. It’s rainy season, Husband is napping, and now is the perfect time to tell you about some great banana recipes. Yesterday we had some overripe bananas just begging to be baked into something scruptious. Here are the…
