This is a great-tasting chocolate cake that uses cocoa instead of baking chocolate (I tend to have cocoa on hand much more often than baking chocolate). It also uses buttermilk, which contributes to the moistness of the cake. If you don’t have buttermilk, you can substitute soured milk (eg. milk soured with a [...]
This cake can be made much sweeter than I chose to make it (I’ve seen it made with 2 cups of sugar!), and it can also be made with the addition of chopped pecans (which is quite traditional for a classic, southern “Hummingbird Cake”). I’ve also seen some recipes add coconut – which I [...]
My dear littlest daughter just had her first birthday! I made two cakes, a banana pineapple cake (aka Hummingbird Cake) with cream cheese frosting; and a buttermilk yellow cake with strawberry filling and covered in lightly sweetened whipped cream. I invited friends and neighbors to celebrate with a piece of cake! Keepin’ [...]
Apple Raisin Cheesecake Bars
Crust and Topping:
3/4 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1/3 cup butter or butter flavored shortening
Cream Cheese Layer:
1 – 8oz pkg cream cheese, softened (can substitute neufchatel or light cream cheese)
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 – 1 tsp vanilla (eg. 1 capful)
Fruit Layer:
1 apple (Granny Smith is [...]
Was this ever YUMMY!
Apple Blueberry Crumble
4 medium-large apples, peel on or off, cored and chopped into bitesize pieces (I used Granny Smith, peeled)
1 heaping cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
1/4 cup apple juice
1 Tbsp. turbinado sugar (can subsitute brown sugar – 1 Tbsp. will leave fruit distinctly tart. If you like it sweeter, [...]