Sometimes I like to talk. Alot. I have to hold myself back from yapping the other person to death. Of course, there are other times where I love to embrace the silence. A nice book, an evening walk, or maybe even a weekend brunch filled with brown sugar and cinnamon- in the form of these [...]
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Cornbread is means something different to everyone. Southern and Northern parts of the U.S. have their own versions, as well as other variations including savory, hot, and almost muffin-like. To me, the best cornbread should be sweet but not cloyingly so, have a sticky top layer, and be moist, but not gummy. This recipe is [...]
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I’m a very literal person. When I first heard “coffeecake”, I thought a cup of joe was poured into the cake batter. How silly of me. But since this cake is so delicious, I forgot the surprise quickly. But, a good coffeecake recipe is hard to find. A perfect cake must have a delicious streusel, [...]
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I’ve been meaning to make this cake since September of last year. Oops. Big mistake. This is possibly one of my favorite cakes ever. I baked it in different pans than the recipe outlines, and lowered the baking time to 20-30 minutes. Besides the fact that it is health conscious, with lots of yogurt to [...]
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I’m guessing that I’m not the only one with left-over pumpkin from Thanksgiving. At least I hope so. This pumpkin bread is Ah-mazing. As in, please go buy a can of pumpkin right now. Yes, even in 40 degree weather. Go, go! I think my bear said it best, “No, I want that other cake. [...]
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Orange, so orange. When I was still in my mum’s tummy, some decades ago, she had a enormous craving for oranges. Boxes and boxes of them. Navels, clementines, mandarins, you name it. I’m sure the doctor told her it was healthy. Vitamins, minerals, etc, etc. The side effects of this seemingly harmless encouragement was not [...]
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When I was little my mom used to make this breakfast concoction called “Egg Toast”. Contrary to what you would think, these were not eggs on toast. They were mutant simulations of what mother understood French toast to be. Which is amusing now that I figured out French toast is on the sweeter side of [...]
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I’m a Cali girl. Born and raised here, it’s who I am. I’ve never really been to the East Coast, much less the South.
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There are some things you just have sucky luck with. For me, it’s banana bread. Most of the time, behind the technological doors of blogdom, there are broken chunks of misshapen, soggy banana bread hiding in the trash.
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Sometimes baking healthy is like going to the gym. You know you should because its so good for you, but you would so much rather be bad…
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