Here's the family rum cake recipe. I got it from Lily Gaddis in Hawaii. Rum Cake 1 cup chopped nuts (optional) 1 package yellow cake mi...

How long can the cupcake remain wildly fashionable? When I decided to make cupcakes rather than cake for my recital refreshments this weeken...

I'm not sure I'll ever do this again, but it sure looked cool. Inside: a "hot milk sponge cake" from Joy baked in a jelly ...

We have been cooking up a storm around here. There were people we wanted to see after our long trip, so we started inviting them for dinner....

This is the best sourdough bread I've ever made. During the week of the local food challenge I started a recipeless sourdough starter us...

The ex-girlfriend of an old friend of mine used to make chocolate zucchini cakes a lot. She would sit in front of the oven on a stool watchi...

We had a birthday party for Grandma yesterday. First we had a recital of two-piano music by Donizetti, J. C. Bach, Schumann, and Mozart. The...

I made a fruitcake for Christmas this year. And I spent a lot of time trying to convince Lawson that it wasn't going to be gross. He wa...

This cake is among the most fun foods I've ever made. It ranks with the peanut butter/raisin/powdered milk logs I made all by myself at ...

Last weekend we went to Grandma's to watch the final first-round playoff game between the Diamondbacks and the Cubs (we won). We collabo...

Yesterday was Lawson's birthday. I knew I wanted to make him some carrot cake, because I only recently found out he is a big fan of it ...

After my piano students perform in a recital I always put on a dessert buffet for them to make up for the trauma--complete with a lace table...