Before Christmas in 1984, the New York Times published a great article entitled “Baker’s Half-Dozen Recipes: Cheesecake to Buche de Noel”. I made half of those recipes over the years, and the one which turned into a family tradition for Christmas was the Linzer Torte. This is a bit different from the usual Linzer Tortes Read More …
This chocolate cake is a classic in Carol’s family and she recently made it for her brother’s birthday. It may sound strange to use mayonnaise in a cake until you recall that the two principal ingredients in mayonnaise, oil and eggs, are common cake ingredients. 3 cups cake flour 1-1/2 cups sugar 1 Tbs. Read More …
This is an adaptation of a recipe which won a cook-off at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo some 4 years ago. The photo shows it ready to be baked with fancy sugar used in the topping. As will be explained at the end of this post, the recipe can be easily adapted for Read More …
This recipe is an adaptation of a pie crust recipe from Serious Eats and a pecan filling recipe from Steen’s website. The crust preparation includes some useful tricks to get a flaky crust. This is the first pie dough where I felt that the crust itself was worth eating, and was not just as a Read More …