Currently baking from Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter.
These were good. Not spectacular, but darn tasty. The cake was moist and tender, but I would have liked more of a pineapple flavor. The coconut streusel is the standout here. It added just the right crunch and kept the cake from [...]

Currently baking from Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter.
I liked the idea of these muffins. I didn’t really like the muffins themselves, but I think that’s because I underbaked them slightly and they were pretty wet in the middle.
The recipe is pretty straight forward. The only step I had problems [...]

Currently baking from Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter.
So far, this has been my favorite pound cake that I’ve baked out of Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More. The cake was dense and moist, and the cream cheese perfectly complimented the lemon. In fact, I think it could [...]

Currently baking from Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter.
This was my second attempt at a pound cake from Walter’s book. Obviously, it came out of the pan easier than the last one. It also tasted better than the last one, but that was because of the crust.
With this recipe, after [...]

Currently baking from Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter
I hate my nonstick bundt pan. No matter how carefully I grease and flour it, just about everything sticks, including, as you can see, this cake from my next book, Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More.
I wasn’t sure what to [...]

I’ve been looking for a way to use up the last of my cocoa nibs, and when I saw this recipe at simplyrecipes.com, I knew I had found it. The combination of chocolate and lime strikes some people as odd, but they go together really well. The key, I think, is in the amount of [...]

From Mes Confitures by Christine Ferber.
When I decided to move to north Idaho, my dad was really, really happy. At first I thought it was because he was happy for me. Then I found out that north Idaho is huckleberry central, and now, his visits seem to coincide with huckleberry season. I suspect I’m only [...]