Month: September 2022

Green Pea Soup (Indian Style)

Green Pea Soup (Indian Style)

Two of my good friends just married and I made this soup for them and for some of our friends who gathered to celebrate their marriage. The soup was very well received and my friends urged me to post the recipe here. So, here goes. …

Banana Cake With Malted Milk Ball Garnish

Banana Cake With Malted Milk Ball Garnish

Milk Duds. Abba Zaba bars. Sugar Daddies. Atomic Fireballs.  (Atomic Fireballs?! Yikes!) Candy memories and Retro Candy. Who knew it was a thing?  I didn’t. But, then, I recently came across this recipe for a Banana Cake With Malted Milk Ball Garnish. Malted Milk Balls!…

Oldies But Goodies: The Queen’s Chocolate Biscuit Cake

Oldies But Goodies: The Queen’s Chocolate Biscuit Cake

Every month Blue Cayenne features recipes from our archive of more than four hundred recipes. These recipes are our “Oldies But Goodies.” Today’s Oldie But Goodie recipe is for a Chocolate Biscuit Cake that was said to be a favorite of Queen Elizabeth II. Here is a link to the original post and to the recipe: The Queen’s Cake.

You don’t want to miss this great recipe…again.

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Stay Calm and Carry Strawberry Basil Crumb Bars (in your purse “for later”)

Stay Calm and Carry Strawberry Basil Crumb Bars (in your purse “for later”)

  In the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, news sources are filled with colorful anecdotes about her life. One such story describes wild strawberry picking in the pine forests that surround Balmoral Castle. (No. Wait.  That sentence didn’t come out right. “Wild strawberry picking”…

Hot Weather Food: Spicy Corn and Chile Salad

Hot Weather Food: Spicy Corn and Chile Salad

We’re under an extreme heat “dome” here in SoCal.  An hour ago Alexa told me the temperature was 104 degrees F. Just now, with a little more cloud cover, Alexa says it is 84 degrees F. Is that kind of precipitous temperature drop even possible?…