Food, Photography and Bon Mots
I’ve had this recipe in my burgeoning to-do file for some time. The original recipe is from The New York Times and the reviews are pretty strong. A reader named Isabel, for example, wrote that this cake may be one of the best things she’s…
So, where did the idea of celebrating birthdays with cakes come from? It was the Greeks!!!, as my Greek friend Michelle would be quick to say. (Michelle proudly maintains that most good things originated with the Greeks. ) Michelle may have a point. According to…
Just WOW! This is such a good cake and a relatively unique cake flavor to place on your table to entertain your guests. I have to confess, though, that I’m not having a party and this cake is quickly disappearing off my counter! This is…
Wasn’t it Wallis Simpson (or was it Babe Paley) who famously said that you can never been too rich or too thin? Here is an update. You can never have too many Banana Cake recipes. We have many banana recipes here on Blue Cayenne and…
You have to eat this one fast. This wonderful (and easy!) Pear Cake is exceptional on the day it is baked, full of caramelized pears suspended in a vanilla and almond-flavored tender almond flour cake. Starting on the day after the cake is baked, the…
What’s better than enjoying freshly-baked donuts as the early morning sun streams into your kitchen and you read your morning newspaper. Throw in a cup of steaming Darjeeling tea. Just wow. You won’t be alone enjoying. your donut, either. According to an article about the…
Since 2020, Americans have consumed between fifteen and nineteen pounds of apples per person per year. Whoa! Time to amp up your apple consumption if you haven’t been doing your part. This apple cake is tasty as a simple breakfast cake with a steaming cup…
My Chief Quality Officer (CQO) Juliet and I wish you a happy Halloween and a happy season of fall baking. This Pumpkin Cake With Maple Frosting is perfect for both occasions. This cake recipe is from Deb Perelman’s Smitten Kitchen Keepers. You can buy…
If you read this blog, you’ve met our CQO-OT (Chief Quality Officer and Official Taster), Juliet, many times before. Juliet is a 7-pound rescue Yorkie who brightens everything about our world here at Blue Cayenne. Last week, King Arthur Baking’s Facebook page featured a post…
This Zoe Francois plum cake is absolutely wonderful. In the introduction to the recipe, she writes that this plum cake is her favorite cake in her cookbook, Zoe Bakes Cakes. (There are some outstanding cakes in that cookbook, by the way! So, that’s high praise…
