New Year’s Favorites

Brown Sugar and Chocolate Chip Pound Cake with Maple-Espresso Glaze

Brown Sugar and Chocolate Chip Pound Cake with Maple-Espresso Glaze April 25, 2011

This was one of those moments when all I had to do was see the photo and I was hooked. Line and sinker. Well, the name didn’t hurt. I love cakes made with brown sugar, what’s NOT to love about chocolate chips in a pound cake and then…the pièce de résistance. Maple Espresso Glaze. Done [...]

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Manhattan Bundt Cake – Bourbon, Pecans and Maraschino Cherries

Thumbnail image for Manhattan Bundt Cake – Bourbon, Pecans and Maraschino Cherries January 3, 2011

Like many people, I’ve got some traditions for New Year’s Day. Nothing that would stand up to any historical perspective but just ‘our’ traditions. We have to have some Black Eyed Peas for luck, a tradition that started when our family lived in North Carolina for 10 years, and I have to make a Butter [...]

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Hot Buttered Rum Mix

December 1, 2007

One of our favorite holiday gifts for friends; we mix a big batch and package smaller amounts in decorative jars for neighbors and friends.

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