Ebelskivers are actually easier to make than to spell, and you can trust me on that. By now you know how much I love thrift store shopping, and that’s how I found a brand new Ebelskiver pan at our local Salvation Army store years ago. I stuck the pan in a cupboard in our garage […]
Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake – Mom’s Recipe
Strawberry shortcake is an early summer ritual at our house. That dessert never fails to bring a smile to the face of anyone seated at our table. And last week I got a real surprise that made my day. Nancy, one of my high school classmates, lives on a beautiful farm. She texted me to […]
Tart Cherry Door County Upside Down Cake
Tart cherries have always been a favorite of mine. We had two tart cherry trees on the Iowa farm where I grew up. That’s Mom on the right and my big brother Tom near the tree. It looks like they’re sharing a sample of our cherries with a visiting relative. I’m guessing a big pot […]
Aunt Carol’s Banana Nut Cake – Easy And Delish
My Aunt Carol was truly one of a kind. She always seemed flustered and she talked a mile a minute, and I swear she never finished a sentence in her entire life. Just picture the conversations of “Floyd The Barber” on the Andy Griffith Show. (I think she even looked a little bit like Floyd!) […]
My High School Pal Nancy’s Rhubarb Crumble Dessert- Delish!
We’re finally back in Iowa, and springtime here means it’s time to head to the back yard and pick a big batch of rhubarb. Nothing screams Springtime like a Rhubarb Crumble! What exactly is a Crumble? The sweet version of a crumble usually starts with some sweetened fruit compote that is topped with some kind […]
Banana Nut Bread – A Make Ahead Bake Ahead Treat
Banana Nut Bread is a great breakfast treat…any day of the year. The other day we took a short road trip to visit a dear friend here in the Heartland, and I wanted to take her a gift from my kitchen. I remembered I had some overripe bananas in my freezer, so I knew just […]
High School Halloween Cupcake Wars – An A+ Effort!
Halloween came early this year at Iowa City’s City High School…and I was lucky to be a part of it! Mrs. Green called to ask if I would consider being a judge for a special event in her classroom. Back in MY day her class would be called Home Economics, but now it has a […]
Lavender Infused Lightning Cake With Lemon Lavender Glaze
Our good friend and neighbor Olivia showed up at my door with a gift of some culinary lavender. (She’s always kind like that!) So of course I set out to find a recipe I could make to use some of those beautiful flower buds. I laughed out loud when I found this “Lighting” cake recipe […]
Lolo’s First Ever Angel Food Cake – A Kitchen Success!
Imagine my surprise when grandgirl Lolo told me she had never tasted angel food cake! So of course that crime needed to be quickly remedied during GrandCamp 2018. Angel food cake requires some skills not usually associated with cake making, so I knew this would be another great kitchen lesson to be learned in Meemaw’s […]
Rhubarb Cobbler – A Springtime Dessert Your Family Will Love
Rhubarb Cobbler is a quick and easy dessert, and I have a simple recipe I know you and your family will love. It’s a cinch to make and it uses only the most basic pantry items. In fact if you can get your hands on some rhubarb I’m guessing you’ve got everything else you need […]