Molten Chocolate Cake

Delicious, easy, and perfect to make in advance, whether for 2 or 20. The first time I had ever heard of this cake was when it was to be served at a catered party in someone’s home. The owner of …

Strawberry Chantilly Cream Roll

  Can’t decide if it looks simple to make, or hard to make?  It’s not just making a cake out of the box, though, there are multiple steps to get to the final product. However, my 11-year old made this. …

Farmer’s Market Finds: Sour Cream Blueberry Pie

Those blueberries are still at the Farmer’s Market this weekend.  I know so, because  I still have plenty of berries to pick from my late-ripening bushes.  I never would have considered blueberry picking strenuous exercise, but, sometimes, the heat really gets …

Distinctively Louisiana: Summer Favorite Blueberry Crisp

One of my all-time favorite recipes. From one of my all-time favorite cookbook authors, Bert Greene.  When I acquired his book, Greene on Grains, it was the first time I started reading a cookbook as a bedtime book.  Goodbye novel, …

New York Style Cheesecake: Variation: Pumpkin

One of our favorites!  I mean, who doesn’t love cheesecake?  In fact, I used to love it so much, I swore I’d never make another one! Well, things change, and you do things for people you care about. A friend …

Strawberry Pavlova

Strawberry Pavlova…. My daughter’s first recipe! She entered this in her 4H cooking competition this week, and placed 3rd. I don’t know much about 4H, but it is very big in our area. She is a 4th grader, and apparently, …

Lemon Wafer Thins

One of my favorite cookies of all times! Easy to make, and such a memorable flavor for all you citrus lovers.   This is one of the first cookies I really fell in love with.  It was just different.  In …

Distinctively Louisiana: Praline Pecan Liqueur Bundt Cake

Taken from the classic Bacardi Rum Cake, using their recipe but a special Louisiana liqueur from New Orleans that is fashioned to reminisce one of the classic Louisiana confection: Pralines.  The liqueur is actually a Praline Pecan Liqueur, and really …

Almond Cream Cheese Tart with Orange Marmalade

My sister picked this for her birthday cake. I put it together for her after I got there.  This is best made the day before, as the cream cheese requires getting to room temperature, the crust dough requires at least …

Fresh Figs with Feta

If you live in a rural part of the Southern states, you may be lucky enough to have access to fresh figs. The figs grown in the south are smaller than the figs grown on the West coast, but no …