Archive for the ‘Cakes’ Category

This cake is simply and utterly amazing. The moist, apple texture is divine and it’s perfect dusted with icing sugar and cut into slabs. The recipe came from Deb at Smitten Kitchen and was her mother’s Jewish apple cake recipe. My family has firmly adopted it as their own and it will be reguarly served […]


I love, love, love this cake. I made it on a Tuesday afternoon before I went to a friend’s house for an night of old movies. Unfortunately we didn’t watch the 1954 Barefoot Contessa, instead it was Casablanca and An Affair to Remember. Gorgeous anyway. Ingredients 225g or 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at […]