Me, my mother and my sister LOVE chocolate. The richer the better. Dad on the other hand always prefer to be on the lighter side of things when it comes to our beloved cocoa bean. When I originally got my hands on Grandma’s (Dad’s mom) recipes it dawned on me why my Dad might have…
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Soft Centered Chocolate Fondants
So! The day has arrived! I have officially enrolled myself into this culinary cookbook class (aka I am committed to cooking my way through it!) For those that are just arriving — I have recently received the Le Cordon Bleu Pastry School Cookbook! To further my culinary endeavors I am slowly cooking my way through…
Whiskey Cake
Fun fact: bundt cakes were all the rage in the late 60s and early 70s. You know how I know this? Because Grandma Dinsmore (my dad’s mom) has about 20 different bundt cake recipes. When Dad and I were talking about this recipe the other day he recalled how often his mom would make bundt…
Auntie Agnes’s Famous Doughnuts
There is a saying out there that goes something like, “the fastest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach“. For James (my husband), it is more like the fastest way to his heart was presenting him with a box of doughnuts. But now that I make them? Let’s just say I have him…
I'll Leave The Kitchen Light On 