A family favorite and one of my all time favorite cookies are rugelach--an Eastern European Jewish confection that is a cross between a cookie and a pastry. These crescent shaped beauties are made from a cream cheese dough. They are tender and flaky, and filled with a variety of spreads before rolling and shaping them. [...]
This scrumptious cake is a family favorite and my most requested dessert recipe. I always have one of these on hand to break the fast on Yom Kippur. 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 4 ounces or 1 stick butter, softened 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 8 ounces or ½ pint sour [...]
Looking to impress your guests with an apple dessert for Rosh Hashanah? You will love Breton Apple Tarte. This tarte is a French classic in which caramelized apples are encased in a flavorful shortbread pastry. Get ready for kudos when you serve this apple dessert delight for Rosh Hashanah. Dough 2 sticks butter or [...]
Here’s another great dairy dessert option. There is no cooking or baking necessary for this simplified and enlightened version of the traditional cannoli recipe. You can make the pizzelle cannoli shells days ahead of time. Since the filling takes just minutes to whip together, make sure to fill the pizzelle cannoli right before serving so [...]
Here’s a great autumnal cake to serve on Sukkot. Pumpkin pecan cake is one of my favorite go-to autumn cakes. Moist and tender and infused with pumpkin, warm spices and studded with pecans, this cake is the quintessential autumnal dessert. Pumpkin pecan mini bundt cake is a great make ahead dessert that you can whip [...]
The recipe for this showstopper cheesecake comes from Maida Heatter, aka “Queen of Cake”. She passed away in 2019 at the age of 102. A prodigiously gifted pastry chef and cookbook author, Maida Heatter wrote more than ten cookbooks, many of which are treasured baking resources that I refer to time and again. Her recipes [...]
Looking to impress on Valentine’s Day? Make Marble Chiffon Cake! It’s my new favorite go-to cake. Light and airy with a velvety texture—it’s simply divine. Happy Valentine’s Day! 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 7 eggs, separated 2 cups plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided ¾ cup canola oil ¼ cup [...]
I recently made this scrumptious streusel topped coffee cake to rave reviews. I used my basic coffee cake batter and topped it with streusel before baking. Who doesn’t love a cake with streusel? Enjoy! Streusel Topped Coffee Cake Streusel topping 2/3 cup flour ½ cup sugar ¼ cup cold butter Cake Batter 2 cups [...]
I made these scrumptious cupcakes for my grandchildren for a family celebration weekend. They were a big hit! I used my 1-2-3-4 yellow cake recipe to make the cupcakes: 1 cup butter; 2 cups sugar; 3 cups flour: 4 eggs—so easy to remember—you barely need a recipe. I left some of the cupcakes unglazed, so [...]
Since this was the cake that inspired my passion for baking and launched a thousand recipes, it is only fitting that I launch my website with Nanny Fela’s Butter Streusel Cake. My mom baked it often when I was growing up, and I could never resist plucking off the streusel, leaving behind a funny looking [...]