Since not everyone likes turkey for Thanksgiving, I like to have another main course option for my guests. This year I’ll be serving Chicken Giambotta, which was one of my husband’s most requested meals when we ate out at Italian restaurants. I started to make a homemade version for Steve, of blessed memory, and it [...]
This is my Mom’s epic chicken soup. Served with her fluffy, ethereal matzoh balls—this is my family’s most requested soup.
One of my family’s favorite and most requested cakes is a scrumptious coffee cake that I make in a loaf pan. For Valentine’s Day, I bake the cake in a 9 x 2-inch heart pan with great results. I love to serve this cake with a steaming cup of coffee or cocoa, accompanied with little [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
One of my family’s favorite and most requested cakes is a scrumptious coffee cake that I make in a loaf pan. For Valentine’s Day, I bake the cake in a 9 x 2-inch heart pan with great results. I love to serve this cake with a steaming cup of coffee or cocoa, accompanied with little [...]