Family Favorite

Heart Coffee Cake

2024-02-13T10:28:01-05:00February 13th, 2024|Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Valentine's Day|Tags: |

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 [...]

Rugelach

2023-09-20T14:44:41-04:00September 20th, 2023|Categories: Cookies and Biscotti, Desserts, Yom Kippur|Tags: , , , |

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. [...]

Streusel Topped Coffee Cake

2022-01-28T16:47:05-05:00January 19th, 2022|Categories: Cakes, Desserts|Tags: |

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 [...]

Nanny’s Butter Streusel Cake

2019-09-23T13:25:39-04:00September 23rd, 2019|Categories: Cakes, Desserts|Tags: , |

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 [...]