This recipe comes from the Cooks’ Illustrated cookbook, American Classics. There are no pictures because of its popularity. It was eaten and enjoyed quickly. (Not just by me and Fred. I made this for a baby shower and we divided up the remaining pieces.) I recommend making it a few days ahead of time because […]
Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Mint Filling and Whipped Ganache
A Minty Variation on Hershey’s “Perfectly Chocolate” Cake Ingredients: 2 cups white sugar 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup Hershey’s cocoa 2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 2 tsp. vanilla extract 2 eggs 1 cup buttermilk 1 cup very hot water 1/2 cup vegetable oil White Chocolate Mint Filling […]
Buttermilk Syrup
My mom’s friend, Carolyn, gave her this recipe for Buttermilk Syrup. It is hands-down the best syrup I have ever tasted in my life! Everyone who tastes it becomes instantly enamored with it. I don’t know if it’s the tang of the buttermilk that does it, or if it’s the combination of everything together, but […]
Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe
When I was a little girl, we would go to my grandmother’s house for parties. My grandmother is a fantastic cook and she is known for many things, like her Tutti-Frutti Ice Cream, but especially her hot fudge sauce recipe. She also makes a killer brown sugar caramel sauce that is so, so good. (I’ll […]
