Category: Cakes & Cookies

Carrot Cake

Tidbits...This cake is moist and is delicious on its own with just a sprinkling of powdered sugar. If you want to frost the cake or...

Michigan Cherry Pecan Cookies

Tidbits...The Traverse City cherry festival was always a stop on our summer vacation.  Now to enjoy that sweet taste year round I keep dried cherries...

Susamelle ( o susamieli)

Tidbits...    This recipe, a traditional recipe from Ciociaria (the area where we live) was handed down by our dear Zia Erminia.   These biscotti are...

Grandma Locele’s Oatmeal Molasses Cookies

Tidbits...I probably inherited my "sweet tooth" from grandma Locele.  She always had cookies, cakes or pies in her kitchen.  If  her pantry was running low...

Dark Chocolate Cake (for chocolate cake pops)

Tidbits...This is my basic chocolate cake that I use for cake pops. It also is a delicious dessert cake with a light frosting, whipped cream...

Buckwheat Breakfast Plumcake (Saraceno)

Tidbits... Who said the only way to get morning buckwheat is in pancakes? This plum cake is packed with flavor and you won't even need...