Can banana dishes be associated with the holidays? Of course they can, with the addition of warm, spicy ingredients like molasses, cinnamon, and clove. Instead of powdered spices, I used the essential oils of cinnamon bark and clove in my cake. As I have mentioned in previous posts, when cooking with essential oils, you must… Continue reading Molasses Banana Cake
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Zucchini Cake (Zucchini Recipe #263)
The annual zucchini bounty makes even the novice gardener boast the greenest of thumbs. Sunflowers and zucchini are my two staples that are planted every growing season because I know that I will have a full harvest. My tomatoes have been invaded by horn worms 2 out of the last 3 years. My peppers have… Continue reading Zucchini Cake (Zucchini Recipe #263)
Magnificent Mango Cake
Because I have lived most of my life in the Northeast, mangos have an exotic fruit connotation in my mind. One of my friends at Penn State was from Hawaii. (What a change in weather climates!) She described how her family had a mango tree in their backyard. This was mind blowing for me as… Continue reading Magnificent Mango Cake
Smells Like Thanksgiving in Here
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because… Continue reading Smells Like Thanksgiving in Here
The Pink Lily Pad and Two Tadpoles 