Category Archives: Cakes & Pies

Summer Strawberry Lemon Loaf Cake 

Click here to view recipe. For me – strawberries scream summer, or pre-summer.  In early June, I set out to find some type of strawberry cake to make for my grandson in Seattle.  He always chooses strawberry ice cream and … Continue reading

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Pistachio Bundt Cake

Click here to view recipe. This year was Jakey Boy’s 37th birthday, and his 4th baby was to be born close to that date.  The family decided to bring his birthday to HIM, so I made a cake!  Jake is … Continue reading

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Morning Bundt Cake With Poppy Seeds

Click here to view recipe.   My friend Ginny lives in Montana and we tend to like many of the same foods – Cuban food, roasted veggies with Tahini, roasted garlic, etc. When she mentioned she had a recipe for … Continue reading

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Lemon Poppyseed Loaf

Click here to view recipe. I love lemon anything and I adore poppy seeds, so when I saw Dorrie Greenspan’s recipe for Poppy Seed Tea Cake it wasn’t a question of IF I would make it – but WHEN.  She … Continue reading

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Bubbie’s Famous Chocolate Cake

Click here to view recipe. Bubbie is the Yiddish word for Grandmother, and the nickname my children used to call their paternal Grandmother.  Bubbie was quite a character: she was a red headed Iowa born girl with long long slim … Continue reading

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Rhubarb Raspberry Cobbler

Click here to view recipe. I go a little crazy when it’s rhubarb season in Seattle!  It’s a limited time when these beautiful, crimson, celery-like shards of deliciousness show up in farmers markets and stores, and during the month or … Continue reading

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Carrot Cake – Again!

When my granddaughter speaks, I listen. She – and everyone else in my family if I’m being honest – tells me that my carrot cake is better than any other.  So I figured I’d remind you all about this amazing recipe. … Continue reading

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Raspberry Dimple Cake

Click here to view recipe. Raspberries are, hands down, my favorite fruit.  My love of raspberries began when I was a young girl in Iowa and I have never ever swayed from placing this fruit #1 on my list. Unfortunately, … Continue reading

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Olive’s Pecan Pie

Click here to view recipe. At least 20 or more years ago, I was with my late sister-in-law Nancy and we were talking about pecan pie, of all things.  Both Nancy and my husband loved pecan pie and it was … Continue reading

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Cranberry Tart

Click here to view recipe. When my youngest son Jakey Boy was approaching his thirtieth birthday, he found a recipe for cranberry tart in the New York Times.  He cut it out and brought it to me, asking what I … Continue reading

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