Good morning! My fascination with the simple goodness of old fashioned layer cakes has lead me to a Southern Belle favorite, the Hummingbird Cake. Moist, rich and decadent. Hummingbirds love their sugar! Hummingbird cake recipe: Unsalted butter, for greasing or pan spray 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 1 cup pecan pieces, toasted 3 ripe bananas, chopped and mashed 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh pineapple 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 large eggs, at…
Hello all, I have a food confession, I am addicted to granola. I’m not sure how this happened but I do know I am on a quest to find a simple and delicious granola concoction. My hunt begins. First up on my search I visited David Lebovitz’s blog and read about his best of the best granola recipes. I had to make it and of course it did not let me down, he has genius taste buds! It is super duper yummy. I also love the fact that most of…
A new shipment of local honey from Heritage Farm & Kitchen has just arrived. Liquid Gold!!! We think the old fashioned Weck jars compliment it’s beauty. I wanted to find out about what is going on with local bee hives in our area. I was excited to find that the White House has the first ever hive located on the South Lawn beside the Kitchen Garden. In 2011 the hive produced 243 pounds of honey. The cool thing is the kids that visit get to see the whole process…
I noticed this recipe a while back on one of my favorite food blogs, www.smittenkitchen.com, of course I was intrigued. With spring in the air my creative spirit is in full force so this week has been a whirlwind of fun, jelly, Irish Soda bread, Fig Newtons and all the new layer cakes. Actually the entire kitchen is bustling with food joy…… Chef Marty is working on producing our own in house yogurt & Greek yogurt, so exciting! I will keep everyone informed, tomorrow will be the unveiling and I’m anxiously awaiting to taste. Back to…
Hello, I’m the Pastry Chef for Community Canteen and Mon Ami Gabi here in Reston Virginia. I live in Charles Town WV with my beau and Oliver our Jack Russell. Please feel free to email me: cstrasser@leye.com.
