Move over, carrot cake. This parsnip cake is moist and spicy and topped with an irresistible maple ginger cream cheese frosting. Oh yes, parsnip cake is most definitely a thing! I love the idea of using fruit in savory dishes and vegetables in sweet dishes. You know, just to confound expectations. It's way more interesting to put cherries ...
Applesauce Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting
So much of my Rosh Hashanah menu is set in stone. We have to start the meal with kreplach in chicken soup. The main course is brisket obviously. And a beautiful braided round challah is the centerpiece of the table. But what about dessert? I have never quite found the Rosh Hashanah dessert. The one I want to serve year after year. The ...
Chocolate Orange Cake for Winter Birthdays
The birthdays keep coming around here! This week it was my husband's turn to celebrate another year. Like JR, he's not big on sweets, but I don't think it's a birthday unless someone sings and you blow out candles. So I was going to make him a cake whether he liked it or not. Of course, I'd prefer that he like it. So I set out to make a cake ...
Cookies ‘n Cream Ice Cream Cake
When you think of ice cream cake, do you think of a layer of cake topped with a layer of ice cream? Or do you think about a cake-shaped confection made entirely of ice cream? My darling son recently turned nine. While his Star Wars-themed sleepover party with five of his best pals will have to wait until the dust settles from our move, we did ...