Yum! Made for Mother’s Day. A homemade sponge cake topped with fresh strawberries – mostly cut, some crushed, and sugar to taste. Though today’s shortcakes are made of a biscuit or sponge cake base, earlier American recipes called for pieces of pie crust to be used. This variety was particularly popular in the American South. ...
Halloween’s over, so we won’t be talking too much about the process of creating a Jack-o-Lantern. Now it’s time to plan our annual Thanksgiving feast – and what is just as symbolic of Thanksgiving as a turkey? Pumpkin Pie, that’s what. Pumpkins are a variety of winter squash native to the Americas. They can be ...
Creepy, crawly, prickly, ickky, nasty, inflammatory things that can get you! Worms for dessert? Ah! But they’re gummi worms! Looks can be deceiving! Our fantasy dessert is topped off with a spot of whipped cream. Gummi candies originated in Germany in the 1920′s and are made with sugars, starch and gelatin. Flavoring, citric acid and ...
