Citrus Almond Pound Cake

I have had the fixings for this cake for nearly 2 weeks.  Which means it has probably been 3+.  Always add more time when discussing the passage of time…and me.  Much like when doctors ask you about alcohol and/or caffeine consumption.  They double whatever you say.  Because we lie.  Or miscalculate.  Or misjudge.  Did you knowContinue reading “Citrus Almond Pound Cake”

Chocolate Orange Olive Oil Cake

I need to apologize.  I have been holding out on you guys for at least two weeks.  And honestly, it has been longer than that but the exact amount of time is beyond me and any guess would be a straight exaggeration because I can not, for the life of me, make an educated guessContinue reading “Chocolate Orange Olive Oil Cake”

Blood Orange Bars with Browned Butter Crust

The West Side Market…which for the first few years of residing in Cleveland, I referred to it as the West End Market, but with Cleveland not having a West and East end, but West and East sides…it confused most folks,  in that midwestern way, where those with whom you are chatting know exactly what/where youContinue reading “Blood Orange Bars with Browned Butter Crust”

Strawberry Lime Bundt Cake

My hands are tan.  The tops at least…the palms are pinkish/orange (my carrot intake might be a touch out of control…again).  They don’t look like my hands.  Honestly, I think they look dirty…I am just so darn used to them being pale.  My mind is weird.  I can see the million tiny crevices and lines much easierContinue reading “Strawberry Lime Bundt Cake”

Orange Pecan Olive Oil Cake

The holidays are long gone, resolutions have been made and broken, snowmen have been built and hills have been sledded, the Super Bowl has been won and lost, and the groundhog has seen his shadow…Dear Winter, all that is exciting during your months (and I am including a large mean fat rodent checking out hisContinue reading “Orange Pecan Olive Oil Cake”