Maybe it's the frequent dusting of snow that doesn't add up to much, the general boredom setting in due to roads and sidewalks being too slippery for daily walks, or something in the air that makes me feel compelled to bake coffee cake. Whatever it is, I'm on a roll. Not that anyone in this family ...
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Must Love Nutmeg: Chocolate Buttermilk Cake Recipe
This is a different sort of cake recipe. Oh, it's familiar in many ways: The same soft, not dry texture you want, a nice punch of chocolate, and a perfectly sweetened buttercream frosting to top it all off. You can make it in a 9 x 13 pan or two 9" cake pans. But it's also different. You ...
Peanut Butter-Streusel Coffee Cake Recipe
I like the way coffee cake practically sings, "Good morning!" bursting through the gloom like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in tap shoes. I love the way the kitchen feels warmer, the coffee tastes better, and the kids perk up and dig in hungrily. What are quick breads, such as coffee cake, if ...
Cinnamon and Spice Breakfast Cookies Recipe
I've mentioned about a million times how we (mostly me) make muffins or scones or some other breakfast-y foods most mornings — especially during the school year. Oatmeal, hot bran cereal, Cream of Wheat, or things we call "Hug in a Bowl" and "Bowl Wheat," are my go-to fill-ins. Rather than fall i ...
Lovely Lemon Bundt Cake Recipe
A Bundt cake, like a pound cake, is such a friendly, homey thing. Lemon appears in so many recipes during the spring, but I think that blip of brightness works especially well in the winter. It's the only spot of sunshine in my kitchen today. This cake gets a double hit from lemon in the form of ...
