Cakes and Pies

From appetizers to desserts, explore our curated collection of tested recipes

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Food & Film The GBBO Italian Style Part 2

Language Lessons Since I knew we were going to move to Bologna to be near our daughters, and more importantly...

Dessert from The Great British Bake Off website

Food & Film: The Great British Bake Off Goes International, Part 1

Nancy looks at how The Great British Bake Off grew from British village fete traditions and American bake-off inspiration, with...

Pound Cake Big shot for KD

Bonus Recipe: A Poet Bakes A Cake

Recipe Exchange Being a senior citizen American transplant in Italy I occasionally get reminders of my heritage in the oddest...

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Ingredients: Cocoa Powder

 Bittersweet The chocolate cake featured in the last post -which has  become my most-requested birthday cake -uses cocoa powder—only cocoa...

Texas Sheet Cake by Nancy Pollard

Bonus Recipe: The Best Party Cake

Beginner's Luck My introduction to the joy of cooking was baking cakes as a pre-teen - meaning I would use...

chocolate for Mapie Toulouse Lautrec cake

Book Report: Trading On The Name

Not Sparking Joy Although I collect cookbooks, I am certainly not in the league with other cooking addicts who boast...

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Juicy Post: An Anglo-Italian Christmas Mashup

Christmas Cultural Differences This Christmas we had one foot in Italy and the other in England, while wearing many decades...

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Juicy Post: Last of the Strawberries

The Return I never can believe it when I find strawberries in the late summer at our farmers markets,  but...

Book Report: A Missoni Sweater Or Cake

La Moda & La Torta I  don't lust after many high fashion items. Rather, I tend to go for cheesy...

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Recipe: Simca’s Apple Tart

Searching For Simca Looking through the Google Statistics, which seem almost impenetrable to me, I am always  fascinated to see...