Hot Milk Cake


Cake, Gluten Free, Holiday, Recipes

It’s yet another stupidly hot day in Chicago.  There’s an alligator in the lagoon in Humboldt Park, aka our neighborhood park.  Taste of Chicago is only a mere four days this year.   Crazy times.  Crazy times. I could swear I heard it was going to be a cooler than average summer here but man, […]

July 12, 2019

Perfect Vanilla Cake


Cake, Cupcakes, Recipes

I have a favorite chocolate cake recipe that I use for almost all cake requirements. I’m thrilled when my kids ask for chocolate for their birthday cakes because I know I’ve got it covered. But vanilla? I wilt a little when they ask for that because the recipes I’ve tried before have fallen flat. The […]

January 20, 2019