I have been staring at this recipe for 2 years in Lori Longbotham’s Luscious Lemon Desserts, and I finally decided that it is the perfect post-holiday dessert to serve to company. On the one hand, everyone is totally done with (for a while) chocolate, nuts, mint… but on the other hand you cannot serve wheat…
Lemon-Vanilla Pizzelles, Take 1
Growing up, there were several cookies that graced our Christmas tins every single year without fail. Wedding cookies, decorated sugar cut-outs, date-nut pin wheels, pizzelles…. Some traditional cookies I have kept, such as the wedding cookies and painted sugar cut-outs. Some, mostly those involving dried fruits, I have left behind. I have never made pizzelles…
Rosemary, Lemon & Olive Oil Tea Bread
I have to apologize for the photos of this bread. I baked the bread for a meeting of my book club (one held at someone else’s house), and like a dunce totally forgot to take any pictures in my house, with my lighting and my camera. So I just snapped a few shots with my…
Margarita Cookies
I came to margarita appreciation very late in life. I of course did not drink at all while my epilepsy was active, at which point my only memory of tequila was extremely nasty cheap stuff in college. But I love limes, and so one day after I started drinking again I tried one. Wow. So…
Lemon Sour Cream Bundt Cake
This past week marked the beginning of Alex’s birthday celebrations. Plural because I have decided as she gets older and has more friends, it is better to celebrate with friends separately from family, and honestly my in laws separately from my family, just because they live farther away in D.C. and my family lives relatively…
Thank Goodness For Angel Food Cake
There’s been a change in The Spiced Life kitchen, one that will affect this blog, for how long I am not sure. Consequent to some horrendous abdomen pain, I discovered last week that I have a polyp on my gall bladder. I am not really sure why this is a problem, but it is and…
Triple Citrus Black Pepper Pound Cake
I have had a realization lately: the crusts on the majority of my plain (i.e., unglazed) pound cakes are lacking. How do I know this? The last 3 pound cakes I have made, all from Lauren Chattman’s Cake Keeper Cakes, have had far superior kick ass crusts. Just fabulous–to the point that I find myself…
A LIME!!!! & Lemon Mascarpone Blondies
I warned you–those Lemon Mascarpone Blondies were put to the top of my To Try list the minute I saw them. But first, a moment or 2 of excitement. First, our fence is up–see it in the backyard? Extra special thanks to my mom and dad for helping us to get it in way before…
The Spiced Life Kitchen/Cookie Carnival’s Lemon Ricotta Cookies
Did you know that the more I like something the less likely I am to use it? Oh it’s true, I am whacked. I will sit and treasure the anticipation, waiting for the perfect moment to use that something for the first time. Meanwhile it will sit and collect dust. Anyway, I have acquired a…