by Debbie | Jan 24, 2019 | Desserts
I learned to make the basic recipe for this tart lemon cake from my mom. Over the years because I love, love anything lemon, I’ve found ways to intensify the lemon flavor. Mom always made it in a tube pan, but ya’ know I like pretty so I use my pretty...
by Debbie | Dec 18, 2018 | Desserts
(This post originally appeared in 2012 on Arkansas Women Bloggers.) Bear with me on this one. Originally, I intended to offer up some really deep thoughts on the symbolism of The Twelve Days of Christmas. I could do that. Yes, I could. But I changed my mind....
by Debbie | May 28, 2018 | Arkansas, Desserts, Pies and Cakes
Hummingbird Cake is the most requested recipe from Southern Living magazine. It was first submitted to the magazine in 1978 by Mrs. L. H.Wiggins of Greensboro, North Carolina and appeared in the February issue of that year. Mrs. Wiggins, who worked at the...
by Debbie | Feb 25, 2018 | Desserts
Okay. I admit it. I am a lemon fanatic. Above chocolate, you say? Yes, even above chocolate. And, y’all, that’s saying a humongous supergiganticawpuhlot. (There’s a story there I’ll share someday.) I’d go back to Italy in a heartbeat for...
by Debbie | Oct 4, 2017 | Arkansas, Desserts
We don’t often think of apples as a fall fruit, but that is typically their season in Arkansas. I look forward to this time of the year when I can readily get Arkansas Black Apples, a long-keeping tart yet sweet apple which was first developed in Arkansas. The...
