Author: swooz

  • Apple, spice and everything nice. That is what fall baking is all about. I made this cake for a very dear friend of mine; Annie who loves spice cakes, and she has a lot of spice herself.  A three layer moist cake with grated apples in the batter, notes of caramel and  lots of spice. Fill and…

  • Perfect for Christmas morning, that’s what this is. This tastes like Christmas to me. The crust of the tart is basically an amazing gingerbread cookie topped with ground almonds, sweet marmalade coated pears and topped off with a sprinkling of icing sugar. The dough is so amazing it would also make wonderful cookies on its…

  • When you think of breaking your diet, do you think of hot fudge?  This hot fudge sauce is legendary; or so I’m told by my Mother. All I know is it’s darned good and perhaps worth breaking your diet over, but don’t blame me…..I’m just providing the recipe. The rest is your decision. Growing up in…

  • When you think of breaking your diet, do you think of hot fudge?  This hot fudge sauce is legendary; or so I’m told by my Mother. All I know is it’s darned good and perhaps worth breaking your diet over, but don’t blame me…..I’m just providing the recipe. The rest is your decision. Growing up in…

  • Fall is my favorite baking season. Quite frankly Fall is my favorite everything when it comes to living in San Francisco. I love San Francisco and where I live; I can walk to the bank, the library, the park, and if I don’t feel like driving, all I have to do is walk 3 blocks and the street car will…

  • I saw these beautiful concord grapes in the market the other day and I stopped dead in my tracks. I never see concord grapes.  I love the contrast in flavor of concord grapes. The skin is tart but the inside flesh  is super sweet.  I have been hanging onto the thought of making this grape and rosemary focaccia …