Tag: vanilla

No-Egg Browned-Butter Cake

No-Egg Browned-Butter Cake

No-Egg Browned-Butter Cake Crazy as this sounds, not everyone likes chocolate. My ultra-hyphenated Egg-Free Depression-Era Chocolate Cake was popular with the chocolate crowd, but some vanilla fanciers felt left out. To keep the peace, I set about making a vanilla variation. In the chocolate version, 

Chocolate or Vanilla

Chocolate or Vanilla

I’m often asked which I like best, chocolate or vanilla. To me it’s not an either or option. I love them both and to prove it,  I’m on air at two stations today talking chocolate at one and vanilla at the other. Thanks to pre-taping 

Rum Vanilla Extract and Butter Rum Shortbread

Rum Vanilla Extract and Butter Rum Shortbread

The vanilla extract on the left is full of seeds and has a whole pod in the bottle. The vanilla beans on the right are fresh, fragrant and supple enough to knot. Both products are Really Horrible. Seriously. They’re from Really Horrible Enterprises located in Ottawa, ON. 

Vanilla Cupcakes

Vanilla Cupcakes

Why the pretty cakes? I’m celebrating.  I finally hit Murphy where he lives. Thinks he can break my oven on Christmas morning and get away with it? No way. Sure, he wagged a $300 repair bill under my nose and then pulled it and the