Jonell Galloway
I am not a lover of sweets, in fact most of the time I dislike them, which is quite a handy thing for my figure.
Still, sometimes, nostalgia takes over. I remember my great aunt’s fresh coconut layer cake, with the layers stacked high like a cathedral, and how the white coconut reminded me of angel’s wings. I remember moist chocolate layer cakes from childhood birthday parties. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, popular when I was in college. As a little girl, how pretty the name “red velvet cake” sounded. Gingerbread with hot butterscotch sauce on a cold winter’s day, made by my best friend’s mother on Saturday afternoons.
And no matter how good French pastries are, sometimes I just want an old-fashioned, American-style cake.
epicurious.com has just come out with a list of their 30 favorite cake recipes, and many of them are revised versions of old-fashioned recipes. More fresh fruit, less butter and sugar, which give the recipes a welcome modern edge.
If you’re really feeling nostalgic and want to forget about your cholesterol and waistline for just a day or two, oldfashionedliving.com gives a number of Grandma-style recipes, as does old-fashioned-recipes.com.
Most all of the ingredients are available here. If you can’t find them locally, please feel free to contact us and we’ll tell you where to buy them or what you can use as substitute.
GenevaLunch, 18 May 2009.
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