Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe

Learn to make this  simple and tasty Chocolate Cheesecake   Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs 2 tablespoons sugar 3 tablespoons butter or margarine melted 2 pounds cream cheese 1 cup sugar 8 ounces sour cream 1/4 cup cocoa 2 eggs 1 cup flour 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream…

The Tiramisu€a Cake

The Tiramisu€a Cake

Open an old Italian cookbook, browse through the index and a surprise! No Tiramisu’ cake recipe. My first encounter with Tiramisu’ was in 1985. I was in Italy at that time: A friend of mine told me about this new cake recipe she got. She was so enthusiastic about it…

Tips For Making Homemade Bread

Tips For Making Homemade Bread

There is nothing like homemade bread. Whether banana, pumpkin, white or whole wheat, the smell of a fresh, hot loaf can’t be beat. There are many reasons why you would want to make your own bread. If you have good pumpkin bread recipes or banana bread recipes, you can make…

Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

“There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love chocolate, and communists.” – Leslie Moak Murray I can’t help but love that quote. When I was a kid, my grandpa always called any store bought cookies that somehow made it into the house “Commie cookies.” For him,…

Simple Commonsense Cooking Tips

Simple Commonsense Cooking Tips

Do you get lumps in your white sauce? When making white sauce (béchamel) or any sauce that requires slow cooking to thicken use an egg whisk and you can increase the temperature (not too much though) to speed the process up.and you wont get any limps in it. Turn your…