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I do so love white bread.  Getting older means that I eat whole wheat bread most of the time, but every once in a while I like to indulge myself in a nice loaf of white bread.  Especially Amish farmhouse white bread.  What is it about Amish food that gets all of our tastebuds tingling?  I think its because we all know that they are a simple folk that make simple food, that is always delicious. And our hearts long for simplicity. Am I right or not?  I received a new knife this week from Tuo Cutlery.  This is the...

Enjoy its citrusy flavors and moist texture, glaze plus the sweetness from the powdered sugar. It’s not too sweet or tart. This lemony cake is one of our favorite cakes made from scratch. Why make it over and over? It’s easy to make, uses simple ingredients, and has a fresh lemon glaze drizzled on top. Looking for something else to bake? See all our easy cake recipes. Lemon Cake The recipe is so easy to make! Use a 9″ round baking pan. The recipe is for a one-layer cake. The lemon cake is topped with a lemon glaze. Then sprinkled...

Do you like your banana bread…nutty? A few dark brown bananas are an ordinary sight on our counter (yours too?). Usually our go-to banana recipes are healthy muffins or banana oatmeal pancakes, but this time we wanted something new. Meet this ultra Classic Banana Nut Bread! This one is just like Grandma’s: moist and cinnamon-scented, with bursts of crunchy walnuts throughout. To take it over the top, toast the nuts in a skillet to bring out their nutty undertones before gently folding them into the batter. Ingredients in this banana nut bread This banana nut bread is a straightforward take...

That is if you know Canadians at all. One is Poutine, that delicious dish of crisp chips and squeaky cheese curds, smothered in hot gravy.  Another is Maple Syrup.  I swear our veins run with maple syrup, not blood.   Peameal Bacon, lean, juicy and rolled in cornmeal. Montreal Smoked Meat sandwiches. Quebec Pea Soup, made with whole yellow peas. Molasses cookies.  Beaver Tails.  Lobster Rolls from the Maritimes and their infamous fish chowder.  Nanaimo Bars, three layers of non-baked heaven,  and the Piece de la Resistance . . .  Butter Tarts.   It is impossible to be a Canadian...

We are adding it to our easy cake recipes because it ended up being so moist and tasty. I know we will be making this over and over again anytime we are craving something sweet, need a dessert to make, or having guests over.  This pumpkin cake is perfect for fall, holidays like Halloween or Thanksgiving. Think office parties, birthdays… If you work, or are busy and are looking for an easy dessert to make, this is it.  Pumpkin Cake It looks so pretty when baked because you swirl the pumpkin spice right into the cake mix. You make this...