Great cooks use what’s in season for delicious results! Today let’s make a rhubarb poke cake! Right now rhubarb is plentiful! The tangy stalks can be made into seemingly endless goodies from jam to sauces, breads, pies, and desserts. Here’s a striking cake that looks great from every angle! In our world, summer means All-American…
Cakes
Purple Ribbon Banana Cake
Once upon a time, there were three ripe bananas staring at me. How did I let that happen again? I viewed them as a challenge! I absolutely love to cook. But let’s be honest. After cranking out meals for almost 50 years I rarely use a recipe. Like, never. So when I create a post…
Triple Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
I have a riddle for you. What’s better than chocolate? Can you guess? For my mom, my friend Cindy, and my brother Stan there can only be one answer. That’s right. More chocolate. What’s better than that? Even more chocolate. For all you chocoholics, here’s your fix. Triple Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake. Over the top…
Chocolate, Coconut, “Almond Enjoy” Poke Cake
This whole Poke Cake thing is driving me crazy! So many possibilities! Our grandson Mitch just completed his third semester of college and is HOME FOR A WHOLE MONTH! Christmas break! We’re so excited to have him back we’re dancing! It’s crazy. You see, our whole family lives in the same little Nebraska town! Yep,…
Autumn Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Many years ago, my friend Jan Broeker and my husband’s sweet Grandma Frieda Haeker both passed along a recipe for an apple cake they’d brought to one of the many gatherings we used to have during our 34 years on the farm. I look back with so much fondness to those days. People seemed to…
GB’s Candy Bar Poke Cake Recipe
I decided to see just how easily I could bang out a great tasting poke cake that’s quick! And, I wanted it to taste like the popular candy bar with the name that actually rhymes with quicker. 😉 So chocolate, caramel and peanuts, right? I mean, does it get any better? I also happen to be…
Vanilla Poke Cake with Salted Caramel and Buttercream
Vanilla Poke Cake with Salted Caramel and Buttercream A while back we enjoyed dinner with my husband’s sweet Aunt Marvel at a very fancy country club. We had a fabulous dessert, an equally fancy multi-layered vanilla bean cake with salted caramel and buttercream icing. It was incredible but clearly a lot of work! Here’s the…