A Cake Bakes in Brooklyn
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Susan's Description:
Join me on my delicious journey revisiting American home cooking in the era before convenience foods became popular (1919 to 1955), as I bake and cook from old cookbooks and recipe cards of home cooks purchased at estate sales in Akron, Ohio, and other exotic locations.
Recent Updates at A Cake Bakes in Brooklyn
The Henry Street Cake Contest
14 May 2012
The first-ever Lillian Wald* Birthday Cake competition was held on May 6th at Henry Street Settlement's lively Lower East Side block party. What the competition lacked in quantity (though 20 people registered, only seven brought cakes) it made up for in creativity. The judges faced some ...
The Ballet Cook Book Dinner, Part II
30 April 2012
Check out the wonderful Antonio Carmena's latest performance, as he stars in this frenetic video of the second in our series of dinners from the 1966 Ballet Cook Book. I know it's in fast motion, but the meal prep truly felt just as fast (over several hours, no less)! Watch him roll out ...
The Pie Crust Games (Book One)
25 April 2012
As many of you know, I've been playing a losing game with pie crust for years. But all that changed on Saturday night when I learned the secret from -- of all people -- Antonio Carmena, soloist for the New York City Ballet. Antonio was in my kitchen preparing the second in the series of ...
Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
19 April 2012
Yesterday was a big day for the DH -- not only was it his 39th birthday but it was the publication of his memoir, a wonderful book called Leaving Story Avenue about growing up in a New York City housing project and eventually landing a job as a reporter for the New York Daily News. The DH does ...
Titanic: The Cookie
14 April 2012
Like many, I've held a longtime fascination with the Titanic and when the book, Last Dinner on the Titanic was published in 1997, I attended the opening dinner -- where we were served the April 14, 1912, first class menu that was to be the last meal of many of the passengers. (And one of my ...
Enter the Birthday Cake Baking Contest on May 6th!
09 April 2012
All of my New York readers are invited to enter a fabulous and fun birthday cake baking contest. Henry Street Settlement is hosting a 145th birthday party for our founder, Lillian Wald, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. on May 6th at 265 Henry Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side. A highlight of the ...
Passover Woodchucks
06 April 2012
At my house, Passover is all about freedom. And desserts. This year (actually, just today), I had planned to bring you a number of perfect Passover desserts. I took yesterday off work, intent on baking. But it was not to be. By 10 a.m., my expensive electric wall oven was failing. ...
Hot Cross Buns, Vintage Style
06 April 2012
A Repost: Finally Got the Date Right! Hot Cross Buns...in January? Have you ever been shocked to discover that everyone else seems to know a common fact (embarrassing examples below), but that fact has somehow evaded your brain? It's almost as if you were absent from school the day that ...
Hamburger Buns in 30 Minutes
02 April 2012
My dear friend Kris* was coming to dinner and I needed to whip up something -- and fast. So when I discovered a recipe called Hamburger Buns in 30 Minutes, I couldn't resist. (I could have walked to the corner bodega and purchased a package of buns in about five minutes, but what fun is ...
April Fool's Dessert: Fried Egg on Toast
01 April 2012
I despise duplicity and deception (but apparently not alliteration) except on April Fool's Day. So, I bring you a delightful kitchen-born practical joke -- and a delicious one! The fried egg on toast pictured above is trompe l'oeil at its best. In fact, it is a canned half peach ...
