Posts by Kara

My mother passed away a few year ago, and one of the things that I brought back from her house was her old 1965 edition Fannie Farmer cookbook. I hadn't really looked at it...

I inherited an old cookbook that I'll be using to see what kind of desserts they used to eat before the invention of the electric oven.  I chose the recipe for poverty cake as my first...

I decided to try an old gingersnap recipe when I was trying out some old recipes from a cookbook that I had inherited from my Mother-in-law. This one is less sweet than modern recipes, but my kids...

I've always been under the impression, based on dire warnings from many sources, that even the tiniest speck of egg yolk will keep egg whites from beating to a stiff peak. But I wanted to see if...

I tested three homemade red velvet cake recipes to see how they came out and what was different about them. Red velvet cake is something that people seem to have a lot of questions and misconceptions...

Salty sweet chocolate cookies are delicious, but it's a combination that not everyone likes, and if you do, you can use it to your advantage. I finally found a way to prevent my family from eating...