Another great recipe from David Lebovitz, inspired by Adam Roberts' Secrets of the Best Chefs and Yotam Ottolenghi's and Sami Tamimi's Jerusalem. David reports that he ate shakshuka every morning on his trip to Israel. It's definitely worth looking up his blog entries for that … [Read more...]
Cranberry Upside Down Cake
I love upside-down cakes. My mother made them with pineapple and that's still a great choice. One of my favorites is made with pears. Here is a cake with cranberries from David Lebovitz. A cast iron skillet, well seasoned, is the classic pan for an upside-down … [Read more...]
Lemon Cream
David Lebovitz's ethereal lemon cream is a wonderful topping for ginger cake or gingerbread, whether you bake David Lebovitz's Fresh Ginger Cake or Claudia Fleming's Stout Ginger Cake or old-fashioned Gingerbread. First you make a lemon curd, … [Read more...]
Fresh Ginger Cake
From David Lebovitz's Ready for Dessert (2010). David says this is his most renowned dessert. That's quite a tribute. I love this cake, and Claudia Fleming's Stout Ginger Cake and just plain Gingerbread. Any of the three would be wonderful with … [Read more...]
Butterscotch Caramel Blondies
Another fabulous recipe from David Lebovitz, adapted from The Violet Bakery Cookbook (2015) by Claire Ptak. These blondies appeared on our kitchen counter for the first time in 2015 at the beach Thanksgiving. I awarded Butterscotch Caramel Blondies the … [Read more...]