I'm just as addicted to cooking magazines as I am to cookbooks. From time to time I must go through them all and figure out what to save and what to toss since my magazine collection would run us out of the apartment if I let it. I bought a Betty Crocker Cakes, Bars, and Cookies one back in February and at the time I said I would make the root beer cake that was featured in there. Never did of course. Found it again last night. One thing I like about the Betty Crocker food magazine special editions is that they have a photo of every recipe and I appreciate that. They had cute little root beer flavored candy sticks which I could not find anywhere. I then tried to find those little root beer barrels I used to eat as a kid, no such luck. So I used gummy colas, which are not root beer flavored, but they are in the same family. I was picky about the root beer I used(shocking I know). I chose Sprecher Root Beer Soda. I love that root beer. It comes from Wisconsin and they use raw … [Read more...]
Something I never heard of….
When my dad was still working(he is retired now) my parents would go to a convention every year, each year being held in a different city. To combat their guilt of getting to go and do something fun my mom would always ask what would I like for her to bring back. Every year it was the same answer: a sweatshirt from the local college and a regional cookbook, preferably from the local junior league. I have quite the collection of both. So in keeping with my Southern theme I was kind of on I went rummaging through all the Southern Junior League books I had. Several of them had a recipe for graham cracker cake. I had never heard that in all my life, so of course I had to make it. The original recipe was a mocha one but hubby doesn't like coffee flavor so I omitted the 1 TBSP of powdered coffee, fill free to add it if you like. Such an odd cake, no flour but doesn't taste like a flourless cake since the graham cracker crumbs take on the roll of flour. It definitely had a distinct graham … [Read more...]
