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When I think of pineapples, my mind goes directly to the islands. I have been very fortunate to have visited many South Pacific and Indian Ocean Islands, from Guam to Reunion Island, Fiji to New Caledonia. It's all so beautiful. Here are two great recipes using pineapples.
Pineapple Crumble Bar Recipe
Pineapple Upside Down Cake Recipe
Here is the great pan that I used for the cake from NordicWare. Link from Amazon
Last weekend, I was out at the California State Citrus Park enjoying the aroma of the blossoms. I wanted to put together a beautiful cake, and here it is.
A few months back, I was searching for historical cookie recipes for an article about our mid-century home in Palm Springs. We wanted accurate recipes from the 1960s sitting on our table during the photoshoot. I came across Marguerette Allen from the south. Newspapers picked up a story called “Food for the Soul” featuring recipes from Black home cooks. This is her Cream Cheese Pound Cake.
It was rare for mainstream newspapers to write about any other food besides common foods that middle America would prepare or eat. This was a groundbreaking story with 10 recipes.
Marguerette Allen with her prized pound cake.
Similar to corn bread, but a tad bit sweeter.. Try this the next time you are grilling up ribs or chicken.
Today we make a different twist on using a dried plum and chicken in a pasta sauce. It really resembles beef when it is completed. Also, a very flavorful Almon Cake!
I try to utilize all of my platters/bowls, dishes etc. in different ways. Here I use my truffle bowl as a salad dish. It looks great and try it yourself. All, homemade Ranch Dressing to end all! For dessert, Banana Pecan Cake Bars with Rich and Creamy Cream Cheese Icing.
Join us all week for Fair Foods from my book Fair Foods! Since all of the county and state fairs around the country have been canceled, I felt I should being some Fair Foods to you! I hope you enjoy!
I think it was about 1993 when I created these little rounds of cake on a stick for one of my culinary tours. Then a few years later.. Bam! They hit like wild fire! So here is my method and way to make them.
When you get a knock on the door from the soon to be 6 year old next store neighbor requesting a birthday cake you cant help but deliver. Plus she asked for my favorite cake. A Rich Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Cream Cheese icing. I decided to make it a “surprise” cake. Which means, when she cuts into the center a treasure trove of M&M’s will be cascading out. Here is the recipe for the cake, icing and if you want to know how to make the center, watch the video. I also put together a sheet on Bakery Cakes vs. Scratch Cakes. Enjoy!
Every day is a food day of sorts.. Today.. Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
In 1925, Gold Metal Flour printed the new recipe on cards for homemakers. It was first made with a cast iron pan. Here is the pan I talk about: Pan on Amazon
Here is the entire show. Enjoy!
With this picture you will swear that you could lick the praline drips off of the side of this cake! Tube cakes are fun to make and with so many varieties of pans on the market… It is endless! Try this cake soon!
Here is the Recipe! Pecan Cake
A very moist and flavorful cake.. I like to use very very ripe bananas that are very dark. The sugars come up and wow.. so much flavor. Use any kind of Bundt tube pan for this recipe.
A trick I tell all of my students when you are making a Bundt cake… No need to grease and flour the pans as it is too difficult to get into all of the cracks and crevasses.. Spray pan with a non-stick spray. After the cake has completely baked, set a timer for exactly 10 minutes. Then invert directly on a cooking rack. The pan will lift off perfectly.
March 8th, 2016. LIVE on San Diego Living. CW6.
The end of the week I join the ms Prinsendam in Florida across the Atlantic to the Med. A long crossing of over a week!
Here is my St. Patty's Day Show recipe. Enjoy!
Guinness Chocolate Cake with Baily's Frosting
Just FYI: I have two spots left on my France April 2017. Email me for information. ggeary@aol.com
Wine and Roses ~ Lodi, CA
Last week I was teaching in Lodi at the great Wine and Roses Event center/hotel, spa etc.. If you get into the Lodi area, they have so many great wineries and you can just head straight to Wine and Roses for tasting of the valley bounty.
I taught a class all on chocolate and when I posted a picture of the cake with frosting the requests started coming in. So here they are!
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Enjoy! I am on my was to New Zealand to catch the World Cruise. See you in a few weeks!
St. Patty's Day!
Tomorrow morning I will be making two desserts for the show. Check out SDLiving for my segment! Live at 9am on the CW6 in San Diego!
If you do not get the show or are not in aht area you can catch it later in the day on their website here: Show
Here are the recipes:
Here is information on France 2016!
Today's set was fun and full of laughter.. I started the show off with blended Pina Coladas since its National PC Day! Did you know its the national drink of Puerto Rico...
Here is the recipe for the cake, cupcakes and also a drink..
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This Saturday (so sorry sold out) is my LA Food Tour.. From Tamales to Coffee Beans.. It will be great! Remember.. France is in May!
I first made this cake in the early 1980s in a small Hollywood cake bakery called The Cake Walk it was on 3rd street and La Brea in the middle of all of the studios and the action. Daily we would get filming crews, stars and the like. For weddings the groom would always pick this cake as the base. Funny how you can make a cake and the flavors and aroma of the kitchen take you back to days gone bye.
Here is the glazing of the cake.... We used to boast.. "Glazed with Harvey's Bristol Creme Sherry".. The only bottle of Harvey's was in the display case next to the cake. We used jug sherry at a tenth of the cost. Today I use Galleano Winery Sherry Crema Cask Three.. (Below is the link to order and more information).
Galleano Winery Sherry and Website
Banana Pecan Three Layer Cake
Last night I thought I would bake a cake... I was about to get out the normal 9-inch pans and then decided that a taller version would be oh so much better! I had about 5lbs of over ripe bananas that I kept in the freezer. Time to defrost them!
After mixing the batter and popping the cakes into the oven I thought I would check out Facebook.. After a short chat with a few friends the buzzer rang... I took the cakes out and placed them on a cooling rack.. Grab the iphone... snap snap.. Posted! Within 5 minutes these pictures went viral! You would have thought it was a star in trouble. No just a pastry chef that has baked for the stars!
The excitement of the posts were overwhelming.. From the high seas of crews around the globe to a colleague in the sky flying 40,000 feet in the air to UK and French friends.. to even my buddy Brian that is serving in Africa in the US Army. I wish I would have had a cake for each of them!
Today I iced and decorated the cakes.. Again. mayhem. This time from a few of my friends that are tv and music stars!
If you want to create mayhem and the world to talk here is the recipe... If you would like to get the pans to make the cake in.. you can order them from my store.. Also check out my new book you can pre-order!
Banana Pecan Cake with Cream Cheese Icing.
