Chocolate Wacky Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
I can’t think of a more appropriate recipe for 2020 than Wacky Cake. This cake, which is also known as Crazy Cake or Depression Cake, is mixed right in the […]
Civil War Molasses Cookies
The novel, Sunflower Sisters takes place during the American Civil War. There is one scene where the Woolsey sisters give molasses cookies to the soldiers. This recipe for molasses cookies […]
Butterfinger Ice Cream
In the novel, Still Alice, there is a scene near the beginning where Alice cannot remember the White Chocolate Bread Pudding recipe that she makes every year. She creates quite […]
Mini Rum Cakes
Many books have been banned on the basis that there are discussions of alcohol. Examples include Animal Farm , The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Perks of […]
Apple and Rum Cake
Patrick Walsh, the single father in the novel Truths I Never Told You, loved to bake apple cakes. It was comfort food for the family. Do you have special desserts […]
Peanut Butter & Bacon Cookies
In The Finn Chronicles: Year One: A dog’s reports from the front lines of hooman rescue we learn that Finn loves peanut butter and bacon. I knew I had to […]
Kentucky Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie
In the novel The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek there is mention of the Pie Bake Dance held the first Friday in June. This was a pie auction to hitch […]
Reata’s Apple Crisp
In Diane Kelly’s Paw Enforcement series, Officer Megan Cruz and her K-9 partner are employed by the Fort Worth, Texas police department. One of my very favorite restaurants is Reata, […]
Chessmen Banana Pudding
The novel, Nothing To See Here, takes place in my home state of Tennessee. I can assure you that most Tennesseeans love a homestyle restaurant with a “Meat and Three” […]
Trifling Good Strawberry Trifle
The novel Hamnet takes place in Stratford-Upon-Avon in the late 1500s. My favorite British dessert is a trifle. A traditional English trifle is made with fruit, a thin layer of […]