If you’ve been reading writes4food.com for awhile, you remember The Clara Project, inspired by a collection of vintage recipe cards I discovered at an antique store. Now, I’ve gotten my hands on my grandmother’s clip file of old recipes. I’m thinking of cooking my way through her library: The Dorothy Project. What do you think? Comment on writes4food.com if you’d be interested in following along!
Today is National Chocolate Cake Day. (Who knew?) So you’ll need a chocolate cake recipe that’s quick, simple, and uses ingredients you may already have on hand. No frosting, no fuss, just your basic snacking cake that satisfies the chocolate urge. THIS, friends, is that easy chocolate cake recipe!
Here’s what you want this weekend: a beyond-easy one-bowl super-delicious chocolate snack cake. You’re welcome ;-). Get the recipe!
These leaf-shaped cutout cookies in festive autumn colors are perfect for the season. Get the recipe!
I’ve updated an old-fashioned buttermilk biscuit recipe with a generous kick of freshly cracked black pepper and baked them in a skillet. Get the recipe!
This old-fashioned dessert recipe is called Spanish Cream–a feather-light mousse that’s perfect with this season’s fruit.
You’ll want to make this luscious (and easy) lemon chiffon pie in a foolproof piecrust. Like, this weekend. Get the recipe on the blog.
I think this is pretty much the perfect oatmeal raisin cookie recipe: an old-fashioned version from The Clara Project, soft and not too sweet.
Clara Shenefelt Williams, whose collection of 1930s-era recipe cards has inspired my writing, passed away this weekend.
