Reader Recipe: Glamourous Chicken
Hark! Do you hear the quieting down of gastrointestinal tracts across the land? That can only mean one thing. We’ve officially reached the end of Caker Cooking’s Reader Recipe Month!What better way to...
View ArticleKitchen Reno Week
I’m undergoing a kitchen reno right now. I decided it’s time for this caker to prancercise his way into the 21st century. Here are all the things I’ve asked my handyman (a.k.a. Mother) to do:1. Replace...
View ArticleChocolate Mug Cake
Bad news, folks. I still don’t have a kitchen. Mother was carrying my new golden harvest oven up the stairs and threw her back out. (I told her she shouldn’t have strapped it to her back but she never...
View ArticleMeat and Tater Pie
Well, folks, I’m into week four without a kitchen, thanks to mother’s “hurt” back. (It didn’t stop her from going to polka the other night.) But I had a brilliant idea. Why not borrow a friend’s...
View ArticleEgg-in-a-Hole
My kitchen reno is now entering its fifty-third week. I’m starting to forget how an oven works. (Oh, who am I kidding? They were always mysterious boxes to me.)While I was trying to figure out what to...
View ArticleTootsie Roll Squares
Let the caker record state: I can’t get with Tootsie Rolls. It’s not that I won’t eat them (they have sugar, after all), but I’ve never been able to figure them out. Are they supposed to be chocolate?...
View ArticleCaker Cooking says "Arrivee derche!"
The Captain and Tinelle. Wayland Flowers and Madame. Mr. Roarke and Tattoo. All great love affairs must come to an end.In this case, it's ours. In the three and a half years since I started this blog,...
View ArticleOrange Cottage Cheese Salad
I don’t know what Sunday dinners were like with your family, but in my caker household, they were pretty special. My mom would put away her casserole dish, slip on an apron, boil herself a cup of...
View ArticleIt's Bazaar-o-Rama!
No need to pinch yourself – you're not dreaming! Bazaar-o-Rama, my annual tour of church bazaars is back for another spellbinding year!Click here to see what I got my first week out. Or, if you're on...
View ArticlePopcorn Candy Cake
Call me a fuddy-duddy caker, but I bypass the microwave and cook my popcorn the old-fashioned way. First, I put on my petticoat, then I grow the corn, gather it in my apron, dry it and pop it on the...
View ArticleBazaar-o-Rama Week 2
It's the second week of Bazaar-o-Rama, my annual tour of church holiday bazaars!What treasures did I find? Click here to find out!
View ArticleLazy Perogie Casserole
I don’t care what anyone says – cakers are pretty intelligent. I often think of us as kitchen technologists. There’s nothing we love more than taking something apart and figuring out how to put it back...
View ArticleBazaar-o-Rama Week 3
It's time for my third and final instalment of Bazaar-o-Rama, my annual tour of church holiday bazaars.What in heaven's sake did I find this time around? Click here to find out!
View ArticleHomemade Stove Top Stuffing
Welcome to Caker Cooking’s Caker Christmas Extravaganza!I’ll post questionable scrumptious caker holiday recipes throughout the month. In addition, I'll also post craft ideas. Don't worry if you're not...
View ArticleOld-Fashioned Salt Dough Ornaments
My Caker Cooking Christmas Extravaganza continues with a timeless holiday craft bound to give you minutes of enjoyment!If you’re not talented, not to worry. So long as you can roll dough and pour salt,...
View ArticleFive Minute Fudge
The holidays don’t officially start until I’m in my Snuggie, watching The Fireplace Channel and trying to figure out where the loop happens. I’m usually eating fudge while I do this. For those cakers...
View ArticleStuffed Mushrooms
If you’re like me, you’re in the throes of planning your holiday party. Lucky for me, I’m a caker. And that means I take Easy Street and have a potluck. Just think – people show up to your party and...
View ArticleEgg Carton Christmas Ornaments
I was shopping for holiday ornaments on the weekend and was shocked by the prices. Good lord! What are decorations made of these days – eighteen carrot gold? There’s no reason to spend that kind of...
View ArticleCrustless Pumpkin Pie
Next Saturday night, I’m hosting my annual Caker Christmas party. I invite Eye-talians over and everyone brings a caker dish. I usually assign the recipes but this year, I’m throwing caker caution to...
View ArticleHeavenly Angel Cake
Do you hear what I hear? Is it my imagination or is it the heavenly sounds of a church senior choir in rehearsal for Christmas Eve service? I just hope they don’t sing that “Hark are the bells...
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