Ever since I saw a picture of this dessert/pastry in my cookbook The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden, I wanted so badly to make it.  But I always forget to buy phyllo pastry in the grocery store.(I guess subconsciously I really didn’t want to make it that badly!! LOL).  Then after [...]

The May Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Linda of make life sweeter! and Courtney of Coco Cooks. They chose Apple Strudel from the recipe book Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafés of Vienna, Budapest and Prague by Rick Rodgers.
When I told a friend I am making strudel for this month’s DB challenge, she [...]

It might not look like one but, yes, that is a strawberry chiffon cake.  I didn’t get a chance to take a picture of a slice because I made it for our next door neighbor who celebrated his 69th birthday a couple of days ago and I didn’t want to deliver a cake minus a [...]