coconut poppy seed cake
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Coconut Poppy Seed Cake Recipe. Gluten-Free Adaptation

My coconut poppy seed cake is a winner. I'm just judging by how fast it disappears! Last night, Erev Lag Baomer, I was baking up a storm for my children's Lag Baomer BBQ party, Chabad of Washington Heights. I am always graciously asked,…
chocolate chestnut cake
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Chocolate Chestnut Cake Recipe. GF Friendly

Chocolate Chestnut Cake   What's not to love? My favorite flavors are all grouped in one great treat: Chocolate, chestnuts, coconut! This cake is nice and rich and luxurious, yes, but  a small serving is all you need. I…
coffee cake
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Almond Streusel Coffee Cake Recipe

Coffee Cake This could be breakfast tomorrow. Imagine that! Lemon, cinnamon and almonds, oh my. Outrageous match. This coffee cake is a wonderful brunch choice, as it has the look and texture of a yeasted pastry, thanks to the tang imparted…
mocca oatmeal cake
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Oatmeal Cake with Chocolate Icing Recipe

Oatmeal Cake Oatmeal anytime! If you thought oatmeal was just breakfast, try oats in this fantastic oatmeal cake. Dessert doesn't get healthier than this! I adore everything oats The flavor, the texture, the ease of preparation, the…
Orange Poppy Seed Cake
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Orange Poppy Seed Cake Recipe

Orange Poppy Seed Cake is amazing: It is fairly bursting with poppy seeds and fragrant with orange zest. Moreover, it soaks up the orange syrup and takes on a lovely glazed sheen. A win-win! It is my daughter-in -law Elisheva's favorite…
marble cake
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Marble Cake Chocolate Jasmine Recipe

This marble cake is the ultimate! If you haven't made a chocolate-jasmine match yet, it's long overdue! Check out my Roast Turkey Chocolate Jasmine Sauce Submit to the seduction of chocolate and jasmine! Jasmine tea is easy to find and adds…
carrot cake
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Carrot Cake: Our Award Winning Recipe

Carrot Cake: Our Award Winning Recipe! Me, my sister Lea and my husband Maurice.  Circa 1979, selling our famous carrot cake at a Central Park Fair. We sliced until we dropped. Our Post-Woodstock Pre-Chassidic days. You like? I remember…
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Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse Torte Recipe

Mousse Torte: I can't remember how many I made for parties. And at Levana Restaurant, we were never one day without chocolate hazelnut mousse torte. A few years ago, a couple whose wedding I was catering wanted this very cake, but luxuriously…
muffins
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Muffins Recipes. Including Vegan and Gluten-Free

Muffins Galore! That's right: You say cupcakes, I say muffins! Gosh, I would hate to lose my popularity with the junior cupcake crowd, but many years of catering kids’ parties and watching their delighted faces as their lick their fingers…
chocolate cake
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Chocolate Cake Recipe, Chocolate Icing Option

Chocolate Cake: The stuff of dreams! At a recent Shabbos dinner my table was crammed with chocolate addicts: Chocolate Cake a must, right? Since this is an addiction we can easily admit to, and with no need to get apologetic, I decided to make…
Honey cake
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Honey Cake Recipe. Gluten-Free Adaptation Included

Honey Cake: Rosh Hashanah couldn't be too far off. It is to the High Holidays what latkas are to Chanukah. This honey cake is for keeps! I actually succeed in turning quite a few people on to my honey cake. It is moist and spicy and easy…
Semolina almond cake
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Semolina Almond Cake Recipe. Gluten-Free Variation

Semolina Almond Cake It is a delightful Sephardi/Moroccan dessert classic made from semolina and almonds, and soaked in a lemon syrup. It goes by some other, fun names in Sephardi Kitchens: Basbusa, Tishpishti. The idea is the same in…