Every since I had Banana Bacon pancakes at The Bongo Room in Chicago, I’ve been daydreaming about it. The other morning, I really wanted to try making something similar. Well, sadly, I didn’t have bacon, so I decided on pecans instead for a little crunch. So As I started cooking, I realized I was out of all purpose flour. Doh! However, I had cake flour. I was concerned that the cake flour would have turned out badly, but my craving for the pancakes was stronger than my concern for the flour. Believe it or not… these were the tastiest pancakes I’ve ever made. I think I’ll always make my pancakes with cake flour from now on!
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Buttermilk Banana Pecan Pancakes
Posted by Candace on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
August 11th, 2010 by Candace / Filed under Breakfast / 3 Critiques
My Rolls Are Sweet
Posted by Candace on Monday, July 26th, 2010My husband is a total soccer addict (or as his European peeps calls it… “football”.) He watched pretty much every game during the world cup. Luckily we have our own photography business and tons of flexibility or he might not have a job anymore! He’s of course cheered for his fatherland of Germany. We went over to a friend’s house for breakfast and the Italy-New Zealand game and I decided to make some cinnamon rolls. This made me realize we should have breakfast parties more often. Or maybe we could do breakfast at dinner parties. Either way makes me happy!
I found this recipe in a big stack of recipes torn out of magazines… so I’m not sure which one this came from, but it is simple and good. I made a few adaptions… like cream cheese glaze. What’s not to like?
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July 26th, 2010 by Candace / Filed under Bakery, Breakfast / 3 Critiques
Blueberries galore
Posted by Candace on Friday, July 2nd, 2010After traveling for the past month and a half or so, we’re back home and I’m back in the kitchen. I actually missed cooking… weird eh? I have a blog post already written about my travels (with lots of restaurant recs) but still have to go through all the photos we took. A few of the places we visited in May and June are Chicago, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Brussels, New York and Philadelphia. Will be blogging it soon!
It’s blueberry season! This week we’ve had blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins and many big ole bowls of blueberries. They really are one of the best snacks… healthy AND yummy! This is a combination of my favorite streusel recipe (from my Turkey day sweet potato casserole) and favorite muffin recipe (from The Joy of Cooking.) This is NOT one of those healthy muffins, but one that is cake like and addicting. So what’s not to like?
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July 2nd, 2010 by Candace / Filed under Bakery, Breakfast / 8 Critiques
Hoe Cake
Posted by Candace on Friday, June 5th, 2009No, this is not a sweet little nickname my husband has for me. It is the actual name of these corn flecked pancakes. Since corn has been so abundant here, I’ve been buying it every time I’m at the grocery store. I came across this recipe and knew I had to try it. The original recipe called for blackberries, but they were $4.99 for a 1/2 pint… raspberries were half that price. So raspberry it is! :-P
June 5th, 2009 by Candace / Filed under Breakfast / 11 Critiques
Breakfast at Home
Posted by Candace on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Nice… I come home from vacation to absolute mahem in the financial world. OK… I knew it was happening, as it was all over the news in Germany. The SEVENTY BILLION DOLLAR “BAILOUT” that was approved has me a bit concerned about the future and our country’s financial stability. What a mess… I’m not going to get all political on my blog, but I just don’t understand why our government decided to offer the billionaires on Wall Street a so-called welfare plan.
This one particular story bothers me immensely… The new CEO of WAMU, Alan Fishman, who was just hired on 9/7/08 might be getting around $18 MILLION dollars for 18 days of work. Do you think they are still hiring? I’d like to find a job with a company that would pay me a $7 million signing bonus and then 18 days later pay me a $11 Million severance due to… bankruptcy. It’s a big fat crap-sandwich, if you ask me.
October 7th, 2008 by Candace / Filed under Breakfast / 12 Critiques
