Posts by gingameggs

Hi Gummy-Bear,   I know this thread is a couple years old, but I recently was asked to make a rum cake for a small get together and am out looking for a recipe again.  I would prefer a family tried and true recipe and you had...

Today's Cookbok Prize is: Tastes Like Cuba: An Exile's Hunger for Home by Eduardo Machado (Author), Michael Domitrovich (Author)[/SIZE][/QUOTE] Wow, I was so surprised to hear I had won and I am so excited to try out some Cuban...

I am going to make a cake for a birthday, but the date of the party got changed by a few days and I must make the cake ahead of time. I do not want it to go bad or get stale before the actual party (since we are planning on actually...

I have read many suggestions of using playdough for poured sugar shaping and am going to give it a try. But most of the posts I have read are not specifically saying if store bought "Playdoh" is okay to use, or if I should use...

tessa, I will definitely try that, but wouldn't putting the pan directly in the water kind of... boil it instead? I have no clue, but just wondering. Either way, I will give it a try this weekend and see if it works better, thanks for...

I am trying to make puto (a Filipino steamed rice cake) that I used to make with my mom as a kid. I can't ask her help, so I am hoping someone here will be able to help. I have a great recipe, but can't remember just how we used to...

Well, I looked up the recipe on allrecipes.com and the picture looks quite yummy, but I know for sure the family did not put mayo on theirs! Too me it does not sound appealing, but worth a try to see how it truly tastes. Perhaps I'll...

The mom who was the one who made it said it had another name, but they called it "crazy corn" in the US, so perhaps "elote" is another name for it. Would you know a reciepe with "elote" that sounds similar?

A family I worked for once made me some "Crazy corn" quite a few years back. The family was hispanic, but I am not sure if other ethnicities make a similar food like this. I am wondering if anyone knows the real recipe for...

I took a look at the Barefoot Contessa's recipe and will definitely give it a try (though if Gummy-Bear posts the family recipe, I will give that one a try as well), but question now is - based on the Contessa's recipe - can I use a...