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CNYEats Lenore’s Brown Sugar Pound Cake

It’s been so long since I opened the CNYEats Taste of Utica book. But this past weekend, I had too many over ripe bananas and was curious to see what I could do with them. Of course a nice smoothie would have been good but I was feeling “cakey” and after running 22 miles and Ted doing so well in his triathlon, we deserved a treat. In the recipe below, I replaced 2 sticks of butter with 2 over ripe bananas. The pound cake was delicious! It was on the dry side but if you follow the original recipe below, [...]

By Joanne|2013-08-12T18:07:24-04:00August 12, 2013|Taste of Utica|8 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Custard Pie

On page 208 of our book A Taste of Utica is the delicious recipe for custard pie from Marie Carbone and posted by Rainie Piccione. Thanks for sharing ladies! The first recipe is the original from our book. The second recipe was my own creation baked as an after thought. I made an easy graham cracker crumb crust and since I didn’t have milk, I used sour cream and mascarpone cheese. Since fruit is a major part of my diet, I even added an over ripe banana. The original custard pie from A Taste of Utica Preheat the oven to [...]

By Joanne|2013-04-10T18:03:43-04:00April 10, 2013|Taste of Utica|Comments Off

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Coconut Cake

We skipped a few pages to get to this weeks recipe because the Cassata recipes, I had already posted 1. Cassata / Ricotta Pie See HERE. *Great for Easter. and the Custard Pie I just couldn’t see making it green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. If all goes well, we’ll have custard pie next week. For now, we have this sweet and super-duper moist Coconut Cake. Of course I put green food coloring in the mix because, well…today is St. Patrick’s Day! Makes 1, 13 x 9 sheet cake. Recipe by Renee Daley and posted by Rainie Piccione 1 [...]

By Joanne|2013-03-17T12:00:31-04:00March 17, 2013|Taste of Utica|2 Comments

CNYEats Italian Soft Cookies

It was a much nicer weekend for running in CNY. The roads were clear and the weather slightly warmer. It would have been a lot warmer if I chose to run later in the day but no. I’m a die hard early morning runner and will suffer what comes with it. My weekend running was done in temperatures of 26 degrees to 32 degrees. Can you believe that range actually feels good?!! Saturday was 8 miles with only one hiccup: At the end of my run with Zoey, she pulled me too fast off a sidewalk and I felt a [...]

By Joanne|2013-03-10T15:41:20-04:00March 10, 2013|Taste of Utica|5 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Strawberry & Cream Cake

This week’s recipe from our book A Taste of Utica is posted by Mikki and dedicated to Don the Menace. I’m not sure who Don is nor why he is a menace, maybe because he had his fingers in the batter while Mikki was trying to bake the cake. Makes 1 9” Double Layer cake to serve 10 – 12 1 1/2 cups sliced strawberries 2 cups sugar 6 TBS butter, room temperature 3 oz pkg of strawberry flavored gelatin (*I used this but think it made the texture …funny?! – besides, if you’re vegetarian, don’t use regular gelatin) 3 [...]

By Joanne|2013-02-24T15:29:32-05:00February 24, 2013|Taste of Utica|1 Comment

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Rum Cake

The Utica recipe this week is “Reminiscent of Florentine’s” or so says Rainie Piccione who posted the recipe. To be honest, it has been years since I’ve had Florentine’s rum cake. All I can say is that this recipe is complete heaven. Don’t hold back. Go for a quality pound cake, quality rum, some good home made puddings and frosting. Enjoy the reward. Pound Cake tall enough to cut into 3 layers or use a yellow cake Approximately 3 to 4 oz good quality rum 1 cup vanilla pudding 1 cup chocolate pudding 3/4 cup slivered almonds, lightly toasted 3/4 [...]

By Joanne|2013-02-17T14:29:00-05:00February 17, 2013|Taste of Utica|5 Comments