While preparing to come to the Big Jubilee Supper in honor of The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth, Jenny – Nathan’s new bride – searched the internet for a Texas recipe. She got the point!  This was to be a Texas celebration for the Queen.  I love it that she went to so much trouble […]

Yummy Butter Cake This recipe for Yummy Butter Cake has been around a LONG time, and Paula Deen has certainly put it on the map with her bazillion versions of it. I have also seen it titled Neiman Marcus Cake or Cheesecake Bars. Forever in my memory is the first time I ate Yummy Butter […]

Buttered Rum Banana Bread The bananas were ripe!  You know the type- brown, soft, and squishy.  Ugh!  As the saying goes, “waste not wants not”.  Thus, ripe bananas = banana bread. Not just any banana bread, but Buttered Rum Banana Bread. Delish!  And to think, I thunk it up myself.   I began with the Kona […]

At the Royal Tea, these were called Jolly Good Lemon Thyme Cakes.  Perfect name! Anything lemony ranks  high on my list of favorite foods, and these little lemon cakes do not disappoint. I got this recipe last year from The Pioneer Woman, and I  have been making it ever since.   Ashleymac was given credit for […]