Happy Easter CMD Friends!

Wow...I cannot believe it is Easter already. It was just the other day I was hunkering down in the midst of one of the snowiest winters on record in NYC. And though it is unseasonably cool at least the threat of snow is gone (I think).

Who's whipping up what for your holiday tables this weekend? There is a scratch recipe for Apricot Brandy Pound Cake that my mom got out of a magazine years ago that I am going to make for the nurses on the hospital ward where I volunteer. I also want to make something special for my doormen and super who had to deal with cleaning up the endless piles of snow this winter and I am thinking something chocolate. This Hummingbird Cake Anne recently posted on the CMD homepage is really calling to me as well however I think I am going to do a play on that recipe and try to recreate a Hummingbird Cake Trifle I recently tasted from the dessert bar at Whole Foods. Guess I'd better get baking...

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~T. Martin

Hi Taneka!

Sounds like you are a busy baker this week. For Easter, I baked my favorite sugar cookies and rolled them in bright beautiful spring colors of sparkling pinks, purple, blue and yellow and decorated them with little sprinkles and candies. I also made my dad his favorite Baby Chocolate Pistachio Bundt Cakes with Shiny Chocolate Glaze. I am also making a bunny cake since I have not made one in years. I used the recipe for the White Chocolate Wedding Cake on page 207 in the Chocolate Cake Mix Doctor Cook Book and it smells divine. I hope you have a wonderful Easter.

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Debbie