Banana Nut Coffee Cake with Caramel Icing

For the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In small bowl, combine pecans, cinnamon and sugar; set aside. You’ll bake the cake in either a tube or Bundt pan – whichever you choose, butter the pan generously. In stand mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each. Add mashed banana and vanilla, then sour cream. Add flour, … Continue reading Banana Nut Coffee Cake with Caramel Icing

Soft and Chewy Caramels

Update: Carla has changed the cook-to temperature for these, after a few failed batches last year. If you have received a bag of these from Carla as a holiday or birthday present, now you have the choice of waiting another year for another bag or making your own. Don’t forget to share; this is her own recipe, and she believes in feeding the multitudes. Line … Continue reading Soft and Chewy Caramels