Spiced Coconut Loaf Cake
Today’s weather here in Southern CA was blustery and cold – cold by California standards that is. People are often surprised at the weather in L.A. because they come thinking it is always sunny and hot here. Sunny – yes. Hot – not as much as you would think. Anyway, with gray clouds lurking and a fire in the fireplace, I used the day’s weather as the equivalent of a snow day in my book and decided to stay home and bake. Continue reading
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Two or three times a week I meet my friend Sylvia for an early morning walk. It is such a great way to begin the day. Exercise, fresh air, and friendship. It doesn’t get any better than that. Well, maybe it does. Did I mention that our walks wind along the edge of the beautiful Pacific Ocean. Just the other day we were greeted by a school of dolphin making their merry way down the coast. No matter how many times I see that sight, I remain in awe.
When we were growing up. my mom worked part-time at the local neighborhood bakery. Yum! She would leave the house in the early hours of the morning leaving my grandmother the task of rousing us from our beds, feeding us breakfast, and then sending us on our way to school. Fortunately, our walk to school took us right past the bakery. I still remember those freezing winter mornings, steamy condensation clouding the windows of the bakery and the amazing smell of yeast as we pushed our way into the warmth inside. Although there were cases filled with all sorts of yummy baked goods, I always went for the same thing – a fresh out of the oven glazed yeast doughnut. To this day I can still recall the smell and taste of that doughnut. A memory never to be replaced. 