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Mayas_Mama
 
Home Town: Berkeley, California, USA
Member Since: Oct. 2007
Cooking Level: Expert
Cooking Interests: Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Southern, Nouvelle, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Healthy, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy
Hobbies: Biking, Walking, Reading Books, Music, Painting/Drawing, Wine Tasting
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Honey cakes 2007
About this Cook
I'm a wife, mom, writer, and cook. I love baking and experimenting with recipes. I almost never follow a recipe to the "T"; something that is risky but always fun. I have a strange obsession with pie.
My favorite things to cook
pies, cakes, west African foods, Jewish foods (Eastern European and Sephardic)
My favorite family cooking traditions
Winter holiday dishes!
My cooking triumphs
I perfected my first challah after a few really bad loaves.
My cooking tragedies
A tasteless, rock hard challah on Rosh Hashanah
Recipe Reviews 5 reviews
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Plum Cake
Great recipe! My husband and toddler both loved it. It'd be great with vanilla ice-cream because it isn't too sweet. I used an electric hand mixer to beat the eggs (very easy) and baked it a regular 9 in round cake pan. I also made the following changes: -1/2 white flour, 1/2 whole wheat -added 1.5 tsp of vanilla -a couple pinches of salt -1/2 cup apple puree -half of the butter the recipe called for -soak plums in some cinnamon, manischewitz (any sweet wine would work), and cinnamon -sprinkled with a a bit of sugar at the end for sparkles sake

2 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Mar. 24, 2009
Mediterranean Black Olive Bread
This is one of my favorite bread recipes- it rivals artisan bakery varieties.

0 users found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Feb. 29, 2008
Challah I
Great recipe- I make bread often and this one will be a favorite for sure.

1 user found this review helpful
Reviewed On: Feb. 29, 2008
 
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