Grandma Victoria Ferraro Colenzo's (heavy scratch cake)

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
This is a heavy almost pound cake texture. Growing up our Grandma used ingredients that were always around....the sweet smell of the the citrus peels left to dry out on top of the gas stove all day in the winter time....was absolutely wonderful......


Serve with fresh fruit, whipped cream, pudding, drizzle with powdered sugar and water frosting, or just powdered sugar.




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Grandma's Italian Orange Pastry Cream


This is a cream pudding with orange flavor. Grandma's use to call it crem. The recipe is served every Easter for dessert. Grandma was 92 when she passed away and I still carry on her traditional pastry cream for dessert on Easter. This Italian Orange Pastry Cream has a distinctive taste, that is nothing like I ever had served before. It's a rich decadent kind creamy pudding, the texture is silky. For all you chocolate lovers, I also have the alternative recipe at the bottom.




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Italian Style Beer Batter Fish

Saturday, June 13, 2009
This is the best recipe you'll have to make for a crispy delicious beer batter coating for fish!

With just a few ingredients this easy-to-make batter will be a delicious addition to your recipe collection when you have a fresh catch of the day!

Serve these tasty filets with tartar sauce, cocktail sauce, or even top this beer-battered fish with melted cheese lettuce, and tomato for a restaurant-style sandwich!

Scroll down to our printable recipe card for complete instructions and check out our tips below to get started!




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Easy Chocolate Whiskey Cake

Friday, June 5, 2009
Easy Chocolate Whiskey Cake is a favorite chocolate moist cake with a jolt of Irish Whiskey and perfect when partaking in celebrating the St. Patrick's Day holiday.

Although this is a favorite whiskey cake during any holiday, it gets better with sitting for a few days for a potent kick.

This is one of the first cakes to fly off the dessert tables with an adult party.

This recipe is super easy to make, just throw all the ingredients in with the cake mix and bake it, the cake is foolproof every time.

If you're a frosting lover, then frost the cake with your favorite icing instead of using the syrup.


cake mix with whiskey for st patricks day


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Black Pepper Cookies ( White Wine Cookies)

Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Black Pepper cookies are a recipe that my mom made that her mother taught her and a recipe from her Region in Bari Italy.

The cookie has wine, oil, flour, anise seeds and black pepper with a little salt.

The recipe is simple over the years watching mom just pouring everything in a bowl, I learned to get the recipe right and measured the ingredients to finally write it down.

Scroll to the bottom of the page hit print for no ad interference and enjoy a taste of Bari with a glass of white vino.


cookies made with white wine and black pepper in stick shapes and rings


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Almond Cake

Monday, June 1, 2009
This is an all-made-from-scratch Almond Cake my Italian grandmother made for us back in the 1960s.

The cake recipe came from her Italian mother she learned to make this in Rome, Italy.

Although the cake is revised with a little drizzle of icing just for decoration, nothing was on her original cake, and was baked on a  very plain simple pie plate pan.

Through the years we adapted her recipe just a bit for presentation, you can make the simplicity of this by just leaving it topped with sugar and sliced almonds.

This can is rich in almond flavor and the perfect snack cake any time of the day!





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