Mary Bertek of Traverse City, Mich., was looking for a very old recipe for Nutmeg Cake. It was her grandmother’s recipe, which Bertek lost when she moved into her “new” home in 1955. For years she ...

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-9-inch cake pan. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, superfine sugar and brown sugar. Add the butter and cut with a pastry blender or two knives until ...

Often I get fixated on an ingredient. Whether it’s a herb, grain or spice, I try to honor something that existed long before I did by making it the focus of a new recipe. This time, it was nutmeg, a ...

My mum made this 'Cake of Sunday' in the 80's. It's got a bit of magic about it in that you make a crumble-like mixture with the sugar, flour and butter then press half of it in the bottom of a tin to ...

Usually a supporting character, nutmeg makes the lead actor look good. It has such a strong, dominating flavor that it is best used sparingly. Nutmeg provides the secret ingredient in fettuccine ...

Nutmeg cake, on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 in St. Louis. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of ...

8 pears, peeled and cored, 2 small ones sliced and the rest cut into cubes 100g light muscovado sugar and 2 tsp for sprinkling over the cake 1 tsp ground nutmeg, half for sprinkling over the cake ...