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The recipe for our banana pineapple walnut “cake that won’t last” is a bit more detailed than other minimalist recipes, but not very helpfully so. If you make something often enough, my mom says, you make it according to “Gefuehl und Wellenschlag,”– a German expression that doesn’t make much sense once you think about it or try to translate it: “feeling and wave pounding.” Basically, it means you play it by ear and go by instinct and experience. Sometimes the amounts are ballpark figures (3 1/2 – 4 cups of flour), or simply a bit vague: “lemon,” it would say, or “salt” or “vanilla.” I’m expected to know the specifics, since, after all, she’s been telling me these things ever since she taught me about baking. My mom sends me yeast bread recipes in the minimalist category: a list of ingredients, followed by the direction, “make a yeast dough.” Nothing about the rise times and order of ingredients. And women who would never idealize or even fetishize baking and cooking, because it wasn’t their passion – it was their job.

Women who expected their audience to know how and in which order to handle ingredients. (Online, I’ve primarily found them on, a good no-frills recipe site) Short, to the point recipes were probably all written by housewives for housewives, most of whom could think of more exciting things to talk about than cake and casserole recipes. It would be hard to find such cut-to- the-chase recipes on popular food and baking blogs, but if you have any old cookbooks or handwritten recipes inherited from previous generations, you will know what I mean. I guess if you’ve made other pound cakes, you really don’t need more than the list of ingredients)

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour.” (The latter is part of a pound cake recipe from the same cookbook. The “cake that won’t last” is one of those minimalist recipes that don’t give you much information other than the list of ingredients, followed by directions that seem to have skipped a few steps. Most B&Bs wouldn’t be able to get away with that now, at least not in our neck of the woods…

And these are all inn recipes! Homebaked, but with processed ingredients. (!) “Easy Cornbread” made of equal parts Jiffy cornbread mix and Jiffy yellow cake mix. A baked corn casserole with five ingredients: spaghetti, chopped onion, creamed canned corn, whole canned corn, and Velveeta. A lot of recipes in the notebook sound old-fashioned – or maybe just traditionally Midwestern: Jello salads, applesauce bread, chicken and dressing casserole. I’m pretty confident it wasn’t my fault). (The inn closed soon thereafter, I can’t remember why. I bought it in Wayne, Nebraska, at the local B&B called Grandma Butch’s, where I stayed while looking for housing in town. The recipe for this banana pineapple walnut bread comes from a spiral bound Nebraska cookbook, acquired while we lived and taught there (and where we did a lot less baking than we do here). Which raises the question, how did sugar cookies get their name? Do they have more sugar than other cookies? Is sugar the only flavor they have?īut I digress. I guess the word “cake” or “cookies” implies these standard ingredients, just like the word “candy” implies sugar. But sugar isn’t really a flavor, is it? And baked goods aren’t always named after their main ingredients otherwise most would have names like, “sugar egg cake with butter and flour,” or “buttery pound cake with beaten eggs,” or maybe just BSFE cake. Looking for a way to supplement your time at pumpkin patches and football tailgates this autumn? Stay busy with our creative fall décor crafts that can double as festive decorations all season long.So we usually call it banana pineapple walnut bread, or pineapple banana cake with walnuts, which is pretty much what the major flavors are. Plus, plunging temperatures means we have the perfect excuse to break out some of our cozier furnishings and make new homemade throw blankets and pillows. Take inspiration from falling autumn leaves and warmer neutral hues to help guide your homemade décor choices A rich, welcoming tablescape can be achieved with velvet pumpkins and leaf-printed table runners. As we segue into the cooler autumn weather, which calls for warmer layers, many of us are simultaneously dressing up our homes in a similar fashion-which you can luckily do with a few easy DIY projects. With it, the time of year brings stunning foliage and plenty of autumnal flavors, like cinnamon, apple, and pumpkin spice. 15 Fall Décor Crafts That Will Make Your Home Feel Warm and Cozy When it comes to the changing of seasons, there's nothing more exciting than the summer-to-fall transition.