Tefillin Cake


For some mysterious reason, it has become customary for the  mother of a  Bar Mitzvah boy to bake a tefilin cake.  Not a cake shaped like a pair of tefilin , though I’m sure  someone out there is baking one of those. What I’m referring to is a cake decorated with chocolate tefilin, an edible replica  of the phylacteries, … Continue reading »

She’s not my Aunt Lillian but this is a great apple cake


I don’t have an Aunt Lillian. My one and only aunt is  called Ava . She sings, plays piano and tap dances but  she doesn’t bake apple cakes.I love her anyway and I’m sure she’d love Aunt Lillian’s cake even as neither Aunt Ava or I have a clue as to who Aunt Lillian is .Well she’s someone’s Aunt and … Continue reading »