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Category Archives: desserts
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
I made these chocolate peppermint cookies for tea at Leith Hall last week and Bill from Absecon paid me a great compliment. He said that they were the best chocolate cookies he had ever had, and he doesn’t even like … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, Cape May, chocolate, dessert, dessert recipes, Food
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Lots to do in Cape May in March – and you can always drink!
There is lots to do in Cape May in March. O.K., you can’t lie out in the sun and bake, but you can stay indoors and get that healthy glow from the wine and beer events on both the March … Continue reading
Posted in Cape May, desserts, Eat Lynne Theater Company, Eating, Food, vineyards, wineries
Tagged beer, Cape May, chocolate, chocolate championship, Sherlock Holmes, Spring Festival, wine, wineries
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Chocolate Valentine’s Day at Leith Hall in Cape May
Chocolate Valentine’s Day at Leith Hall in Cape May What could be more romantic than Valentine’s Day weekend in Cape May? Valentine’s Day weekend in Cape May with chocolate, of course! We’ll be serving chocolate at breakfast and at tea, … Continue reading
Posted in Cape May, desserts, Eating, Food, Valentines Day
Tagged afternoon tea, chocolate, chocolate cake, dessert, flourless chocolate cake, Food, Valentines Day
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LEITH HALL’S LOVEABLE LUXURY POUND CAKE
LEITH HALL’S LOVEABLE LUXURY POUND CAKE I often serve pound cakes for teatime, though seldom the simple vanilla version. Last week, our neighbor Arielle claimed that the chocolate chunk version didn’t count as the required chocolate dessert for tea. I … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, Cape May, chocolate, dessert, dessert recipes, Food
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Is this the best time of year in Cape May? Yes!
Food and Wine Celebration, Victorian Weekend and Ghosts – all in one month! The best time of year in Cape May is undoubtedly the next month, from mid September to mid October. The ocean is warm, the kids have gone … Continue reading
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Tagged food and wine, food and wine celebration, Victorian weekend
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Almond Chocolate Sandwich Cookies from Leith Hall bed and breakfast
Our guests who just left Leith Hall bed and breakfast yesterday asked for the recipe for these almond and chocolate sandwich cookies that I served for tea – so these are for you, Stephanie and Michael von M . You … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, almond chocolate sandwich cookies, Cape May, chocolate, dessert, dessert recipes
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Leith Hall Bed and Breakfast Chocolate Cherry Cake
Leith Hall Bed and Breakfast Chocolate Cherry Cake I recently served this rich chocolate cherry cake at Leith Hall at teatime. Our guests asked for the recipe, so here it is. I bake it in a glass bundt pan, but … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, chocolate, chocolate cake, chocolate championship, dessert, Food, vacation
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LEITH HALL’S SINFULLY RICH ORANGE AND CREAM CAKE
This past week, our guests devoured this cake and a cherry devil’s food cake at afternoon tea. They asked for the recipe for both cakes. This is the orange one, which is flavored with sour cream and orange marmalade and … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, Cape May, dessert, dessert recipes
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IT’S A MIRACLE!
Chocolate – Miracle Food? Those of you old enough will remember the 1973 movie Sleeper, in which Woody Allen wakes up far, far, into the future and discovers that the really healthy activities are smoking cigarettes and eating ice cream. … Continue reading
CAPE MAY RASPBERRY SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE for Donna B.
A recent Leith Hall b&b guest, Donna B., emailed me for two recipes for treats that we serve at afternoon tea. The first was Cape May bed and breakfast Gingerbread which was in an earlier post, and this is the … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, Cape May, dessert, dessert recipes, New Jersey, Victorian
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