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Category Archives: Food
Eat, Drink and be Merry
Visit Leith Hall and Feast This is restaurant week in Cape May. Many of our best eateries have prix fixe, three course dinners for $35. This is a great time to sample the offerings at some of the best restaurants … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Food
Tagged bargains, New Jersey, restaurant week, vacation
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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
Posted in Cape May, desserts, Eating, Food
Tagged afternoon tea, Cape May, dessert, dessert recipes, New Jersey, Victorian
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Cape May bed and breakfast Gingerbread for Donna B.
Recently one of our guests at Leith Hall b&b contacted me to request two recipes we serve at afternoon tea. This one, Leith Hall’s Cape May bed and breakfast Gingerbread, is for Donna. It has bits of crystallized ginger in … Continue reading
Posted in Cape May, desserts, Eating, Food, history, Victoriana
Tagged afternoon tea, architecture, Beach, Cape May, chocolate, dessert, gingerbread, Victorian
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Roger and Judy’s Pumpkin Apricot Cake
Brave Leith Hall Guests Follow Elan’s Recipes This past weekend, Roger and Judy, who visit us every year and are so much fun to talk to, asked for the recipe for the pumpkin and apricot cake that I served for … Continue reading
Posted in desserts, Eating, Food
Tagged afternoon tea, cake, Cape May, dessert, dessert recipes, New Jersey
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Leith Hall ROMANTIC GETAWAY TRUFFLES
We just had our third annual Spring Chocolate Championship yesterday and, once again, I didn’t win. You may remember that Chocolate Championship was my suggestion several years ago for MAC to start a new tour during Spring Festival. Any tour … Continue reading
Posted in Cape May, desserts, Eating, Events, Food, Packages/Specials, Things to Do
Tagged afternoon tea, Beach, Cape May, chocolate, chocolate cake, chocolate championship, chocolate truffles, dessert, New Jersey, teatime, travel
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CAPE MAY BEACH SHORTBREAD COOKIES DOWN THE SHORE
Cape May Beach Shortbread Cookies These cookies look like the sand on the beach in Cape May. The sprinkle of sugar on top even gives them the texture of the sand on the beach in Cape May. The best things … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, Beach, Cape May, chocolate cake, dessert, dessert recipes, New Jersey, travel
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THE BEST FLOUR-LESS CHOCOLATE CAKE EVER
Today is Suzie‘s birthday, so I’m posting recipe for the densest, richest chocolate cake ever. I often make it for birthdays and other special events. It is very short, like a French chocolate cake. It can be topped with some … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, chocolat, chocolate cake, dessert, flourless chocolate cake, the best
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GELATO IN ROME AND CAPE MAY
Gelato in Rome and Cape May During the winter of 2011, Suzie and I spent six weeks in Rome, writing a self-guided walking tour book to be called The Secret Streets of Rome. It will be out next Fall, … Continue reading
Banana Bread with Chocolate
Leith Hall Banana Bread Suzie loves Banana Bread and, of course, chocolate. So I like to serve Banana Bread for tea at the inn. Whenever we have some over-ripe bananas, I stick them in the freezer. To make Banana … Continue reading
