Recipes By Emilynunn
2 recipes found
Tippy's Coconut Frosting
At some point during our pre-teen years, the kids in my family decided we all needed dog names. My grandmother, whose real name was Beatrice, got "Tippy," and it became an endearment that endured. Tippy loved coconut, and she often used her longtime friend Ethel's unusual coconut frosting to turn a plain yellow sheet cake into a divine dessert, which was waiting for us on her kitchen counter when we'd drop by on our bikes. I'd forgotten about this recipe until I was scrounging through my Aunt Mariah's cookbooks and found my Aunt Judy's unbelievable collection "Fifty Years of Cooking: Recipes from the Files of Judith Lucinda Nunn Alley," a spiral bound treasure that I am in trouble for not returning in over a year. There are many variations on this recipe out there, but I have yet to find one that dares to use such an enormous amount of sugar, and that does not bother adding some whipped cream (Or CoolWhip, as the era of origin typically demanded) when employing this stuff as a cake topping rather than a filling.
Margaritas for Jerks
Let's not pretend; this recipe is for a margarita. With an emphasis on simplicity and taste. Our friend with Mexican-Wisconsin heritage threw these together at a backyard cookout one afternoon and it was a bit like watching a card trick. I can't find a reason to make a margarita any other way. It's a foolproof method and really quick; critical after three or four batches. Note: consider using good beer (we used Goose Island Matilda, a Belgian-style ale ) and great tequila (we used Don Julio). Read on.