My family and I were browsing in a little beachside shop last summer when my son pulled a tank top off the rack and said, “Mom! You have to buy this!” It had a picture of a margarita on the front with the words “Mamacita needs a margarita.”
Okay, there are are few things wrong with this scenario.
1. My son is 8.
2. Although I like a good glass of wine, I don’t like margaritas at all.
3. Why does my son think I need this Margarita tank top?
Well, as it turns out… my son just thought it was cute (the rhyming words and all). I didn’t buy the shirt. And for the rest of the summer, you can bet that my new, affectionate nickname in the house was, “Mamacita.”
Although I’m not a huge fan of margaritas, I do happen to love Margarita Cake. I tested this recipe years ago when I was involved in putting together the Junior League of San Diego Cookbook: California Sol Food. The cake received very high ratings from testers and therefore made it into the cookbook. And it’s a margarita cake recipe that doesn’t use a cake mix for a base. It’s a light and lemony cake with a lime-tequila glaze. It’s absolutely delicious & if you don’t like tequila, you can definitely leave it out and still have a fantastic dessert.
This cake is meant to serve two purposes
1. It’s a great choice to serve on Cinco de Mayo, should you choose to celebrate.
2. Mamacitas everywhere might like to have this cake for Mother’s Day (or they might prefer Margaritas).
Mamas might also like a new apron from Flirty Aprons. They sent me a “Sassy Black” style apron (pictured below) to check out their goods, and I’m excited to share this as a neat Mother’s Day gift idea for the cooking Mama in your life. They’re darling, feminine, designer aprons… cute ruffle styling and a bow, with two little pockets on the front.
If you’d like to shop for Mother’s Day, use this coupon code to get 20% off of your total purchase: FA202010
All you have to do to enter is leave a comment below telling me about a special food that your Mom or Grandmother used to make (or still does). If you don’t have a good memory, just tell me you’d love to win the apron set 
Please leave just one comment & a valid email address. A winner will be selected randomly via random.org on Sunday, May 2nd at 4pm Pacific time. This giveaway is open to EVERYONE- worldwide! The winner will be able to pick which apron set they’d like from the FlirtyApron’s website. Good Luck!
This giveaway is now closed. The winner via Random.org….
… is commenter #111 “Oregon Judy,” who said, “My 2 little granddaughters and I love to cook together. So far our favorite thing to do is a big pot of vegetable soup. Everybody gets to chop, stir and taste-test.” Congratulations to Judy… I’ll be contacting you for your address!
The recipe for the cake pictured above can be found here: Margarita Cake
192 Comments
i am TOTALLY making this for cinco de mayo. so glad i saw this, i was looking for something to make!
Funny story:) My grandma’s cinnamon rolls are a legend. My dad mastered the recipe and now I am carrying on the tradition by baking them as well. The aprons are cute!
Oh, how fun to see a worldwide giveaway – I’m in Sweden. My mom makes an incredibly comforting chicken in curry sauce – it’s my favorite food. I always ask for it when we’re eating at her place – it’s so yummy!
My mom would always make something called “special spaghetti.” We all loved it! Now I make it for my family and my daughter eats it like it’s candy. Real simple recipe: spaghetti, tomato sauce, butter, and salt and pepper. Yummy!
My mom makes a mean meatloaf. I cannot eat meatloaf if it is not my mom’s!
My mom used to make fake tacos. I loved them as a kid and still do. We would ask for them weekly.
I love my mom’s six grain bread, warm out of the oven. She’s a good cook, so it was hard to narrow it down to just one thing
We ate lot of spaghetti with mom’s awesome homemade sauce (which she still makes and so do I) but every once in a while, for special occasions, my mom would make some Braciole along with the meatballs and that was the best!
Nice this cake!! Lovely aprons. The cake I used to make with my grandma is a vanilla pound cake.Nothing special but it tasted delicious at that time.
Not so much something my mom made, but I remember when I was a kid I would make her chicken cordon blue every year for her birthday. I even came home from college Freshman year to make it for her. It was nice tradition.
My grandmother made very special sugar cookies at Christmas. I have the recipe, but no one can make them as well as she did!
Ohh! Lily and I want matching aprons! How cute! Something that my Mom makes that is out of this world is tortellini soup!
My mom and grandmother weren’t big cooks. My memories from cooking as a kid were with my Aunt. One of the first things I made with her was an angel food cake from scratch. By the way, the apron is really cute!
ambrosia salad, my grandma made this every year, I miss her…the cake sounds really good and I would love to win thanks
My Granny made the best pecan pie. I have yet to taste anyone’s who comes close.
My mom makes a mean mac and cheese. I crave it when I’m away for a long time. Her cheddar cheese soup is also a KILLER. And her cabbage salad! Oh, and our captain crunch chicken. I could go on and on about how awesome my mom’s cooking is!
OMG – so yummy! Margs are my most favorite drink!
My grandma always used to make an amazing orange coconut cake!
So delicious…our family loves making pumpking rolls together.
Those aprons are adorable!
My grandma makes the BEST fudge in the world- peanut butter and it is amazing!!!!!!
Ay mamacita, this margarita cake looks great! haha
I wish the ad had mentioned mother-son aprons instead of just mother-daughter. Oh well. I guess we still have a long way to go before ad companies acknowledge the fact that men cook too and some women don’t cook at all, like my mom. I will take an apron for myself, though! haha A less frilly version, of course.
Lori Lange Reply:
April 29th, 2010 at 12:33 PM
@Memoria, I know… I have a little boy myself. They have men’s aprons, but no little boy aprons yet. Maybe we can convince them to add them to their collection!
Love making chocolate chip cookies with my mom and now with my daughter. Just something we have always done!
My mom makes the most amazing scalloped potatoes – can’t wait for the holidays just so I can eat them.
My grandmother’s special dish – the one that I always remember as being HER dish – was chess pie. It was so sweet and rich, but I always looked forward to it at family get-togethers.
my granny would make biscuits and gravy and it was perfect! no one could ever make it like her
I would love to win the apron set. My daughter would be more excited than me!!!
I LOVE anything my “mimi” prepares, especially her fried chicken!
Home made doughnuts!!!!
I remember spending time with my great- grandmother and baking her rolls and coconut cake. Unfortunatly she passed before I was able to learn her recipe.
My mom has always made the best green sauce enchiladas i have ever tasted ad still does. Very cute apron.
I grew up with my grandmother making Sweet & Sour Meatballs from scratch. YUM-O! I have since taken over making the recipe. There is nothing like family recipe traditions being passed down through generations!
Cute aprons! My mom’s special dish, homemade macaroni and cheese and fried potatoes. I don’t know why, but I can never seem to fry those potatoes like she can.
The favorite recipe passed down from grandma to mom to me is cut out sugar cookies. It’s the best!
My mom always makes the best chicken roll ups!!!! Now I’m making the same stuff for my husband and can’t wait to pass it on!!
My Great Grandmother made fried apple pies that were to die for!!
Oh I miss my Grandmas Sfinge (deep friend Italian ricotta donut holes)! I can make them, But hers, well, they were just the best!
My mom’s baked mac and cheese – still the best I’ve ever had.
My mom always made the best snicker doodles. YUM!
My Mom and I make pizelle’s (Italian cookies). We’ve been making them since I was just a wee little one. I know that they will always make me think of her. Thanks for the chance!
My favorite dish my grandmother makes is her creamy spinach. When I found out the ingredients, I about flipped. For something that tasted soooo good, there was a whole lot of c*&p in it! Thanks for the giveaway!
My mother is Filipino … my brother and I still beg her to make pancit and adobo when we visit her
i love making rhubarb custard pie w/c is actually my mil’s fam recipe!!
I love these aprons – so cute!!
I have a lot of food allergies, but I love to cook! So my grandmother being the amazing woman that she is would always have me over for wheat-milk-egg yolk-sugar free cooking dates. We’d experiment and feel like scientists until we found a wonderful Christmas Cookie/Snaps recipe! I absolutely love it and it’s allergy friendly! We always make them for Christmas and she makes sure to make enough to keep in the fridge for unexpected visits from her favorite grandchild
My mother, grandmother, great grandmother and I would make lefsa every year! Such great memories!
My Mammaw made THE BEST biscuits. She’d always make extra and stick the leftovers on a plate and keep them in the microwave. When we went to visit Mammaw, I made a bee-line for the microwave and Mammaw’s biscuits! I think they were even better later in the day when I got them than they were when she had them at breakfast!
I wish I could have another of her biscuits…she was an amazing cook.
Has to be pot roast. My mother knew I loved it and it was always made for me but especially after I grew up and left home, whenever I would visit her–pot roast. Love your blog by the way
I have so many fond memories of baking with my mom! She made the very best homemade whole wheat bread and would always give me a small piece of the dough to knead. She also always let me SLOOOOWLY beat the sugar in the meringues come Christmas time……I now realize that this was to keep me really busy so she could make all the other cookies and I have since passed the tradition on to my daughter ;P!.
G’Day from Australia. I came across your cake whilst browsing TasteSpotting. Margaritas are one of my favourite drinks so having it as a cake too would be awesome! Must try this.
My mum makes great Cambodian dishes like somlor kakor. Full of fresh herbs and veggies to get you taste buds dancing.
My mom always made cinnamon rolls for our neighbors every Christmas. I still carry on the tradition!
My mom used to make the BEST ever yeast rolls. The recipe (that we know of)- has never been written down. But we recently found her old recipe box and might have something to work from in there! She has been gone for 16 years now- but if I learned one thing from her it was a love for cooking.
My mother makes the world’s best French bread. Love the aprons; thanks for the opportunity!
My grandmother used to make what she called “beef and gravy”, cubes of beef in a beefy tomato puree/sauce, over Czech dumplings. I miss it.
My mom made oyster pie every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It doesn’t feel like the holidays without it so I make it when I am not celebrating with my mom. My husband’s family loves it now too.
Nobody can touch my Mom’s angel food cake! It’s heaven…and she LOVES aprons!
SO happy to see a worldwide giveaway! The cake looks delicious!!
It warms my heart to remember my grandmother making her Hungarian Goulash with homemade spaetzle. I miss her!
My Grandma makes a mean brisket- yum!
I am LOVING this recipe! And just in time for Cinco de Mayo. Thanks so much for sharing!
A recipe that my grandmother and mom used to make all the time is borscht! And the sad thing is, I hate it. I know my whole family loved it so it makes me sad that I couldn’t appreciate it as a kid.
Unfortunately my mother’s cooking was not noteworthy. I learned to stay away from leftovers at an early age. But I would love a fantastic new apron!!!
My mom loved her Norwegian and Danish heritage and could whip up a “mean” batch of lefse any ol’ day of the week. My husband had never had it before meeting our family and is now hooked and begging for my daughter and myself to learn the ropes :O)
My grandmother used to make homemade french fries.. but they were nice and fat with the skins on (more like potato wedges)… yum!
I absolutely love aprons! My favorite food my mom makes for me is her potato salad. It is the best ever
Both my Mom & Grandma made the best Apple Pie, and now that I think of it Red Velvet Cake & well now I’m drooling and will be baking tonight LOL
My grandmother makes the BEST whoopie pies and now they are a favorite of mine to make!
My family is generally pretty inept at cooking, but we do have a pretty awesome family fudge recipe. Of course, it is prepared using a microwave!
My mom would save a little dough every time she made bread, and deep fry some hot scones for us for breakfast. So amazing with butter and honey.
My grandma andI used to always make homemade peanut butter balls. We liked to eat them before they were dipped in chocolate!
My grandmother would let me help her make croquetas. She would set up shop and let me pick which step I wanted to help with, which was always putting shaping the croqueta and rolling it in egg. Yum!!
Lori, this Margarita cake is fabulous! Aww…that apron is really flirty.
My mom is so far from me here but I would jump to any dish of hers. She is just awesome cook. 
My mom makes lots of tasty food…plus I’d love to win that apron
I didn’t know you were part of testing our JLSD cookbook…I’m the Cookbook Treasurer this year and I’d love to figure out a way to sponsor a giveaway for your readers if you think there would be interest. Let me know.
What a small world!!!
Lori Lange Reply:
April 29th, 2010 at 3:39 PM
@Denise, It is a small world, isn’t it? Yep, I was there from the beginning… from concept to completion. Contributed recipes, tested them, etc. Loved being a part of it all. And, yes I’d love to give away a JLSD cookbook. It’s such a treasure to have.
Can’t wait to try this recipe, just perfect for summer!
One of my cherished memories is picking apples at grandma’s and then making apple dumplings. Now my granddaughter and I bake together all of the time. She even makes up her own recipes, that turn out quite well. She is 5 and we really could put these cute aprons to use.
I will always remember the brown sugar cookies that both my grandma and my mom made. So good!!
I have been wanting an apron so bad, but just can’t bring myself to spend the money on one. I could have used it tonight when I got sauce all over my shirt! Nobody makes cornbread like my mom and I wish I could get it to be that good!
My grandmother is the queen of pies! Every time we would visit, each grandchild (24 in all!) got a full pie in their favorite flavor.
I was always choose strawberry pie – the filling was all strawberries!
Arroz con pollo! Good memories!!
I just discovered your sige…love it. I can’t wait to make this cake…thanks for the recipe.
My favorite Mom/Grandma meal(s) is chicken and dumplins and cornbread. Yummmo!
I love aprons! I hope I win!
I also think this recipe will be great! I’ll definitely be celebrating cinco de mayo this year!
OH, that is something my son would say too. Kids are so funny. : )
My mom made the best cream cheese swirled brownies on the planet. She even used to send them to me in care packages when I was in college. Thanks for reminding me of a great memory!!!
My grandma started teaching me to make pie crust when I was seven. We’d practice every summer when she visited.
The best thing I remember my grandmother making for my sister and I was a “loving home”. Being raised my our grandparents, she was always there, no matter what. That’s worth more then anything on earth to me. And on top of that, she was a fantastic cook (all from scratch). Grandmothers are special gifts from God.
Agh! Worldwide?! Sweeeeet.
My granny makes the best Irish stew known to man, beast or reptile. It’s amazing.
My grandma made us donuts from refrigerator bisquits. I cant stand the thought now, but boy did he love it when she pulled out the frydaddy!
Some of my greatest memories of my Nanny involve me sitting on an old wooden stool watching my Nanny bake cookies, my Nanny is no longer with us, but that stool now sits in my kitchens & my girls sit on it everyday while I cook.
Lori Lange Reply:
April 29th, 2010 at 4:49 PM
@Sarah Baskett, Wow… just WOW! What a treasured stool that must be. Would love to have something like that as a memory of my grandmother.
My mom always made me homemade Salisbury steak for my birthday… not sure why that was my favorite (as my mom is an amazing cook) but it was, and is still what I always remember.
This looks like a cake I want to add to my plans for the beach- a perfect match wouldn’t you say!
My mom’s Chrusciki is unbelievably good; I have the recipe but I haven’t tried it yet; maybe this will be the year?
I have a recipe for zucchini bread that is the best I’ve ever eaten in my life. Anyone who eats it agrees. The recipe was my great-grandmother’s. It’s the one recipe I don’t share with people: it’s my secret family recipe.
my grandma was the best cook! I especially LOVED her chocolate cake with 7 minute frosting… YUM!
My grandma was such a great cook. Her pies were legendary and everyone in the family wishes they had learned how to make her fried chicken.
My mom makes the best cha gio (Vietnamese spring rolls). I want one right now.
My Mom made the best Raisin Pie and my Mother-in-law makes the best cinnamon rolls.
My all time favorite meal has got to be my grandmother’s chicken and dumplings. She made them from scratch and by memory, and I wish that I had gotten her to write something down before she passed away. I have great memories from childhood of her letting me roll out the dough, her cutting the dough for the dumplings and letting me drop them into the pot. I can still taste them!
My mom makes the best traditional French-Canadian tourtiere. Everyone who has tried it loves it, and I crave it every Christmas when she makes a fresh batch!
My granny makes the BEST stuffing. Not too soggy, not too dry, just perfect!
My mom made the best fried chicken and mashed potatoes & gravy!! And pies…her pies always turned out picture perfect!
My grandma passed the recipe to my mom and now my mom and I make them for special occasions. They are aebleskivers. They are a Danish. Kind of a round pancake.
Matzoh ball chicken soup – hers will always be the best!
My grandma makes the bestest homemade spaghetti sauce! Oh yum, nothing compares.
That cake looks really good and moist. My mom used to make a marble cake that I enjoyed as a kid. I still make it for my kids. Ty for the opportunity to win the apron. I love aprons and so need a new one. I only have one good one.
Good morning. I saw this drawing and thought I would share my story. My mother was a horrible cook. She herself grew up very poor and somewhat neglected so never ate home cooked meals when she was a child, and then ended up being a single mother of 4 children on a budget with no time and so cooking had to be easy, cheap, quick, and so often times turned out awful if edible (she once put canned mixed vegetables in green jello in an attempt to make something different. YUCK!). She did her best and we never went hungry which is the most important thing, but I did not learn any “family heirloom” recipes at my mother’s knee nor any extraordinary “special homemade treats” in my memory. Except for one thing — Weanie-lada’s. Yes, that’s right. Enchilada’s made with hot dogs. My mother got the recipe from a Better Homes and Gardens casserole cookbook from the 70’s. It was her “go-to” recipe for most special occasions. She still makes it to this day. My husband loves it and my kids request it when Grandma volunteers to cook dinner. She is a much better cook now that she has no small children under foot and some time and money to work with. But I still go straight back to my childhood when I get a whiff of those Weanie-ladas.
Lori Lange Reply:
April 30th, 2010 at 4:53 AM
@Holly, What a lovely story- thank you for taking the time to share it. Weanie Ladas! Oh Dear!!
What darling aproms! I love cooking with my daughter so some new aprons for us both would be fantastic.
I loved baking with my mom. She really instilled in me a love for cooking. And the confidence to think of recipes as “guidelines” not rules.
I love my mom’s Chicken Curry!
My grandma still makes a broken glass torte just for me!
My mom makes a delicious chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. Mmm, what a treat!
Will be trying this cake for our Mexican Food Margarita Jewelry Party Next Week.
A tradition started by my grandmother-Baked Garlic Cheese Grits for Christmas morning brunch. Mammy and my mom are no longer with us, but each Christmas my children and grandchildren join us for our brunch. They will be carrying on the tradition, hopefully using what is known around here as “the grits casserole pan” a tourquise Pyrex dish that was a wedding gift to us 40 years ago.
My favorite cooking memory with my mother was making meatballs! She’d let me mix everything together with my hands, and then roll the balls! Heaven for a four year old!!
OMG I love these! And your recipes! My Mom makes the best “Aunt Minnie” cookies (my grandmother’s sister’s recipe) They only come out at Christmas, and we beg for them starting the day after Thanksgiving.
My mother and grandmother both make a killer potato salad that I can’t make. I’ve made your margarita cake, it is awesome!
My 2 little granddaughters and I love to cook together. So far our favorite thing to do is a big pot of vegetable soup. Everybody gets to chop, stir and taste-test.
My grandmother and mother made a fabulous pound cake.
My 99 year old German grandma loved to cook. I have lovely memories of her in her basement canning tomatoes as she was washing clothes in a tub and putting them through an old fashioned ringer. But my favorite memory is her puffy, fried, salted “pancakes”…I sure miss those!..and grandma too.
My mom and grandmother are both amazing bakers and thankfully I spent a lot of time in the kitchen with them while growing up. I have learned so much from them and have amazing memories. For my favorite, I have to say the one thing that stands out in my mind is my grandmothers biscuits. I loved them and she would always have them in the oven when I arrived because she knew just how much I loved them. Now that I’m older and know what she uses…I have learned to eat in moderation.
Great giveaway and your margarita cake sounds delicious!
My grandmother use to make a yummy banana cake for every family get together – everyone loved it. I have the recipe, but I just can’t make it like Grandma did.
My grandmother used to be the one to make the stuffing for the turkey at Thanksgiving. My siblings and my cousins and I would not want our mothers to make it because it had to be our grandmother’s recipe. It was what we were used to.
I have since tried on a few attempts to come close but not quite there.
Yum… This cake looks lovely! I might have to throw a Cinco de Mayo party for a good excuse to give it a try!
Oh my mom still makes her to die for corn pudding (aka, corn soufflé) for family and holiday events. I’ve since made the recipe for my husband and friends for our special occasions, and people RAVE about the dish. I usually have to make a double batch to satisfy demands, which delights my mom to no end.
I love margaritas!!!! And so does my boyfriend! I can’t wait to make this for our Cinco de Mayo celebration!
That story about the shirt was so cute!! One of my best memories was my grandmother in the kitchen making her homemade buttermilk biscuits, she no longer w/us but her biscuits live on as she taught me how to make them.
i am going to a cinco de mayo party this weekend and now I know what I am going to take. thanks.
I did not do much cooking with my mom but I love her twinkie cake! Now that she has a grandson, baking has become their thing to do together. I think we have a future pastry chef in the making!
Mmmm margarita cake – might have to sneak this one into work for a potluck!!! Cinco de Mayo is such a fun time to get friends and family together, especially for someone like me who loves to entertain.
You just inspired me to make this margarita cake for my cinco de mayo dinners! My fave memory of my mom is her making sunday breakfast for the entire family. The biggest spread of bacon, eggs, bread, pancakes…and more.
My mother always made Red Velvet Cake for the Christmas holidays. It was so good, and we thought it was very, very fancy. It, like every other dessert she made, was proudly presented after our meal with a tiny sliver missing—she always “tested” before she served!
Mama’s marinara and meatballs will always be the best!
My mom made the very best eggrolls ever! And soymilk from scratch!
I still remember her spending an entire day creating the eggroll wrappers, the filling, and rolling all day long. Then she’d take soybeans and work all day to make 1 pitcher of soymilk that we’d pound down in an hour.
Best! Mom! Ever!
My grandmother makes the BEST biscotti ever (which, well, you would kind of expect, since she came over to Canada from Italy when she was already married with 2 kids), but they’ve totally improved over time. My mother’s biscotti are good, but different – she modifies the recipe so that they’re not as fattening and cholesterol-laden as my “Nonna”’s. … both fantastic in their own way.
I spent a day in the kitchen with my grandmother making biscotti – one of the best days ever!
My mom-in-law introduced me to the art of making spanakopita, or spinach pie. They have become a staple in my house, I make them twice a year, and I make a lot! They are great as an appetizer, easily pulled out of the freezer when you need something quick, my kids love love love them and adults can’t stop eating them! I’ve tweaked the recipe with a few more types of cheeses added, and lots and lots of green onions! I like to use salted butter instead of un-salted for the phyllo layers, it adds a little more zip
My grandmother made the most incredible Thanksgiving Stuffing. I can’t even eat stuffing that isn’t from her recipe, or extremely similar. It’s a simple, no nonsense, basic stuffing and it’s my favorite thing to eat!
I’d love to win an apron and I’m totally making this cake!
Everything my Mom made was fabulous. I am 54yrs old and am still trying to be as accomplished in the kitchen as she was.
When I was a kid, many times I tried to make fudge for my mom before she got home from work – she always had to fix it for me and I ended up eating it all!!
My mom makes so many wonderful things, but I especially love her lasagna and chicken fried steak. YUM!
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My Mom made a oatmeal cake that she topped with a broiled coconut & pecan frosting and served it warm. Yum!
My Mother makes the most unique, and yet BEST spaghetti sauce ever.
All the memories I have of making food with my mother are nightmares! She was a Nazi in the kitchen, but I love her anyway.
I would love the apron set! And that cake looks FABULOUS!
Hi, my Mom and both grandmamas used to wear them all the time, I have a couple of them, I use them usually when I’m frying something, but lately I feel like I need to wear them more often ’cause they are so pretty!! thanks for sahring….Gina F.
My mom makes the best pot roast…too bad my hubby’s not a fan
The special food my mom does is her small breads. She always made them each year during holidays. They are so yummy.
My grandma’s spaghetti sauce would look great on one of those aprons
Well my mom had lots of specialties she was big into cooking, until her health got the better of her. She was of Romanian background so that cuisine, many people might compare it to German cuisine, though it has its differences. I loved her goulash and her stuffed green peppers (which she served over spaghetti – pretty unusual!) and thankfully we took the time to share recipes, so I can still make them now that she’s gone.
My grandma used to make yummy homemade rolls. The smell was heavenly!
My grandma was from Ireland and used to make the best soda bread. Everytime I make it, I think of her.
These aprons are adorable!
My mothers flan or my grandmothers “pastellitos”… both are puertorican staples and they always make it best!
The aprons are darling!
Mum and I make Danish food together, and we always do the same things. She makes the frikkadellar, I make the potatoes and parsley sauce. Delish! 
My grandma made the best mashed potatoes that had little browned spots throughout that were delicious! She also made really good chicken soup.
My mom makes the best orange rolls every Christmas and Thanksgiving. They are so good that every holiday my dad even says “Ah the reason I married your mother.” She made them for him on their first Thanksgiving together and he told her she would have to make them for all their future holiday dinners – and she has!
Chocolate chip cookies!
My Mom’s cinnamon are the best! We used to make them all the time growing up.
So stinking cute. I’ve never owned an apron, let alone a matching Mommy & Daughter set! I love it.
Regarding recipes…I will forever love my Nana’s sausage gravy and biscuit recipe. We lived with them when I left for college. Even if it was for dinner, she’d make the dish when I’d come home to visit. Not so healthy, but OH SO yummy!
Whenever my Mom makes her homemade Portuguese bread, she ALWAYS makes a whole bucket full. I always remember her putting loads of blankets over the bucket so the bread would rise. We would both take off the blankets together and admire how much the bread has risen
And I can’t WAIT to make that margarita cake!
My grandmother makes the best rice pudding! Yummy!
my grandma’s yam paste dessert and chilli crab are legendary. and my mom makes a killer almond paste dessert (:
My grandmother used to make peas and dumplings and they were SO yummy. It was the one thing I always requested at family get togethers.
My grandma used to make awesome strawberry shortcake with a biscuit type cake..soooo goooooood! Love the aprons!
My Mom’s best Sunday meal was fried chicken and potato salad. Real comfort food.
My grandma and my mom have always made noodles. Working up the dough, rolling it out, letting it dry, then cutting it into strips with a paring knife. Sometimes my mom cuts them a little thick (super yum!) and tells us “not to go swimming” after eating them! So yummy over mashed potatoes…thanks for the chance to win the gorgeous apron!!!
My mom makes amazing Crem de Mint Brownies, but never seems to be able to find the recipe when I ask for it, hmmmmmm?
My grandma would make cookies out of left over butter icing my aunt and uncle had after making a cake.
My grandma passed away last year. I made the cookies for her 1 year death anniversary celebration (a Filipino custom) When my cousins had them, it totally reminded us of her.
My husband and I are raising our 8 yr old grandaughter. She loves to cook and it would be a hoot to have matching aprons! Thanks for the chance to win! Happy Mother’s Day
My mom is (and never was) not much of a cook – she leaves that me and my dad – but she can make an excellent toasted tomato sandwich! I know that sounds kind of silly, a tomato sandwich is like the most simple thing in the world to make, but I don’t know, it’s just really good when she makes it! When I make it, it’s fine… but not the same. My grandmother on the other hand – oh my, a fabulous cook! Real, authentic Italian cooking (since she’s a real authentic Italian!) – I’d have to say her one dish that holds special memories for me is one of the most simple ones she makes – brodo. It’s really just chicken broth, pastina, and tiny meatballs (sort of like an Italian wedding soup, but a bit different). I had it all the time when I was a toddler, and she still makes it for me sometimes (most recently when I had my wisdom teeth out and needed mouth-friendly foods).
Oh yeah, and I’d love to win the apron set!
Wow, you sure have a lot of people competing.
The dish I love most that my grandma and mom used to make is fish curry. So, delicious..I miss it a lot!
I would love to win that cute and sexy apron! Thank you for doing this promo
I was fascinared with the name “1-2-3-4 Cake” that my granny made – my favorite was her deep-dish cherry pie. From MY mom? Real banana pudding, made with stirred eg custarf and meringue on top! Yummmmm
My mom is from the south but I grew up in California. I have fond memories of visiting my grandmother in North Carolina and watching her make chicken pastry. She would mix together flour, water, and salt to make a dough, roll it out on her formica countertop, and cut it into thick strips, then boil it in chicken broth with shredded chicken. Nothing fancy but simple and comforting!
My mother is and always was a great baker. The thing I remember the most however, is probably her homemade cinnamon rolls! Yum!
My late grandmother made the best strawberry short cake. It wasn’t an actual short cake but a from scratch yellow cake frosted with whipped cream and sliced strawberries between the layers and whole strawberries on top. Grandma Stella would always make a 9 inch cake for the family and a smaller one just for me. YUM. YUM.
My grandma Engstrom always had three staples–sponge cake, butter refrigerator cookies and homemade cinnamon rolls–whenever we would visit. She was never without them.
My mom is a great baker, cookies, cakes, bars…. you name it.
My mother and grandmother used to go to great lengths to make a sour cream pound cake (my favorite), requiring room temperature ingredients, triple sifting of the flour, and absolutely NO NOISE in the house while the cake was baking. They swore that it would cause the cake to fall, but now that I have a child myself, I know this was just self-preservation and the search for a little peace and quiet! That cake still is my favorite…
My Mom makes a wonderful waldorf salad.
My grandmother and I would always make blondies or dill crackers depending on what we were in the mood for before watching a movie! Only thing that stinks is that now after several years I can’t seem to find her blondie recipe.
My grandmother makes the best spritz cookies around Christmas.
My mom is a wonderful cook! I pretty much ate gourmet every night. She makes the BEST mandu (korean dumplings). Yum, my mouth is watering
Thank you for the giveaway!
Great giveaway! These aprons are adorable. My daughter and I would love to be matchy matchy in the kitchen. Your Margarita cake looks awesome. I too would much rather have the cake than the drink.
I love my mom’s pecan rolls. She makes them every year for Christmas and Easter mornings.
my kids have made a tradition of making me breakfast in bed for mothers day!!! its so sweet…I don’t know about any special recipe that gets made though!!!
My grandmother always makes the best dressing at Thanksgiving! It’s what I look forward to every year!
My mother would love these aprons.
Mom used to(and still does) make these peanut butter and butterscotch rice crispy bars. They barely last 2 days and you have to battle my dad or he’ll eat them all!
Everyone raves about my mom’s yummy noodle kugel, with very fine egg noodles, eggs, sour cream,cream cheese and butter – dusted with cinnamon and sugar. Served warm or cold – a real treat!
my mom cooks amazing (so does my dad by the way’ so i’m really lucky) she makes a really amazing cheesecake with white chocolate topping. amazing! no chance of sticking to a diet when she makes it.
My Grandma, Mom, and I used to make Kraut Burgers…in BULK, and freeze for future use!
Mm, that’s interesting – I don’t like margaritas either but loving the sound of this cake!
I’ve just nominated you for the Happy 101 Award (http://hungryjenny.blogspot.com/2010/05/happy-101-blog-award-for-hungry-jenny.html) for doing such a fantastic job of motivating so many people to lead healthier lifestyles with the Ten in 10 challenge!
Hungry Jenny x
My grandmother makes everything delicious. But her roast beef is my favorite.
My mom used to make Italian Cream Cake and homemade cinnamon rolls. Even when our neighbor who didn’t bake had company coming over, my mom would make those homemade cinnamon rolls and bring them to THEIR house for THEIR company! That’s a good neighbor!
My dear mother, God rest her soul, was NOT a great cook; but we all loved something she made called American Chop Suey which was nothing but ground beef, a little diced onion and canned Franco American Spaghetti. It’s still one of our favorite camping dishes!
My grandmother’s home made grape juice is a definite contender for biggest food imprint on my psyche!
My grandmother was a fabulous cook and baker. My Mom prefers to make reservations! I can’t think of anything my Mom makes that is wopie wow! Oh wait her Beef Stroganof is really good!
My mom, my grandmothers, my self, now my daughters and granddaughters are all about baking we love to do it together. We’re all about teaching the next generation to cook and baking is a great way to start teaching the next generation how to measure, use and prep food and cooking tools properly. Of course then the family stories start to flow also. I’d love to win your apron contest.
Just found your website,through obsession with cookbooks. Nice website and have added you to my favorites.
Growing up Tand now) I have always loved all of my mom’s dishes…If I had to pick one it would be her fabulous apple cake!!! However, everything she has ever made has been made with love so its hard to choose! Lol
Cute aprons are one of the best parts of cooking!
My mom and I used to make tons of sugar cookies with frosting…. so fun, and messy enough that you both need aprons!