by Jenny | 14 May, 2019 | Doris Day, Rita Hayworth
So sad to hear the news about Doris yesterday. I love her so much! After living under a misapprehension that she was a twee, girl next door type for many years I actually WATCHED one of her films (Pillow Talk) and immediately became a big fan. She is utterly fabulous...
by Jenny | 28 Jan, 2014 | Claudette Colbert, Rita Hayworth
I wanted to make a special cake for Battenburg Belle’s birthday and this is the most special one that I know of. Claudette says to get hold of an angel cake and then give it the lemony treatment by making a lemon curd filling and a lemon icing dribbled over the...
by Jenny | 17 Sep, 2011 | Rita Hayworth
Behold the splendor of this Angel Cake made to Rita’s recipe by Evanio Alves in Rio de Janeiro! I’m so thrilled to have a reader in Ipanema, and he test cooks for me too! I’m so jealous of his cake, mine never looks like this…. I’m...
by Jenny | 17 Jan, 2011 | Rita Hayworth
The plan tonight was to make a Claudette Colbert Cake for James Rumsey’s homecoming. But I suddenly remembered James saying he didn’t like lemony things so a Rita Hayworth Cake it is instead. It is smelling GOOD. Am very pleased to report a lovely...
by Jenny | 23 Sep, 2010 | Claudette Colbert, Rita Hayworth
Ooh, I had an outfit a bit like that on Second Life. Been so long since I went there though I’ll have forgotten how to do everything I’m sure. I did enjoy meditating by the fountains with doves flying around though. Oh and I did like my...
by Jenny | 18 May, 2010 | Rita Hayworth
Oh my goodness Rita was so gorgeous. Here’s a picture for fans of “opera gloves” – there is a whole site dedicated to film stars wearing opera gloves somewhere in this crazy world that is the internet. There’s an Angel (Dust) Food...
by Jenny | 31 Mar, 2010 | Claudette Colbert, Rita Hayworth
I’ve been putting off testing this as it looked like a bit of a challenge. It was, but it was worth it! Basically I made a Rita Hayworth’s Angel Cake then followed Claudette’s instructions for fancifying it with home made lemon curd filling and...
by Jenny | 7 Mar, 2010 | Rita Hayworth
Hello Sailor! Definitely feeling full of the joys of spring now that I have successfully made an Angel Food Cake. There is a picture of it on the flickr site – I personally have never seen anything like it! The secret is obviously all in the whipping. Last time...
by Jenny | 23 Dec, 2009 | Rita Hayworth
I am seeing my Shellac Sister Jean this evening and I’d forgotten that she had quite a success with the Rita Hayworth cake. We are DJing at Kokos in Camden (formerly the Camden Palace) and I’m going to ask her about her egg white whisking between discs....
by Jenny | 19 Dec, 2009 | Rita Hayworth
“We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves.” Hmm, but what does destiny have in store for me Rita, Rita Peanut Eater? I have a Rita Hayworth’s Angel’s Food Cake in the oven, to be followed by a Gloria...
by Jenny | 8 Dec, 2009 | Rita Hayworth
“After all, a girl is – well, a girl.It’s nice to be told you’re successful at it.” I should say you were Rita! Extremely successful at it! I’m going to be channeling Rita’s spirit during my birthday week. I have bought...
by Jenny | 6 Feb, 2007 | Rita Hayworth
“After all, a girl is – well, a girl. It’s nice to be told you’re successful at it.” My new (and most expensive ever) film star recipe book has arrived on my doorstep and I am beside myself with excitement. There are some super fab...
