You will need a doughnut pan to make baked cake donuts, instead of fried. Often times we end up with extra over ripe bananas and this is another great recipe to use them up. The verdict is: this is one of my new favorite recipes. Here are a few tips for successful baked donut making. Only fill the tin 2/3 full, because if you do more, the doughnut raises so much that you lose the hole in the center. The other tip to success is, the oven must be preheated, and then left for f

As it is the beginning of another month, it is time to look at what was going on in Vermilion back 100 years ago this month. The month started off on a sad note when it was announced that Henry Stephens, the former mayor of Vermilion, passed away on April 5. He was 62 and a senior member of the firm Stephens Limited. He had been dealing with what was called a severe cold, and had trouble breathing. He was one of the first men to open a business in Vermilion, and he was on the

Easter dinner at my parents when we were young “adults” (if we dared to use that term so loosely!) was always interesting. Mostly because nobody arrived at the same time, and everyone brought a different definition of the word “help.” By the time the coats are piled on the bed someone had already lost a shoe in the entryway, and the house smelled like turkey, ham, and mom’s homemade buns that honestly made people forget their own names for a second. One of my older cousins sh

Vermilion is not known as a place that has a lot of crime, so when something happens, it always makes news. This is as true today as it was over 100 years ago when the community was young. Back then, a young man by the name of Riel Bonneau decided that he would rob several farmers, expecting that he would get away with it easily. That would not be the case though. Over the course of several weeks in February 1919, he robbed various farms while wearing a mask. Once he accompli

This recipe does not use any processed sugar, only natural sweeteners like dates, sweet potatoes, and a touch of honey on the icing. It is also flourless and gluten-free. This is a moist and dense small cake, with a brownie-like texture. Sweet potatoes are another one of those foods that have a lot of healthy benefits. Sweet potatoes are a rich source of the vitamin A called beta carotene. Sweet potatoes also have beneficial fiber as well as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory