Ruth Galai's family recipes
This is a recipe which I got recently from Yael Birav. We were invited on Succot to celebrate the holiday together with their family, and Yael brought along this wonderful cheesecake, which was a delicious "finale" to a terrific dinner in Efrat and Rami's garden with the Birav family and friends. Yael kindly sent me the recipe the next day,... Continue Reading →
This is a typical Central European cheesecake. It has a "short" cookie-dough crust on the bottom, and a meringue of beaten eggwhites on top. The cheese filling has a touch of lemony aroma from grated lemon zest. The cake is firmer than the typical creamy American style "NY Cheesecake", and different also from the many... Continue Reading →
The chocolate base for this cake is the same as in the "Nutella" Brownies which I posted a few months ago... You can bake the "brownies" in a round cake tin if you want to use it as a cake. After cooled, you can top it with sweetened whipped cream, turning it into a delicious... Continue Reading →
This is a new addition to our family's recipes; since I saw this recipe in a magazine a few months ago, I have made it several times. It is SO easy to make, so light and good, and I know that it is going to become a family favorite. Note that the ingredients can be... Continue Reading →
This is the birthday cake that I prepare for all the birthdays in our family. It grew out of the distant memory of the birthday cakes that my mother used to prepare for my birthdays, so long ago. Since my birthday often takes place during the week of Passover, the original cake was made with a Passover sponge cake base. I use a basic torte recipe for... Continue Reading →
These brownies are moist, tasty, and so easy to make. A few days ago, I was looking for a recipe in my recipe "file" - (i.e., a large box of jumbled-up odd-size scraps of paper, oil-stained pages of recipes, newspaper clippings, recipes from old magazines....), and I came across this recipe which I had jotted on a... Continue Reading →
I got this recipe from my friend Malka; through the years it became a very popular cake in our family, and was often sent with the boys to the army, or on trips or picnics. Ingredients: 200 grams bittersweet chocolate (approx. 7 oz)200 grams butter (approx. 7 oz)3/4 cup sugar5 eggs5 Tablespoons self rising flour... Continue Reading →
This is the apple pie that we often used to eat when visiting Saba and Savta on Pinsker St. in Tel Aviv. I remember how we all enjoyed eating this pie - and I remember constantly "straightening the edges" until the entire pie was gone! Luckily, we have the recipe directly from Savta, and I... Continue Reading →
This kind of cake was very popular in the 1960's and 1970's. I used to make variations of it often, on holidays and special events. Then, for no reason at all, I stopped making it about 30 years ago! I guess that other cakes took its place and became popular in our family; the recipe... Continue Reading →
This is a wonderfully light and tasty orange cake. I got the recipe several years ago from Bruria, the mother of our daughter-in-law, Tali. With Bruria's permission and blessing, I am posting it here as a cake that our family happily "adopted" and enjoyed through the years. Bruria gave me a wonderful tip which is... Continue Reading →
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