Let me just say that — unlikely as it seems — parsnip cake is utterly delicious. Yep, parsnip. Think of the carrot-shaped root as early spring’s gift to localvores. Winter-stored squash and beets and ...

When it comes to vegetables in cakes, carrots tend to get all the love, but parsnips deserve just as much attention,” says Benjamina Ebuehi, author of new cookbook, A Good Day To Bake. “Sweet and ...

Parsnips are particularly sweet when they winter over (the natural sugars are at their peak), and many believe this is the ...

Raise your hand if you love carrot cake. How about zucchini bread? Meet the hip Swedish equivalent: parsnip and lemon loaf cake from Lagom: The Swedish Art of Eating Harmoniously by Steffi ...

Parsnip, apple and nuts make a great cake. This easy, moist, long-keeping cake can be served plain of iced with cream cheese. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees (fan forced 160 degrees). Grease and line a ...

So first things first, what exactly is a parsnip? If you mentally pictured an albino carrot, count yourself as part of a very small minority. If you recounted a mildly sweet flavor, a ...

1. Set the oven at 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with a piece of parchment paper cut to fit it; butter the paper. 2. In a small baking dish, spread the walnuts. Toast ...

Even the simple act of slicing a parsnip releases the smell of winter. They are the ultimate of the earthy root vegetables and never fail to soothe the chill of a cold winter's day, whether they're ...

From Marcus Samuelsson's Aquavit and The New Scandinavian Cuisine (Houghton Mifflin, $45). Sweet parsnips are kin to carrots. Use young ones; they are less woody. You can skip the carrots and use a ...

Alice Zaslavsky heartily suggests this recipe from chef Mark Best, on Drive's Foodie Tuesday segment. Mark says: "Parsnips are not normally associated with cake. Having said that, I’d imagine that ...