South Buffalo Cake (who knew that there was a cake specific to South Buffalo?)

south buffalo cake

Today in things I had not heard of until today- the South Buffalo Cake. Who knew that there was a cake named after a neighborhood here in the 716. I don’t know what makes this particular cake so special to South Buffalo (to play along with stereotypes there is nothing Irish about it). I was … Read more

Christmas Cream Wafers (Kenmore Presbyterian Cookies via Lisa Zdyb)

christmas cream wafers

The roots of Kenmore Presbyterian Church run deep in the City of Buffalo, the Village of Kenmore, and the Town of Tonawanda. On April 6, 1877, Miss Ada Chalmers began a Sunday School with six in attendance. This Sunday School met in an old log house on Amherst Street near Delaware Avenue. Then, it moved … Read more