This combination of cake and compote makes for a warm, spice heavy dessert.

Here is one of my favorite recipes for Hanukkah. I kid you not, the pancakes is the best recipe of its kind I have ever tried. For years I used my grandmother’s recipe, until someone else’s bubbe told me to use some mashed potatoes in my recipe . . . Kenahora! What a mitzvah that was! Enjoy.

Anyone planning for a ‘break the fast’ meal to mark the conclusion to Yom Kippur will love this easy, do-ahead recipe. Anyone who is not observing will also love them—you don’t have to be Jewish to love great food, but it helps.

Anyone planning on cooking for a‘break the fast’ meal to mark the conclusion to Yom Kippur will love this easy, do-ahead recipe. Anyone who is not observing will also love them—you don’t have to be Jewish to love great food, but it helps.