It’s festival time in Texas! So head for the hills, the beach or north to Dallas for fun foodie times. Here’s what’s going on soon:

Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival takes place March 31-April 1. Events of note: the Craft Beer & Cheese tasting and Cured: A Charcuterie & Wine Tasting. Plus you can rub shoulders with an actor at Star Power: An Evening with Kyle MacLachlan and Animal Restaurant.

The Galveston Island Food & Wine Festival happens April 14-17. Don’t miss the Spanish wine pairing dinner featuring chef and sommelier Peter Garcia of Houston’s El Meson cooking eight tasting courses of traditional and contemporary Spanish food at the Hotel Galvez on April 15, 7 pm.

And later in April, the Dallas Wine & Food Festival is April 27-May 1. Great food and ambiance come together at the Rising Stars Chefs’ Dinner at the Nasher Sculpture Center  on April 28. And the chef demos at Entertaining with Style on Saturday are always fun.

Now on to the recipe…and this one is a favorite. Basically, you just dump the ingredients into a mixer, give it a whirl and bake.

Additionally, you can customize. In the mood for lime? Make it with lime zest! Orange is nice too.

So, once you’ve baked the cake, you can simply eat it plain, or dusted with powdered sugar. But my favorite way is to eat it with tons of berries — red and golden raspberries, blackberries and blueberries, strawberries — and whipped cream. You could even add a few shavings of dark chocolate. Enjoy! -alyce eyster