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Red (Wine) Velvet Cake
As if Thanksgiving prep hasn’t been indulgent enough (I have already eaten three meals of turkey day food), here’s one more for you. This red wine velvet cake is the product of love, sugar and a good few glasses of … Continue reading
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Honey Peach Cake with Sugared Pistachios
First things first–happy six-month birthday to my blog! Am I allowed to wish myself (“myself”) a happy birthday? ‘Cause I’m doing so and I’m doing so exuberantly. Today’s recipe is also conveniently my 100th recipe. It’s hard to believe I’ve made … Continue reading
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Coconut Layer Cake
Hmmm…should have perhaps posted this recipe a little closer to Father’s Day, considering the only reason it was made was to appease my Dad’s coconut-loving tastebuds. (Everyone else in my family, aside from myself, hates coconut. For shame!) I suppose … Continue reading
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Strawberry Cheesecake
Happy graduation, Taylor!! Whoo hoo! Now that someone’s finally inducted herself into the (semi) real world of college and Big Girl Decisions, the first order of business is obviously to choose what to have for dessert on her graduation. “I … Continue reading
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Pear Frangipane
This cake brings back instead memories of Spain, cracking almonds by the kilo and grinding them to a pulp to make almond flour. Such arduous work for a few handfuls of thick, khaki-colored powder. Or so you might assume, until … Continue reading
Pineapple Banana Upside-Down Cake
Moosewood is a pretty famed restaurant in Ithaca, NY run by Mollie Katzen known for its healthy, natural foods. This cake is from one of their (many) cookbooks and pretty much exemplifies their mission. The bananas serve as a butter … Continue reading
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Key Lime Bundt Cake
Who can resist anything in miniature? Including a bag of petite yellow-green limes poking through their plastic netting in the produce aisle? Not this girl. I bought them knowing full well they would become a cake, rather than a pie, … Continue reading
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Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake
As someone who wakes up and almost immediately begins to crave sugar (so bad, I know), this is the perfect kick start to my day. This gem was also adapted from A Thought for Food and I couldn’t resist something … Continue reading
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Chocolate Birthday Cake
Ain’t no party like a birthday party! Today is my mother’s birthday. After much deliberation that included both a Wikipedia search for Oprah’s age and a calculator, Taylor and I confirmed that it is, officially, her 57th birthday. Sounds about … Continue reading
