Rich flavors of chocolate and coconut – yes! In a cake – yes, YES! Moist and decadent, light and fluffy, and so easy, and then also dusted with shredded coconut, the dessert is much like a cloud of heaven. You know, when you dream you’re floating, weightlessly in the firmament, slathered in melting chocolate and…
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What do you do with leftover polenta (coarse ground cornmeal – Italian “grits”) and pomegranate seeds, knowing you have plenty of winter-perfect maple syrup in the pantry? (PURE, 100% MAPLE SYRUP 🍁 – don’t mess around with anything less).Well, you bake a cake, OF COURSE!!! As a neighbor said to me, “it’s beautiful, but it…
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While lemon isn’t typically a fall harvest or Halloween flavor, it certainly is tasty!Enjoy this super simple white lemon loaf cake, with layers of vanilla buttercream frosting, and festive orange sprinkles for your pre-trick-or-treating Halloween snack!! 🧡🎃👻💀🕷
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I truly believe my destiny in life is to bake and cook for others.It’s something I adore.It’s my meditation.The kitchen is my canvas.It brings ME peace and happiness and solace while the enjoyment of others does just the same as the baking process.It’s my mojo. It’s all I really want to do. Thank you, my…
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Happy Easter! The day is certainly about more than chocolate, sprinkles, and little bunnies. However, it is often fun to celebrate the Rising with a splash of color and some glitter and glam. Allow yourself a little fun and the day to be dazzled. Bunny Cakes Easy White Cake: 1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup…
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It’s dense. It’s delicious. It’s full of cardamom, sweet almonds, and aromatic vanilla. You really can’t go wrong with this bundt baby. It had been entirely too long since my bestie and I had baked together. We had limited time, but we just had to do it. One afternoon, full of giggles and internet surfing,…
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When my favorite little niece was surprised to see a lack of fresh, homemade cranberry sauce on the Thanksgiving table this year, I took it upon myself to treat her to something even a little bit better this Christmas. Cranberry and orange spiced cake. With all the other traditional Christmas adornments across the table, this…
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Ok, I’ve made it abundantly clear that peanut butter and chocolate are a match made in heaven. It’s SO obvious. But what about adding banana into the mix? Personally, I detest the fruit. I despise it… Unless it’s mixed with peanut butter – and chocolate too! Chunky Monkey Banana Nice Cream Cake (serves 1) Layer…
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Mandarin Orange Cake — also known as “Dream Cake” or “Pig Pickin’ Cake” — was made from scratch. Whether it began its culinary life as a from-scratch cake, or it’s been a prepared box-cake-Cool-Whip creation all its life, is unknown to me; but these days, it’s usually made with mostly processed ingredients. Most of its…
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Rather than dwell on or worry over spilt milk, or in this case a lop-sided cake desperately needing more frosting, I decided to “go with the flow” and accept all things in their imperfection. After all, it is Labor Day, and who wants to labor any more than necessary anyway? Thus, I named my layer…
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