Tag Archives: Cakes

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Loaf

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito Can one have too many pumpkin-chocolate recipes? I don’t think so, especially when there is a half of a can of pumpkin puree sitting the fridge begging to be … Continue reading

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Lemon Lemon Loaf

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito Back in 2008, when this cookbook was published, the New York bakery by the same name was garnering all sorts of accolades. Oprah had declared their brownies “one of … Continue reading

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Dark Chocolate Fleur de Sel Cupcakes with Snappy Butterscotch Icing

Salty sweets seem to be catching my eye lately. First there were those salty oatmeal cookies and now these dark chocolate cupcakes that are liberally sprinkled with coarse salt before baking and after frosting. The cupcakes were good, but the … Continue reading

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One Bowl Chocolate Mocha Cream Cake

I tore this recipe out of Cooking Light magazine almost two years ago, and I’m kicking myself for waiting so long to try it. Here’s the recipe from the Cooking Light website. The chocolate cake part is a simple, lower-fat … Continue reading

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Chocolate Sheet Cake

This cake has been making the rounds in the food blogging world. The recipe comes from thepioneerwoman.com, a website by Ree Drummond, chronicling her life on a ranch. She’s witty, funny and irreverent, and I’m insanely jealous of her kitchen. … Continue reading

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Lemon Butter Cake

Currently baking out of Macrina Bakery & Cafe Cookbook by Leslie Mackie What to do when the baking gods give you a cake that looks like this? You make trifles. You take the lovely, lemon butter cake that showed such … Continue reading

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Lemon-Sour Cherry Coffee Cake

Currently baking out of Macrina Bakery & Cafe Cookbook by Leslie Mackie Here’s another cake where I liked the batter better than I did the baked version. The recipe starts off by combining butter, sugar and lemon zest and beating … Continue reading

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Chocolate Cherry Pound Cake

Currently baking out of Macrina Bakery & Cafe Cookbook by Leslie Mackie I don’t really know what to say about this cake. It took three (three!) sticks of butter, 2 cups of cocoa powder and more than 3 cups of … Continue reading

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Chocolate Whipped Cream Cake and Chocolate Pudding

Currently cooking from Tasty by Roy Finamore Here’s the story of the dessert that almost wasn’t . . . Once upon a time, I offered to provide dinner (with dessert, of course) to Bryan’s niece who just had a baby. … Continue reading

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Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

I haven’t been doing much baking lately because it has been too hot. But we’ve cooled down over the last couple of days, and I started feeling the baking itch. During my internet surfing, I came across this recipe from … Continue reading

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