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Citrus Explosion Pound Cake for the Peoplehood of the Traveling Swirly Pan Project
It has been dreary and overcast for four days here. I am enjoying the cool weather while it lasts, because I am very aware of how stifling and uncomfortable it will be when the thermometer gets pinned to 100F for Continue reading…
Double Chocolate Stout Cake with Vanilla Porter Toffee for Beer Month
Friends, beer month is almost over, and I was starting to feel all stressed out about posting a Beerish Item before time got away from me. Then yesterday, I went to a Big Girl Meetup in North Raleigh at the Continue reading…
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An Homage to The Harvest House Grilled Cheese Sandwich and a Stewed Fuji Apple Tartine
I have always been very uncomfortable eating alone in public. I feel awkward and ungainly, like everyone is looking at me and wondering why I couldn’t find anyone else to eat with. I can feel my face start to burn, Continue reading…
This Is the Bread That I Made for Communion
This is the bread I made for communion. Related posts: It Has All Come Down To This: Fresh Bread Brewers’ Bread German Sweet Bread: Not For the Impatient Overcoming Cooking Intimidation, Part 2. Flexibility: Making Tasty Bread Pudding from Awful Continue reading…
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Tagged bread, bread recipes, communion bread, milk and honey bread, milk and honey communion bread
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Homemade Lady Fingers and “Neo-Classic” Tiramisu
The French language can be so musical, don’t you think? Ooh-la-la. Je t’aime. Croque en bouche. Pate a choux. These names and phrases just roll off the tongue so smoothly and softly. French is the language of late night romantic Continue reading…
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Tagged espresso simple syrup, Google +, Hangouts on Air, homemade lady fingers, lady fingers, mascarpone cheese, sponge cake, tiramisu
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Cranberry Cream Cheese Hot Cross Buns
My problem with Hot Cross Buns has always been that an icing cross just isn’t enough icing. I’d rather have a completely iced bun and then make the cross out of chocolate chips or jelly beans. Somehow, wanting to Gild Continue reading…
Blood Orange Upside Down Cake with Orange Cajeta
Last week, I was chatting with some friends on Google+, trying to help someone figure out a caramel filling for chocolate eggs that would be the perfect texture: not too runny; not too hard. I suggested taking a can of Continue reading…
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Tagged baking with cornmeal, blood orange desserts, blood orange upside down cake, cajeta, cake, caramel, dulce de leche, goat milk, grits, upside down cake
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Hangouts on Air for Chocolate Stout Cake and Burnt Caramel Buttercream
I’m sure you’ve heard by now that I am in love with Google +. And while it can do a lot for me SEO-wise, the main reason I love it is the Hangout on Air. Some of you may even Continue reading…
Happy Birthday to The Beloved: Mocha Caramel Pound Cake
When I saw the boy with the Odd Hair sitting by himself in the dining hall the first day of freshman year, I had no idea that one day he would become The Beloved. Maybe he already was The Beloved Continue reading…
Granny Smith Applesauce
Spring is Springing all around us here in North Carolina. Trees that until recently had been dormant are now leafing out. Flowers are popping up here and there. The children are bringing in a ton of mice (thanks, children). All Continue reading…
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Tagged apples, applesauce, applesauce recipe, Granny Smith Apple Sauce, how to make applesauce
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