recipe from NPR-very tasty. I made it in a bundt pan and omitted the topping which was not missed at all ( Read more... )

Simple recipe, fabulous result.
Served with HD Dulce de Leche ice cream.


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I had thought I had posted this recipe in my blog previously, but I guess I was wrong. This is my go to fall dessert when I want to use up a whole bunch of apples (5-7 pounds); it is the dessert expression of fall, very apple-y and tasty. I found it when I had apples coming out of my ears after a local apple picking trip back in the fall of 2005 ( Read more... )

I was sharing a lemon cake recipe with a group, and realized 13 months later I had never blogged this. I made it last spring for a friend's bridal shower. A shame, since I don't make many pretty cakes and this was one of my better ones; someone actually asked me the store I bought it at and was floored when I said I made it myself (always good ( Read more... )

This turned out really well and was really easy. Plus the beauty of banana cake/bread is that it tastes even better the next day. Really moist and the zippy cream cheese frosting (don't make it too sweet) counters the sweet cake well.

The finished product:


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I think this should be called arterial blood red velvet cake. It is the reddest (and tastiest) red velvet cake I have ever made, and it (along with the black magic cake) were huge hits.

First a pic (there are more pics here.

Cupcake under attack, extreme closeup:


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I'll come back and do reviews and recipes as I do need to get this stuff delivered to the party.

The money shot #1 - Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting


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One of the message boards I frequent has been abuzz about this cake, so I decided to try it since it looked easy. It's to supplement the birthday cupcakes in case we run out of cupcakes. It's from www.allrecipes.com and highly rated (5 stars with 271 reviews ( Read more... )

Mini irish cream pound cakes (practice run)


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Dear transcendent cookbook
Source of the cake I took
To my work shindig
Where it went over big
And the whipped cream was off the hook.

The inspiration for this verse:
Gingerbread with rum spiked whipped cream

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