It’s that time of year again… my guy’s birthday! We sort of alternate between “boring” normal birthday cakes, and creative/challenging cakes. This year entailed the latter. (Some of you may remember previous cakes such as last year's Chocolate Bombe: http://bakebakebake.livejournal.com/ ( Read more... )

I issued a request the other day for ideas to help me get a crunchy cookie bottom cupcake for a Twix-inspired cupcake. Well, BBB delivered and this is the result!


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So I know Christmas has passed and cookies have become a little bit obsolete because of that, but I still thought I'd share these raspberry-almond linzer cookies--just because they're that good.


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This is the result of my first Christmas baking session of the year - a quick and easy shortbread which bakes into crisp, melt-in-the-mouth buttery awesomeness.

Try it. Seriously. You won't regret it!


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Hello bbbakers! 2 weeks ago I wanted to eat shortbread cookies, so I baked shortbread cookies.


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Hello! First time poster here.

I have a question and I hope this is a good place to ask. I have a shortbread recipe here that I've used several times with success. I have tried adding orange zest and juice to this recipe before without any problems - the texture of the cookie doesn't change and the cookies aren't overpowered by the orange.

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Some time ago, my father picked up Family Circle's "Crazy for Chocolate" book for himself. Now, this is a rarity, as most dessert books he buys on his op-shopping expeditions are for me. I didn't see it for the longest time until one weekend he handed it to me to have a look through. He told me it wasn't great, that there was "nothing really ( Read more... )

Delicate, not too tart, not too sweet, a touch buttery; maybe the perfect cookie.

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