Jane's Sweets & Baking Journal

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Jane's Sweets & Baking Journal focuses on homemade baked goods and sweets of all kinds; anything that falls into the category of the "baking and pastry arts." Recipes are included in most posts, as are many links to blogs and websites on related topics; books on baking are also highlighted in sidebars. Includes food photos and "recipe process photos."

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'bananas'

Nov 03

When All Else Fails, Bake Your Favorite Banana Bread . . .

My baking objective this past Saturday was to make a simple, tasty, and relatively wholesome cranberry coffee-cake. I found what looked to be a promising recipe on the King Arthur website (a site which, as you may know, I just love). I usually have g (read full article)

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Oct 17

My Mom, the Conservative Baker, and Banana Sour-Cream Pound Cake . . .

My mom used to make a mean pound cake. She was a woman of conservative taste in most aspects of life, truth be told. This was true of her even when it came to cooking and baking. If she felt a recipe went too far afield, her tendency was always to s (read full article)

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Aug 24

Retro Desserts, Part I : The American Dream . . . of Banana Cream

Banana cream pie is not what you might call a fashionable dessert. It contains no exotic ingredients, requires knowledge of no arcane methodologies for its preparation, and--God knows-- it's not low in either fat or calories. And yet, despite all of (read full article)

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Aug 12

What We Talk About When We Talk About Banana Layer Cake . . .

In my house, about once a month, the age-old problem rears its head. You know the one. First, it's the deepening golden color, then the slight softening, followed by the brown speckles, and finally the pungent fragrance that will not be ignored. Oh s (read full article)

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