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I'm addicted to cookbooks, food writing, recipe collecting, and cooking. I have a lot of recipes waiting for me to try them, and ideas from articles, tv, and restaurants often lead to new dishes. I started losing track of what I've done. So now I'm taking photos and writing about what I've prepared—unless it's terrible in which case I forget it ever happened.
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Recent Posts Tagged With 'cake'
Aug 08
Back in January, I learned about an organization that provides birthday cakes for kids who might not otherwise receive one. Free Cakes for Kids has chapters in various cities, and I’m sure each one operates a little differently. The Austin chapter (read full article)
cake, Chocolate, chocolate ganache, the modern baker, Yellow Cake
Jul 13
I’m always mentioning my CSA, but what I currently receive isn’t a share from a single farm. I’ve been receiving a box every other week from Farmhouse Delivery, and they combine produce, meat, dairy, eggs, and local artisanal products in a flex (read full article)
bundt cake, cake, desserts, Grand Marnier, key lime, lime, margarita, tequila
Apr 04
As I was reading The New Spanish Table, I was so excited about the tapas, seafood, and rice chapters, I didn’t really even expect much from desserts. I should have known better. There are ice creams, sorbets, and granitas with flavors ranging from (read full article)
cake, orange flower water, ORANGE JUICE, orange zest, Pistachios, the new spanish table
Mar 31
I’m not always good at making decisions. That’s especially true when it comes to choosing a type of cake to bake for a special occasion. First, I was sure a lemon cake would be great, but that was before I became taken with the idea of a little r (read full article)
brown butter, cake, pecan, rum
Feb 15
This is the cake Kurt chose for his birthday this year. It wasn’t just any birthday, so the cake needed to be a little special. This cake was made to celebrate Kurt’s 40th birthday. We actually did quite a lot of celebrating for this momentous, m (read full article)
cake, coconut, coconut milk, greyston bakery cookbook, whipped cream
Jan 02
Let’s just jump straight to dessert. Back when I baked the oatmeal maple bars from the Greyston Bakery Cookbook, I mentioned that the mocha kahlua cake from that book might be nice for dessert on Christmas Eve. Well, it most certainly was. This is (read full article)
cake, Chocolate, cocoa powder, custard, greyston bakery cookbook, Kahlua
Nov 18
Of course I didn’t send Kurt off to his potluck lunch with just bread sticks. How could I pass up the opportunity to bake something sweet that would be taken away, shared with others, and not left in the house to tempt me? This gave me the opportun (read full article)
apples, cake, cinnamon, golden book of baking