Category: Cake

Roasted Strawberries

Roasted Strawberries! The person who thought of this has my undying gratitude. Strawberries are plenty good all on their own but when you roast them, magical things happen. Just like roasting vegetables, heat from the

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Cranberry Chocolate Cake

Cranberry Chocolate Cake is the answer to your last minute holiday baking issues. Issues is putting it mildly around here. Prior to making this cake last night, I’d done NO baking. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

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Pumpkin Madness

So, I’m having a little trouble getting into the autumnal spirit. Maybe it’s because we had 2 glorious days of what could be called fall weather down here only to have to turn the AC

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Rhubarb Crumble Coffee Cake

Oh Rhubarb! Why didn’t I appreciate you more when you were growing freely in my former back yard? Maybe because I didn’t have this Rhubarb Crumble Coffee Cake back then. This one can make a

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Tiny Flourless Chocolate Cake

Okay, Valentines…you’ve only got a couple of days to pull yourselves together. I have the perfect little cake to save the day! Tiny Flourless Chocolate Cake! I know, I know…flourless chocolate cake is sometimes better

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Swedish Almond Cake

I have the happy task of researching and baking desserts for an upcoming post concert reception for our chamber music group. We’re doing a concert of all Scandinavian music (November 2 and 3 if you

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Baked Pumpkin Spice Donuts

I suppose I have only myself to blame for this one. I admit it…I bought the donut pans. I said that they were a birthday present from the cats, but really, I bought them for

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Raspberry Almond Coffee Cake

Mmmmmmm…..warm coffee cake. Warm Raspberry Almond Coffee Cake. SO hard not to pick at those toasty almonds and that golden streusel topping. Must wait for this to cool. This is a great little recipe that

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Celebratory Chocolate Cupcakes!

Happy Birthday to Idiot’s Kitchen. We turned 2 yesterday! 2 years, 194 recipes, several cat photos, and many many nice people like you reading, trying, and suggesting great recipes. Let’s celebrate with some awesome chocolate

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Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Happy Zucchini Summer! If you garden, know someone who gardens, have ever seen a garden, chances are you are up to your eyeballs in zucchinis right about now. Internet food sites are certainly all a

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Lemonade Cake

Lemonade Cake. All glistening, moist, crumbly, and delicious. This is an amazingly good and amazingly easy cake to bake. As much baking as I do from scratch, I have absolutely NO problem with cakes like

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Lemon Zucchini Bread

Pinterest. Or as I like to call it, Six Degrees of Martha Stewart. Are you hooked yet? If you’re into food, recipes, pictures of food, pictures of gardens, pictures of Robert Redford, etc. you’ve probably

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Spring Strawberry Cake

Spring Strawberry Cake. If you don’t mind me saying so, it is a thing of beauty. If you’re not ready for spring, this cake should do the trick. It will magically get you in the

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Ginger Cardamom Bars

Life Lesson – Do someone a favor and you might get a great new recipe in return. It’s true! During this recent opera season, my friend Mimi asked to borrow some cardamom to make a

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