I give you the last installment of The Best of 2009. Enjoy, and Happy New Year!
Chewy, Fudgy Triple Chocolate Brownies – I thought I had already found my favorite brownie recipe, and then this one went and blew me away! With a name like that I suppose it’s not a surprise, but they certainly do [...]
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When I look back through my blog, I’m always amazed at how much I have grown. In my photography (whoa, please never look at my old photos – eek!), in my cooking and baking skills, and in finding my blogging voice. This blog is such a huge passion of mine, and it constantly inspires me [...]
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You know how we consider certain foods to be staples or necessities? Like eggs, milk, bread, etc.? I propose that we add this caramel corn to that list. I mean, I really feel that this is the kind of thing that I need to have around my house at all times. This [...]
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I can’t imagine it will take much for me to convince you of how wonderful these cupcakes are. First of all, there’s the obvious – that ever-winning combo of chocolate and peanut butter. The cake is a wonderfully dense chocolate cake with a thick creamy batter that bakes up beautifully. The filling is essentially a [...]
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Oh yeah, baby. It’s as good as it looks. Two layers of graham cracker cake separated by a layer of Marshmallow Fluff and topped with a milk chocolate glaze. In other words, a cake that really does taste like s’mores. One thing I love about birthdays as an adult is that we can celebrate them [...]
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I see nothing about this cake that necessarily makes it a breakfast cake, but we’ll call it that anyway so that you can justify eating it to start your day This is a simple peanut butter cake with a peanut butter streusel topping and chocolate chips. In other words, YUM! The cake was [...]
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Ever since I first looked through Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan, I knew I needed to make this cake. Not only that, but I needed to make it for Ben. He is a major caramel lover, and I have also noticed that every time I use honey-roasted peanuts for a recipe, [...]
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I recently catered a back-to-school breakfast for 50-ish people, and one of the items that I made was granola and yogurt parfaits For the event I made the two other types of granola I have made thus far, pumpkin spice and peanut butter banana. I was so glad that I did because it reminded me [...]
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I was thrilled to host another Foodbuzz event this weekend after having such fun last time I did it. This was a particularly fun event because it was sponsored by Smirnoff and needed to be somehow related to a summer theme. For me, the best summer nights are casual get togethers with lots of friends, [...]
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