Category: cake
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Martha Stewart’s Buttermilk Cake with Chocolate Frosting
Dearest friends, family and blog readers (Are there any of you left? ‘Cause I’m hearing an echo in here), let it be known that for me, baking, 0ffers a brief escape. If I bake you something, it’s because I am inspired to use my hands, or perhaps it’s because I need a break from the hard news…
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Chocolate Raspberry Forest Cake
This ain’t no Black Forest Cake recipe. Just saying, before you freak out… ‘Cause anytime I tell someone I Black Forest Cake I’m met with horror and disgust. Am I really the only thirty-something in North America who will admit to loving Black Forest Cake? Hands up if you’re with me… *Crickets* Anywho, let’s move…
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Pistachio baklava cake
Baklava for me was always an indulgence. Something to be eaten at special occasions and in small quantities. Whether it was the Middle Eastern type with pistachios, the Bulgarian variety with walnuts, the Armenian kind – scented with cinnamon, honey-drenched Greek baklava or modern interpretations that involve chocolate – I love baklava. And when the…
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Skinny strawberry shortbread trifle
Well, hello, hello, hello. A colleague asked me the other day if I was still baking… and I had to confess that I hadn’t really baked very much since I returned to work from maternity leave in January. With a 4.5 year old and a 1.5 year old, I’m not quite at the point where…
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Nutella banana loaf
Following the Weight Watchers program really underscored my weaknesses: Cake, chocolate, cookies. Dense, moist, chewy, gooey, calorie-packed, carbohydrate-embracing yummy stuff. Sometimes I would overcome my cravings by allowing myself to have just a little bit everyday, other days I would experiment making Weight Watchers versions of sweets, but they never quite hit the spot. Until…
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Pretty posies and vintage tea cups: My birthday tea party
About five years ago, I wandered into an antique shop and picked up a couple of lovely china tea cups. At the time, we were living in a townhouse and had no extra room for any tchotchkes, so I put them back. But I thought about them day after day until one day I returned…
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Weight Watchers mini cherry cheesecakes
This might come as a shock to some of you considering my love for all things sweet but I’m on Weight Watchers. The first time I joined Weight Watchers, it helped me lose the weight from baby number 1. In fact, after giving birth in 2009, I lost a total of nearly 70 pounds thanks…
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Glazed lemon pound cake
It’s about that time of year when my after-dinner cravings are for something a bit lighter, tangier, fresher. I’m not as likely to reach for the dense-chocolate cake or the decadent cheesecake, the fruits are plentiful and ripe and in abundance. Still, sometimes you want to have something on hand for when company comes over…
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Pink ombre rose cake
It’s been a while I’ve blogged and that’s because I wanted to make sure my new site looked just right before I unveiled it to the few of you who are still reading! While I have a series of draft blogs I’m holding on to, I thought I’d start with this one – the pink…
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Pumpkin bread with dark chocolate and pecans
When I saw this recipe come across the wires at work from The Associated Press, it had me salivating. By the time the holidays have rolled around, I’ve usually made at least two or three pumpkin-based desserts so I had this high on my “To Do” list despite the fact I was heavily pregnant…