Cakes & Cupcakes

Manhattan Bundt Cake – Bourbon, Pecans and Maraschino Cherries

Like many people, I’ve got some traditions for New Year’s Day. Nothing that would stand up to any historical perspective but just ‘our’ traditions. We have to have some Black Eyed Peas for luck, a tradition that started when our family lived in North Carolina for 10 years, and I have to make a Butter [...]

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Happy New Year and our Most Popular Posts of 2010!

The last day of the year, 2010. It’s been one heck of a year. For me, too much of it spent rehabilitating from the most serious injury I’ve ever had but thankful that it’s getting better, that my family is healthy and that I’ve been able to stay in touch with the ‘outside’ world through [...]

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Cranberry Glazed Orange Layer Cake

I make this cake every year for a holiday meal. This year it was for Thanksgiving but more often it’s for Christmas Day. The flavors are just fantastic and it is so beautiful. The combination of the orange flavored cake, the brown sugar/cream cheese frosting and the cranberry sauce make a spectacular presentation for this [...]

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Zucchini Bread with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Brown Butter Frosting

Zucchini bread is one of those things that if I had gone all summer without making it would have left me with a sad, that’s just not right sort of feeling. For years it was something my kids really looked forward to, using squash from our backyard garden. However, as the neighbor’s tree has grown [...]

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Nutella Fudge Brownies with Mocha Buttercream Frosting

A Contest! I’m lucky to have met Abby Dodge on Twitter even if so far we are really only ‘virtual’ friends. I hope know that will change but in the meantime, I’ve loved building a relationship with this wonderful, funny and talented woman. Although I had been following Abby on Twitter, I first really communicated [...]

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Warm Cherry Upside-Down Cake

There are many days when my food choices for the day are limited; on purpose, to a bowl of cereal with fruit for breakfast and a simple salad or sandwich for lunch. As a result, there are also many times while I’m on Twitter that I see so many amazing pictures of fabulous food that [...]

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Raspberry Boccone Dolce (Sweet Mouthful)

I recently queried an Italian speaking friend about the meaning of the Italian words, boccone dolce, that are in the name of this recipe. I’ve been making this beautiful dessert for many, many years but had never thought to find out what it meant before but truer words were never spoken. This dessert really is [...]

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Better than Starbucks Maple Scones with Toasted Pecans

I used to enjoy visiting one of the local Starbucks near me (six that I can think of in a 3 mile radius and TWO in one shopping center!) for meeting a client during the week or a friend on Saturday morning. It wasn’t for the beverage so much; I get whole bean coffee from [...]

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The BEST Coffee Cake Ever

I was having coffee and thinking about what to make for a neighbor when I saw a tweet from The Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond aka @thepioneerwoman) that said, and I quote, “The Best Coffee Cake Ever. I say that with confidence, boldness, and crumbs all over my chin” – so of course I was intrigued…I [...]

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Blackberry Pandowdy

That morning I mentioned in the last post; cold, drizzly and where I HAD to make a curry dish I saw posted on a blog cause I thought it looked warm? Truth? Also HAD to make a pandowdy that my friend Elle posted that she had adapted from The New England Cookbook. Why oh why [...]

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Blueberry Cornmeal Cake

I’ve been a subscriber to Bon Appetit magazine for more than 30 years. The recent demise of Gourmet magazine has seen my good friend receive constant thrashing at the hands of fervent Gourmet magazine lovers who feel a need to take out their hurt against my beloved companion!

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Karydopita (Καρυδόπιτα)

Into my third week of a knee injury and not being able to really cook or photo or…well, lots I can’t do, so I’m continuing on my blogging journey with the help of fellow food bloggers who have offered to help until I’m up and at’em…well, at least up!

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Butter Rum Cake

I love this cake and although not necessarily considered a holiday cake, it is considered OUR holiday cake! I made it for a New Year’s Eve party I hosted last week. I promised dessert and this is a quick and easy dessert with fabulous results!

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Peppermint Meringue Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

This recipe was featured on the December 2009 cover of Bon Appetit magazine. Looked both beautiful and festive and I love cakes with layers of meringue so this one was calling my name for our holiday dessert. Special thanks to Abby Dodge who created the recipe for Bon Appetit; she gave me some great tips [...]

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Last Minute Fruitcake; It’s Not What You’re Thinking!

I know, I know…fruitcake? There has to be a better name for it because for many it just sends a message of hard citrus thingys I can’t even call candy or heavily sauced (and I mean sauced, you know, as in having had too much to drink!) pieces of brick. Another food blogger, EvilShenanigans and [...]

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