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variations on a cookie recipe
I’ve had to take a hiatus on blogging, due to school owning my life for a while, and then came spring break, which meant going home and grazing all day long, on nothing in particular, and yet managing to go straight to my gut.
In the last few weeks, I’ve been making cookies, each slightly different [...]
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apple ginger cupcakes
These babies are my first “gourmet” cupcake; gourmet being anything thats not your standard yellow, vanilla, or chocolate cupcake. An adult flavor, if you will. I used the recipe from Chow.com except I used a little less than a tablespoon of ground ginger and I messed around with the icing.
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buttercream icing
I usually cheat when I make cupcakes for other people’s birthdays. I just open up a box of mix and throw on some whipped frosting from a tub. Embarrassing, yes. However, this year all of that will change. I have purchased Cupcakes! by Elinor Klivans and am determined to go through the entire book.
For my [...]
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jelly roll cake
Saturday morning my mom was called upon to make a cake/dessert for a party. Of course it was a Chinese party and so we set to make one of the usual Chinese desserts. Its a traditional Chinese cake, not very sweet at all and very fluffy and light. This description would make you believe this [...]
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deliciously delicious
This post is in honor of my awesome friend Laura, who was just in town visiting and of course, when she got back to Dallas, baked a delicious looking cake that alas, I can not taste. Its a chocolate cake with a custard topping and sliced peaches (recipe to come). Laura’s favorite part was the [...]
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