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Deep Dark Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

Thursday, May 24, 2012 in Chicks Dig It, Dessert, Food, Gruntworthy for Guys, Vegetarian

Magical things happen when you bake this deep, dark hot fudge pudding cake. A rich, gooey cake forms on the top, and a warm, melty, dark, fudgy sauce forms on the bottom. Serve with ice cream and life is complete.

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Dimply Greengage Plum Cake

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 in Breakfast, Dessert, Food, Fruit

The perfect companion to coffee or tea for a late weekend-morning breakfast. Orange zest, ground cloves and vanilla illuminate the sweet punches of special greengage plums (but any plum will do).

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Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake with Cinnamon Whipped Cream

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 in Food, Fruit, Holidays, Vegetarian

The first of several apple recipes for Applepalooza!, This wonderful little skillet cake has quickly become one of my favorite apple recipes. Easy enough to whip up for an everyday treat – yet still pretty enough to serve as an impressive Thanksgiving dessert – Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake boasts delicious caramelized brown-sugar-coated apples atop a buttery, moist cake. When plopped with a bit of Cinnamon Whipped Cream, we’re talking apple dessert perfection.

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Coffee Crumb Cake

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 in Breakfast, Food, Gruntworthy for Guys, Kid Friendly, Vegetarian

I’m sure I wasn’t the only kid way back when who thought coffee cake must be gross, because coffee itself was gross – so anything that (presumably) had coffee in it must be uber-gross.

I don’t remember exactly how it went down, but I must have been relieved when I learned the name had more to do with what the cake should accompany than what’s actually in it. [...]

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Lemon Cake

Friday, August 6, 2010 in Dessert, Food

There’s a well-known new book out there called The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. The premise? The narrator, when eating a dish, can detect the emotions of the person who prepared the dish.

Weird.

I haven’t read it, so I can’t really say much more about it. But since I heard about it, I’ve idly wondered what would pop up when people eat my food. Would people take a bite and [...]

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Spider Cake

Friday, October 30, 2009 in Dessert, Entertaining, Food, Holidays, Kid Friendly, Vegetarian

While planning our little Halloween shindig, one of my first food ideas was to make a spider-shaped cake. He’s made from a dome-shaped cake a’la the famous Barbie skirt cake, which I thought would also work out to be the perfect shape for our little buddy. The idea for Barbie cakes is this: Bake your [...]

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