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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Nobody’s mentioned it here in Florence, or maybe they have and I just didn’t understand it in Italian. Or maybe it’s too early — it’s 7:00 AM and I’m posting some pictures before we have breakfast in our pensione and meet our driver, Guido, for a tour of Tuscany. I think [...]
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Sorry it’s taking me so long to approve comments. Once again, we are spending Spring Break in one of our favorite countries — Italy! Today we are in Florence where I’ve had a terrible time finding WiFi. The WiFi at our hotel is BROKEN and I spent the morning wandering around the …
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Last week I made a batch of red velvet cupcakes. They were good, but I thought they could be better and decided that over the next few months I will be baking and reviewing more red velvet cupcakes. To help me with this very important research, Louise has kindly volunteered to do some guest blogging with [...]
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Good news! This morning I baked a Doubletree Hotel cookie clone that actually tastes like the real thing. Here’s what happened. I was searching Recipezaar for a way to use up some brickle/toffee bits and came upon something called Christie Cookies. The name sounded interesting and the recipe was familiar – like the Neiman Marcus [...]
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I like today’s cookie and not just because the name reminds me of a monster truck. “Vroom Vroom Watch out, Gravedigger! I’m the Minnesota Muncher and I’m going to crush you like you were made of Cornflakes. Vroom!” This is a special cookie, and the story behind it goes something like this — Marcia Severson (of [...]
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This morning’s big goal was to come up with the ultimate Black Bottom Cupcake recipe. I’m not sure it’s the “ultimate” but it’s a pretty decent hybrid. It’s a combination of Magnolia Bakery’s and Cook’s Country’s recipe. As mentioned earlier, the problem I had with the Cook’s Country recipe was that the pretty white filling sank down into [...]
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I love making Black Bottom Cupcakes and have used the same recipe for years. It has its kinks, though. Two that come to mind are that often the middle sinks and sometimes the tops get too brown. Yesterday I tried the Magnolia Bakery Black Bottom Cupcake recipe and was very happy to find it was better than my [...]
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I went to the grocery store at least 3 times this weekend and on each trip, forgot to buy butter. Given the situation, this morning’s treat had to be made with oil. Luckily, I had some cream cheese and was able to make one of the best cupcakes I know. These are called Black Bottom [...]
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