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The yellow cake tests are done! The winner was Shirley Corriher’s cake, but if you have the ingredients on hand for any of the cakes below, they were all more than passable. If you like charts, here’s an at a glance table showing the ingredient lists. Yellow Cakes Based on 1-2-3-4 Cake Recipe Magnolia Carole Walter Paula [...]
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I was pretty anxious to test this last yellow cake – and not just because it’s last. I think we’ve had our fill of yellow cake, but at least I now have a go-to recipe. This recipe was the sixth yellow cake tested and what was interesting about it, other than that it was recommended by my [...]
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A few weeks ago a reader, Cheri, sent me her favorite Ranger Cookie recipe. It’s similar to the other three Rangers but with some distinguishing details. The recipe is made with all-butter (no shortening) and in place of the coconut and chocolate chips are butterscotch chips. The cookies were delicious and had a lot of flavor, though they were on the sweet side so [...]
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Due to an empty box of cake flour, the yellow cake experiments were delayed until this morning. Don’t worry. They’re back! For those of you just catching up, I’ve been baking and comparing yellow cakes all week. The first three, adapted from Magnolia, Carole Walter and Paula Deen recipes, were variations on 1-2-3-4 cake and [...]
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Sorry this post is late. I made the cookies this morning, went to the store, then came back to find I didn’t have Internet access. I don’t know about you, but my blood boils when that happens and I get edgy. It’s hard to imagine that years ago, I couldn’t log on to a computer [...]
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Recipe: Favorite Chocolate Frosting Summary: I’ve tried lots of frostings, but this is the one I always go back to. Ingredients 2 oz unsweetened chocolate 2 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped 2 sticks (8 oz) unsalted or salted butter 1/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder 4 cups sifted powdered sugar (3 1/2 cups unsifted) or about [...]
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This weekend I made a batch of my favorite chocolate chip cookies. They were delicious, but I started thinking of ways I could make them even better and decided to try the recipe with some minor changes. Results were excellent! In fact, the cookies reminded me of Jacques Torres’s which are packed with chocolate, but [...]
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Check it out! It involves cookies, so hooray. Congratulations to Sue Compton. Pillsbury Million Dollar Winner
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