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I thought I’d be testing carrot cupcakes all week, but thanks to Sue and The Silver Palate Cookbook, the search has ended. Sorry in advance to Todd’s coworkers who have been enjoying the carrot cake tests, but I promise I will send in some of these. They’re brownish in color rather than bright orange, sweet [...]
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Happy Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! I know it’s a little late in the day to give you the recipe, but now you’ll be all set for next year when National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day rolls around. Or maybe you could make these tonight? The ingredients are things you probably have in the pantry. [...]
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Well, here we go with another carrot cake cupcake. I’m hoping these comparisons might help some of you choose a recipe, but I think the truth is that I just really, really like making carrot cake. It’s relaxing, and it’s nice not having to pull out the stand mixer or cream the butter. My goal, [...]
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I’m still on the hunt for the perfect carrot cupcake; specifically, one that will make me stop looking. Who knows? That may be impossible, but I’m having fun in the process! My ideal carrot cupcake is sweet, but not cloying so; dense rather that light, because I like a good dense carrot cake; and stuffed [...]
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This may not be your typical Easter cake, but it is the perfect post-Easter cake because you can make it with leftover milk chocolate eggs or chopped up chocolate bunnies! Or you could just do it the old fashioned way and use actual Hershey bars. Whatever type of milk chocolate you use, the result is [...]
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I’ve learned a few things about frosting over the years, one being that I really don’t care for true buttercream frosting. And by that I mean true Swiss buttercream – the kind made with eggs, granulated sugar and butter and which to me, is just too buttery. As a sandwich cookie filling it’s okay, but [...]
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After having dinner at a steakhouse last week, we decided to share dessert. Todd wanted Key lime pie and I wanted cheesecake. Fuzz’s job was to break the tie, but since she was indifferent we settled on cheesecake so long as I promised to make a Key lime pie later in the week. This dessert [...]
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If you ever run out of cupcake papers or just want to try something new, here’s a trick I learned last week while watching a Martha Stewart video. Instead of cupcake wrappers, you can stick 5 inch squares of parchment paper into the cupcake cups, press them down with the bottom of a drinking glass, [...]
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