Archive for January, 2014

  • Cinnamon Buttermilk Bundt Cake

    Cinnamon Buttermilk Bundt Cake

    January 30th, 2014

    It’s the simple things in life that are so damed good sometimes. Like Bundt cakes.  Bundt cakes make me happy.  Giddy, really.  It’s kind of goofy, but by now you know that goofy comes with the Moore Sweets, Please package.  (I don’t know if there is a site called More Serious Sweets, Please, but if […]

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  • Easy Lemon Cookies

    Easy Lemon Cookies

    January 26th, 2014

    The inspiration for these cookies actually came from a recipe called “Egg Yolk Cookies”, which really sounds quite disgusting, doesn’t it? Here’s the scoop.  I had 4 egg yolks waiting around to be beaten into something other than a pudding (I totally would have made a pudding or even better- creme brûlée– if I had […]

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  • Chocolate Banana Buttermilk Cupcakes w. Truffle Frosting

    Chocolate Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate Banana Truffle Frosting

    January 22nd, 2014

    Yes, this dessert happened.  And there’s no turning back.  My life will never be the same and now yours will never be either. On the ‘How Incredible Are These, Really?’ scale, I think I have to give them a ‘Really Freaking Incredible’ rating (nearing the territory of ‘Total and Utter Perfection’, only awarded to the […]

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  • Homemade Maple Syrup

    Homemade Maple Syrup

    January 18th, 2014

    I know, I know.  You’re thinking “why would anyone ever make their own maple syrup?”, and I’m right there with you.  It’s kind of like making your own paper- some people do it, but you question whether you should be friends with them.  There are better things to do in life, right?  Like clicking “Add […]

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  • All Natural Granola Bars

    All-Natural Granola Bars

    January 15th, 2014

    I love making things that are good for you and don’t taste like it. Take this puppy, for example.  It reeks of health, what with the oats and seeds and nuts and other things that your colon loves to love.  But it also tastes like a treat- something you’ll truly have to ration.  It’s the […]

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  • Mistake Cupcake Meld

    The Muffin Unibrow.

    January 11th, 2014

    This disaster can be likened to the unibrow of muffins. No one likes unibrow.  (Please tell me you know what unibrow is.  If not, stop reading this and do something simple, like watching Sesame Street or pointing at planes fly in the sky or making my Quickie Toffee Graham Cracker Cookies.) No one likes a […]

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  • Chocolate Nut Dipped Shortbread

    Nutty Chocolate-Dipped Shortbread

    January 8th, 2014

    Winner. Take a perfectly good shortbread cookie ball, and dip it in chocolate.  You could stop there and die a happy dessert-eater.  But no. Toast some nuts- pecans, walnuts, perhaps a medley of the two.  Chop them up and sprinkle them on the chocolate before it sets, so the nutty-chocolate situation sets in a “we […]

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  • Cranberry White Chocolate Shortbread

    White Chocolate Chip & Cranberry Shortbread Cookies

    January 4th, 2014

    I know I just made cranberry and white chocolate cookies, but I just couldn’t stay away from the combo.  I had extra shortbread dough leftover (from making the most excellent Fruitcake Shortbread with Rum Glaze) and knew I had to reunite the medley of flavors again (also because I really want to use the cranberries before […]

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  • Pecan Upside Down Cake

    Pecan Upside Down Cake

    January 2nd, 2014

    Do you ever want a cake that’s not too sweet? Me neither. But some of you do, I know, and it’s my aim to please all tastes and preferences.  So if I’m going to serve up a not too sweet cake, then you need to trust that I’m going to make it a good one. […]

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