Archive for June, 2014

  • Mochanana Cake

    Mochanana Cake

    June 28th, 2014

    I am a girl who loves banana bread.  And although I can’t do coffee anymore (still mourning the fact that my stomach says an adamant No to caffeine, even decaf tea and coffee, boo hoo), I bake with it as often as I can so I can live vicariously through the lives of the lucky […]

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  • Espress-OH-NO Mistake

    Espress-OH-NO.

    June 28th, 2014

    Word to the wise: This is what happens when you don’t use a measuring spoon to carefully dispense a tablespoon of espresso powder into your bowl of flour + baking soda + salt for your most excellent Mochanana Cake. This is what happens when you think “I can just sprinkle the espresso powder into the […]

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  • Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches

    Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches

    June 25th, 2014

    Why have one cookie when you can sandwich two together with a particularly decadent chocolate ganache frosting? And don’t cheap out on the cookie size, alright?  The joy of a cookie sandwich is to bite into the sloppiness of two regular sized cookies, feeling giddy because you get TWO of them with even more joy glueing them […]

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  • Cinnamon Brown Sugar Bars

    Cinnamon Brown Sugar Bars

    June 21st, 2014

    I have a thing for brown sugar, which is alternatingly glorious and dangerous (seriously- I could eat it with a spoon on its own, and have done so many many times).  Ever since sprinkling (pouring) it on my Shreddies and Life cereal as a kid, there’s been no turning back.  (Case in point- the Quickie […]

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  • Easy Chocolate Cake

    Easy Chocolate Cake

    June 18th, 2014

    I had heard rumors about this cake on the internet machine. Was it really true?  Was it really possible?  Could one actually mix and bake a cake in its baking pan without having to dirty a single bowl in the kitchen (Fantasyland, here we come!)? Yes. Imagine taking the ingredients, tossing them into your baking pan, […]

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  • PB Fudge Brownies

    Peanut Butter Fudge Brownies

    June 14th, 2014

    PB & chocolate.  I’ve been doing a lot of that lately and all I have to say to that is “you’re welcome”. You already know and love the World’s Greatest Fudge Brownie, and if you love peanut butter, then this dessert will be the one you can request as your last meal if you ever […]

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  • Rhubarb Tarts

    Rhubarb Tarts

    June 11th, 2014

    I was given a ginormous bag full of fresh rhubarb the other day (thanks, Charles!) and had to do something with the approximately 8,000 stalks taking up way too much room in our fridge.  (For real- the bag took up so much room that our Brita water thingy had to sit on the kitchen counter. […]

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  • Mistake of Pecan Fossiled Caramel

    The Pathetic Pecan Fossil.

    June 7th, 2014

    So I was aiming to make the uber-amazing Caramel Chocolate Pecan Cubes (or something similar enough), and something went awry. Something irreparable. Something I still can’t explain. All I know is this: I melted the caramel.  I pressed the pecans into the caramel, while simultaneously fantasizing about how cute the finished product would look cut […]

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  • White Chocolate Cashew Cookies

    White Chocolate Cashew Cookies

    June 4th, 2014

    Yeah, we’ve all heard about the White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie.  (And we all love it, I know, especially when you add a hint of lime to the situation.) But what about the cashew? Ah, yes.  The cashew.  It’s totally compatible with white chocolate, and it has that richly satisfying texture that macadamia nuts have […]

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