Archive for November, 2014

  • Easy Chocolate Candy Bars

    Easy Chocolate Candy Bars

    November 29th, 2014

    Take a deep breath, reader. Get ready for the easiest no-bake thing you’re ever going to make (well, other than the Ugly But Good Bars, but still). These are my new favorite sweet thing, which means it should really be your favorite new sweet thing too.  I dare you to make these and then tell […]

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  • Chocolate Chunk Marshmallows

    Chocolate Chunk Marshmallows

    November 26th, 2014

    Yep, the oven is still broken. So that means more candy recipes… which is really a delightful thing because who in their right mind doesn’t love a good bit of candy?  I needed the perfect reason to pull away from cakes and breads and brownies (what a horrible thing to type!  I’ll never pull away […]

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  • Classic Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Frosting

    Classic Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Frosting

    November 22nd, 2014

    This is a recipe for exactly what you want to see with candles on top of it on your birthday- a mass of chocolate frosting with layers of amazing vanilla cake going on amidst it all.  Layers of cake created essentially as a vehicle to support the real reason birthday cake was invented- which is […]

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  • Hokey Pokey Sponge Toffee with Dark Chocolate

    Hokey Pokey Dark Chocolate Sponge Toffee

    November 19th, 2014

    Wondering what hokey pokey is?  Oh, you’re going to want to know. It’s a lot more than a goofy song that we all know and love (to hate)… (but really- Urban Dictionary online actually defines Hokey Pokey as “a satanic ritual which requires one to put the right foot in and then the right foot […]

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  • Piping Bag Explosion

    The Dark and Evil Side of Dark Chocolate.

    November 19th, 2014

    It’s fairly obvious what happened here. Or is it? Because I still don’t know where things went wrong. One minute I was successfully piping dark chocolate on the most-excellent Hokey Pokey Sponge Toffee, and the next minute I was taking a chocolate shower. Five minutes prior I arrogantly asked The Husband if he wanted to […]

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  • Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookie Tart

    Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookie Tart

    November 15th, 2014

    Word to the wise: bake stuff into a little tart shape and people will like it 34% more than if said stuff was baked into any other shape. I made up the 34% stat, but the fact remains.  People love tarts. This is a PB shortbread cookie, which on its own rocks the house.  But […]

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  • Chocolate Fudge Cake

    Chocolate Fudge Cake

    November 12th, 2014

    I made this cake for my sister because I know she has a thing for chocolate cake.  In the morning. (I think she likes it best with vanilla frosting but she didn’t complain at 7am as we were rushing to get her into a cab to the airport on time.  Nope.  This went down quite well, […]

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  • Simple Cinnamon Cake

    Simple Cinnamon Cake

    November 8th, 2014

    Oh, easy.  I love you. I especially love you when I have no time and energy to get all fancy in the kitchen, and yet I’m still compelled to bake something.  But not just anything… something good.  (Really good, let’s be honest.) I knew I wanted to bake a cake (we were moving soon and I […]

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  • Pumpkin Maple Muffins

    Pumpkin Maple Muffins

    November 5th, 2014

    It’s that pumpkin time of year, and so therefore everything is right in the baking world.  You know, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Praline Cheesecake with Bourbon Caramel Sauce, Browned Butter Pumpkin Cake with Salted Caramel Frosting, Pumpkin Cream Cheese Tarts… we’ve been there, done that, and we’ll absolutely keep going to the pumpkin patch for more. […]

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  • PB Chocolate Shortbread Fingers

    PB Chocolate Shortbread Fingers

    November 2nd, 2014

    Yes, it happened. Peanut butter was swirled into the Classic Shortbread Cookie dough. Oh, and chocolate was spread on top, too, which makes this cookie an absolute instant hit.  The fact that these cookies were shaped into fingers makes them strangely even more attractive to people to eat (really- make a cookie, even an average […]

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