Category Archives: Baking

Brooklyn Blackout Cake

For Mother’s Day this year my mother had one request – Brooklyn Blackout Cake. She had not had it in what felt like forever and I decided I was up to the challenge – and a challenge it was! From … Continue reading

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Kreatopia (Greek Meat Pie)

Phyllo dough is one of those things that had always intimidated me. I had always heard it cracked easily, you had to keep it moist while working with it, don’t let it thaw too much, etc. But when I saw … Continue reading

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Beer Bread

There’s a reason I made beer bread. That reason is I was recently given a Danish Dough Whisk which I really wanted to try (it’s awesome btw) and I really like beer and always have it on-hand at my house. … Continue reading

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Easy Peasy Cheesecake

When your significant other wants cheesecake, well, then you make them cheesecake. Or you do what I did and complain it’s too much work, it won’t taste right, blah blah blah and then you make it, anyway. As much as … Continue reading

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Raspberry-Lemon Cheesecake Bars

Who else is stuck working from home due to the Coronavirus? Most of us? Great! Yes, it becomes rather boring and if you’re like me you constantly need to be doing something – anything! Luckily my job allows me to … Continue reading

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Chocolate Peanut Cookies

Leave it to me to have a new oven for a few months and take all of those months to bother baking a batch of cookies. I’ve used the stove a bunch of times, the oven itself for cooking, but … Continue reading

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Cola Cake

A few years ago, for my birthday, a friend of mine made me Diet Coke cupcakes. They were easily the best cupcakes I had ever had. You can go ahead and tell me, “Magnolia is better!” but I will disagree. … Continue reading

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Homemade Twix Bars

Twix. A candy loved by (almost) everyone. A cookie topped with caramel topped with chocolate. I’m not the biggest fan of chocolate but damn if it isn’t fun to melt and play with. I found this recipe after trying to figure … Continue reading

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Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies

It’s busy season at work. What does this mean? Constant food. Everywhere you look…There’s food! I decided I needed to contribute to this movement and searched for a new brownie recipe. Oh, and, um…I bought a new double boiler, so … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Spice Cake with Lord Baltimore Frosting

I actually made this cake almost a month ago, however, it’s such an intense recipe that I’ve been rather lazy and haven’t posted it…Until now. I snagged the original version of this recipe from Good Housekeeping Magazine’s November 2015 issue. … Continue reading

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