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Red Velvet Cupcakes

March 2, 2011 By 33 Comments
red velvet cupcake recipe

What can I say about red velvet cupcakes that has not already been said?  Everywhere you go you see two things.  Cupcakes and red velvet cupcakes.  I hesitated to share the these with you for that reason, but then something happened.  William asked me to make these for class Valentine's Day party.  I tried to talk him into something else but he insisted on red velvet.  I remembered how hard they are to resist.  They are what cupcake dreams are made of.  Sweet and mildly chocolaty with a … [Read more...]

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How to Make Vanilla Sugar

January 21, 2011 By 15 Comments
how to make vanilla sugar

There is something so decadent about vanilla beans.  Seeing gorgeous black flecks in desserts lets me know before I even take a bite that it is going to be rich and decadent.  Today I am over at The Creative Mama sharing with you How to Make Vanilla Sugar.  It could not be any easier, and I guarantee you that the recipient of this little gift will be feeling loved all day long. … [Read more...]

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Mexican Chocolate Cake with Mascarpone Frosting

January 11, 2011 By 83 Comments
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When people find out that you have a food blog, they start making requests.  Sometimes, the requests are things that I would not normally want to make or eat.  I flipped through this recipe in the Thanksgiving issue of Sunset and did not look twice at it.  A friend of my husband's mentioned that he would love it if I made it for him, and since I love to make people's baked good dreams come true, I happily obliged. I read the recipe and thought that it had the potential to be absolutely … [Read more...]

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Chocolate Roll

December 24, 2010 By 35 Comments
chocolate roll recipe

It would not be Christmas without Chocolate Roll.  I think that between my mom and my Nonnie, that they have made thousands of these chocolate and whipped cream creations.  This is what my mom used to make for our teachers every year.  Surprisingly, this was the first time that I have ever made one myself, despite the fact that I have eaten chocolate roll for most of the years that I have been alive. This is a strange little recipe.  Of course, I was reading my mother's recipe and there … [Read more...]

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Christmas Dove Cookies

December 23, 2010 By 19 Comments
Christmas Dove Cookie recipe

For the longest time, I could not understand how people made cookies with royal icing and they turned out pretty.  Mine looked like a 3 year old made them.  Year after year, I would attempt to make pretty frosted cookies and every year they would be so ugly that I would toss them.  And then the world of royal icing cookies opened up for me.  I found some really good tutorials and learned some very valuable lessons. The first being to find a good royal icing recipe. This is the one that I … [Read more...]

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