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Chocolate Sweet Potato Spice Cake
Chocolate cake reminds me of my mother, who in my humble opinion, baked the best chocolate cake on earth. It was coated in a creamy, buttery frosting that wasn’t too awfully sweet. This cake is …
View FullChocolate Cake Banana Splits, Oil- & Gluten-free; A Xylitol Review & Mini-Giveaway
Xylitol Canada was kind enough to send me some freebies (with absolutely no expectation of a review, let alone a positive review), including a bag of their Xyla crystals. I baked a chocolate cake (recipe …
View FullSuper-Quick Poppyseed-Orange-Coconut Cakes for Two
I’ve been sticking like (well, something like) glue to my Sweets Only On Days That Begin With An S commitment, but even on those days, I’m finding that I don’t have a craving for over-the-top, …
View FullThe Losing & Winning Recipe: Mocha Spice Cupcakes with Maple Creme Ganache
On a wild hare a few weeks back, I entered a baking contest over at Earth Balance (via their Made Just Right site) – something I have heretofore never done. Since I only had a …
View FullTea and Chocolate Cake with Cocoa Crumble
“No snacks, no seconds, no sweets – except on days that begin with the letter S. – Michael Pollan, from Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual My sweets/sugar philosophy summed up by Mr. Pollan. And mostly …
View FullWalnut Cake with Maple Pecan Butter Frosting
Lorna over at Tearoom Delights (a woman who knows from cake. And scones. And tea.) has had my mouth watering for walnut cake (see a yummy one from her site here). While I was searching …
View FullCoconut? Got It. Chocolate and Nuts? Yep…German Chocolate Bundt Cake
Looking back over my recent recipes, it seems I’m currently fixated on sweet things to eat. Some kind of deficiency? Or just that cold weather sending my taste buds looking for something to brighten gray …
View FullPumpkin-Carrot Spice Cake
Carrot cake is the homiest of desserts: warm, cinnamon-y, moist and with a little bite from the shredded carrot. This is the first veganized version of carrot cake I’ve made and it includes pumpkin puree …
View FullA Delicious Failure: Sunken Chocolate Cakes
Poking around the overburdened shelves of cookbooks in my garage I came across the big, beautiful volume called Death by Chocolate Cakes by Marcel Desaulniers and got it into my head that I really needed …
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