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Banana Cake with Brown Butter Maple Frosting

October 16, 2011 4 Comments

Dan and I both love eating bananas for breakfast, but we can never seem to eat the entire bunch fast enough. Honestly, it feels like there’s always a point in the week where I walk by the fridge and catch a whiff of over-ripe banana, even if we don’t actually have any bananas lying around….read more »

Filed Under: Cake, Dessert, Frosting, Fruit

Triple Chocolate Loaf Cake

September 20, 2011 2 Comments

For once, I don’t have a back story to explain my motivation for making this cake. And, I can’t think of any anecdotes associated with either chocolate or loaf cake. I just really wanted something sweet and chocolate-y to go with my turkey sandwich. (BTW, I have balcony furniture now! You like?) Luckily, I had…read more »

Filed Under: Bread, Breakfast, Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Kid-Friendly Tagged With: chocolate treat, quick bread

Chinese Bakery-Style Birthday Cake with Strawberry Mousse Filling

September 12, 2011 7 Comments

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I made my dad a Chinese bakery-style cake for his birthday. It was just like the one I made for my mom last year, except instead of using vanilla custard and peaches/kiwis, I filled this one with strawberry mousse and fresh strawberries. I know. I’m on a strawberry kick….read more »

Filed Under: Asian, Cake, Dessert, Fruit, Kid-Friendly Tagged With: cake, chinese

Butterbeer Cupcakes

July 14, 2011 3 Comments

OK, raise your hand if you’re excited about Harry Potter 7.2 coming out this week. I am super excited! Like millions of other people out there, I am a die hard HP fan. I basically grew up with the characters! I can still remember reading the first book in 6th grade and thinking “man…this is…read more »

Filed Under: Cake, Cupcake, Dessert, Frosting, Kid-Friendly

Japanese-Style Strawberry Shortcake

July 10, 2011 13 Comments

Is it just me, or do desserts in Japanese anime/manga always look amazing? Whether it’s cake, pie or ice cream, everything is always so sparkly and elaborate, surprisingly realistic-looking, and just positively oozing with goodness. My stomach pretty much growls constantly when I’m reading food/dessert-themed manga. I’m a nerd, I know. Anyway. I’d always assumed…read more »

Filed Under: Asian, Cake, Dessert, Fruit, Kid-Friendly Tagged With: berries, cake, fruit, japanese

Dulce de Leche-Nutella Swirl Loaf Cake

June 26, 2011 6 Comments

There are still a few things Dan and I need to do to fully recover from our Great Beach Robbery — getting new driver’s licenses, for example — but everything is closed on Sundays, so we’ve been having a pretty lazy day so far. We slept in until the hungry meows of our kitties could…read more »

Filed Under: Bread, Breakfast, Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Ice Cream, Snack Tagged With: chocolate treat, quick bread

Strawberry Rum Pound Cake

April 22, 2011 Leave a Comment

The problem with strawberries is that (1) my grocery store never has the the really fresh-looking ones, and (2) they go bad so quickly. I bought a big carton of promising-looking berries last weekend, and three days later they were dark in patches, simultaneously shriveled and mushy, and giving off faintly alcoholic fumes. Mmm, over-ripe…read more »

Filed Under: Breakfast, Cake, Dessert, Fruit

Molten Lava Cake

March 13, 2011 2 Comments

So Dan and I bought an elliptical machine today. My mom told me a few weeks ago that I was looking fatter than ever, so exercise has been on my mind a lot lately. I went running a few times…embarked on an 18 mile bike ride one day…hiked in the Great Falls….and then hit a…read more »

Filed Under: Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Snack

Tiramisu

February 21, 2011 2 Comments

So last week one of my interns told me that if I could successfully make tiramisu and post about it, his wife would officially start following/reading my blog. Well! I’m never one to turn down new readership, so….challenge accepted. If I had known how difficult it would be to track down all the ingredients for…read more »

Filed Under: Alcohol, Cake, Cookies, Dessert

Almost No-Bake Cheesecake

December 13, 2010 2 Comments

True or false: I have been dying to get my hands on some mini spring-form pans so that I can make adorable, baby-sized cheesecakes? True. So true! I’m a total sucker for miniaturized versions of regular things. In college, my dorm was filled with all kinds of crap that I bought for the sole reason…read more »

Filed Under: Cake, Cheesecake, Dessert

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