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Simple Cake

Sometimes simple is best.  Probably more often than not, right? I have had an itch to make a sweet and simple 6″ cake.  I thought an all-American classic of yellow cake with chocolate frosting would be perect! Unlike the past layer cakes I’ve done, I decided that this time I would bake three small separate [...]

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Un-baking: Thai Coconut Shrimp

I know this is a baking site.  This fact is not lost on me as I post this un-baked (savory, not sweet!) Thai coconut shrimp.  Charity and I are taking a hiatus from our SOB adventures and instead alternating picking ingredients and then making a recipe with that.  It can be sweet or savory, main [...]

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Vanilla Ice Cream – from scratch!

In our third SOB installment, Charity (of sweetcharitypie) and I bring to you vanilla ice cream!  I was surprised about a few things – 1. I had NO idea how many egg yolks went into ice cream 2. How bad for you the-real-thing-from-scratch ice cream really is for your arteries 3. How cream colored the [...]

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World Day of Bread 2008!

Today is the World Day of Bread – and truthfully, is there a better way to unite hundreds of countries than to celebrate a staple.  This staple is evident in all ethnicities and religions.  Oftentimes in celebrations.  Thank you to Zorra for putting on this blog event to celebrate! “Let’s break bread together”… Its story [...]

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Totally off (baking) topic.. but amusing…

I live in Atlanta. And normally that resonates with the Braves, Turner TV, Delta, Home Depot, Coca-cola, etc, but lately its translated to GAS CRISIS. At this point in time my husband and I have been fortunate enough to regularly come across gas stations with fuel, but yesterday we did end up waiting for just [...]

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Multigrain Sprouted Sourdough Bread

Its time again for the monthly Bread Baking Day bake-off!  Zorra, the founder of BBD is hosting the one year anniversary edition – and the theme for this exciting occasion is Bread with Sprouts!  For my bread I decided to do a variety of sprouted grains – an equal mix of Hard Red Wheat, Kamut, [...]

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Bread Baking Day #10 Roundup!

It is my pleasure to present to you the fine collection of Breakfast Breads baked up for this month’s BBD challenge. We had 53 54 55 submissions from 16 different countries – quite a variety of breakfast goodies! Before I showcase all that breakfast is made of, I’d like to thank Zorra for founding this inspiring event [...]

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