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I’ve been looking for a simple chocolate cake recipe, so that I could begin to avoid the convenience of box cake mixes without making my life too complicated, and something delightful happened. I found a simple chocolate cake recipe, yes, but even better: this cake is one of the best chocolate cakes I have ever [...]
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I made this pecan pie for Thanksgiving, and for Christmas I am going to make 2! Sorry pumpkin pie, but you’re going to have to share the spotlight with my new favorite pie, which is almost more of a tart - and well, you know how I feel about tarts: cherry cream cheese, plum with [...]
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Even though I’ve made a few cakes and a bread in a Crock-Pot, it still seems like a gamble to me, and perhaps that is part of the excitement. The Triple Chocolate Mess Cake in a Crock-Pot is easily one of the most popular posts on this blog, and so I thought I’d follow up [...]
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Apparently pumpkin and chocolate have been carrying on for quite a while and I didn’t know about it. They make a great pair, and this cake offers a delicious combination of slightly spicy pumpkin with chips of chocolate interspersed throughout. It’s a simple bundt cake with no frosting, so the taste of the 2 main [...]
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If you have leftover rice from Chinese take-out, this slow-cooker rice pudding is a great way to make a tasty, simple dessert. And if you don’t have left-over rice, cook some up and make this pudding; it’s really rich and delicious.
Rice - 3 cups cooked
Raisins - 1/2 cup
Vanilla - 1 tsp.
Sweetened Condensed Milk - 1 [...]
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If there is such a thing as a tart binge, I’ve been on one, as evidenced by cherry cream cheese tartlettes, a plum cream cheese tart, an apple custard tart (that wasn’t blogged because the way I made the crust could not be recommended), and this one, a simple rustic apple tart, the simplest [...]
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This is a rich and simple sheet cake, with the zucchini, pineapple and coconut balancing perfectly in taste and texture. The frosting is creamy and just sweet enough; I topped with chopped walnuts for crunch.
I don’t usually follow recipes so faithfully, but this one, from Tasty Kitchen seemed perfect as is — and it was… [...]
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The last fresh Michigan blueberries of the year were used for this delicious cake. It’s a simple, rich, thick and moist bundt cake that looks beautiful and old-fashioned with a thick layer of blueberries glistening on top.
Blueberry Topping
Butter - 4 Tblsp., plus some to butter the pan
Brown Sugar - 1/2 cup
Juice - 2 Tblsp.
Vanilla [...]
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Two weeks ago I made rustic cherry tartlettes and I loved them so much, I made another, similar tart this past weekend. This time I used plums and made it one large tart, and it was just as incredibly delicious as the cherry tartlettes. The plums were sublime, just perfect with the buttery crust and [...]
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One beautiful day a few years ago I went hiking at Matthiessen State Park near Utica, IL, for several hours with Natalie and Paul. We hiked across streams, up waterfalls, over canyons and through white pine forests. Afterwards, a bit sore and very hungry, we stopped at Duffy’s Tavern, a local Irish pub (i.e., heaven) [...]
