Tag: delicious
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german chocolate cake
is there a type of cake your mom always made for your birthday when you were growing up? i have a theory that the u.s. is roughly divided between funfetti birthday cake kids and german chocolate birthday cake kids. those always seemed to be the two flavors present at my classmates’ elementary school birthday parties. personally,…
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golden birthday cake
since i was born on the last day of january, i won’t get to experience my golden birthday until i turn 31. that’ll be in more than a decade! because i have to wait so long, i’ve been living vicariously through other people’s golden birthdays for as long as i remember. people usually either forget…
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chocolate chip scones with devonshire cream
i wish we had tea in the u.s. i’m not talking about a cup of chamomile, i’m talking about afternoon tea. with crumpets and scones and cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off. our fast-paced culture lends itself to an on-the-go espresso much better than it does to a sit-down afternoon meal, but i think it’s something we should start doing. a…
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banana blondie trifles with dulce de leche custard
my preferred banana ripeness is spotted, brown, and mushy. i like them best when the peel softens to the point of falling off and the fruit tastes almost fermented. people often recommend getting rid of brown bananas by masking them with spices in a quick bread, but i think they deserve to be the star of their…
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pink lemonade cake with lemonheads and strawberry preserves
have you ever gone to an amusement park or the zoo and gotten one of those frozen lemonade things you squeeze out of a tube? at first they’re so cold they paralyze your front teeth and brain, and then a few minutes later they’ve completely melted into warm sticky goo. there is a sweet spot, however, where the…
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sea salt caramel pretzel blondies
blondies are THE most underrated dessert. bars in general, actually. people tend to go for cupcakes because of their aesthetic, but i would much rather indulge in a massive, dense slab of brown sugar and butter. the combination of salty pretzels and cloyingly sweet caramel feels both gourmet and nostalgic. these can easily be made…
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cookie dough stuffed brownies
makes nine (huge) brownies i surprised myself by making these. i usually shy away from the ‘edible cookie dough’/’funfetti cake batter’ shit that’s plastered all over Pinterest (you know what i’m talking about), looking down on them haughtily while perched atop my cardamom-scented-gold-luster-dusted mille feuille. nothing against mille feuille, but these cookie dough stuffed brownies are…
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blackberry jam-packed dark chocolate cupcakes with whipped white and milk chocolate ganache frosting
makes nine cupcakes i rarely make cupcakes. they’re easy to overbake, underfill, overfrost, you get the idea. i also try to avoid the title of ‘cupcake girl.’ all of that being said, you should DEFINITELY make these. the rich darkness of the cake finds a divine pair in the tangy blackberry preserves. the white…
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chocolate chip cookie cake
makes eight generous servings I’ve always thought that cookie cakes were one of the few things (in addition to mayonnaise and kimchi) that you’re better off buying than making at home. A cookie that big will surely dry out during the long time that it takes to bake, I thought. It will probably stick to…
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