Tag: easy
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dark chocolate caramel cake
something changed recently and i can’t get enough of bright colors. i guess it’s been raining a lot in dc, and that coupled with all the big gray and white buildings makes me feel sort of blah. i generally try to stay away from artificial food coloring. i’ll use it if i have to (e.g.…
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burnt honey cake with blackberry jam and marzipan
there are few cakes that cross my mind as often as the pink champagne cake i made two years ago does. i think this is due to a combination of three things: 1) it’s one of the prettiest cakes i’ve ever made, 2) my life was in complete turmoil when i made it, and 3) the…
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dark chocolate plum cake
today marks a month since i moved in to college! here’s a timeline of some (lena’s lunchbox-related) events that have happened so far: august 28: i started marketing immediately, plastering my door with cake photos and posting in the GW facebook group. september 1: i tested out the kitchen in my residence hall by baking a chocolate…
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frankenstein cake
just like frankenstein’s monster, this cake is composed of a bunch of stuff shoved together into one whole. i opted to use leftover cake scraps instead of human and animal parts, though, and i think my creation turned out a bit better than dr. frankenstein’s. i always have tons of leftovers in my freezer after a big…
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battenberg cake
if i’m making something like cookie dough stuffed brownies or chocolate layer cake — desserts i’ve made once a week for the past few years — i can bake for hours without actually thinking about the baking itself. it’s nice, because i can watch netflix, listen to music, or just let my mind wander while my muscle…
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lucky charms cupcakes
today’s my senior prom! i’m actually feeling pretty sentimental; it will be my fourth and final year of attending. freshman and sophomore years were great (i felt very cool being surrounded by upperclassmen), but i think this year will be the best. there’s something special about attending as part of the graduating class. but it’s also crazy and sad that it’ll be…
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birthday cake oreo milkshakes
the world turned upside down last week at starbucks’ introduction of the limited edition unicorn frappuccino. the drink is described as “a sweet dusting of pink powder blended into a crème frappuccino with mango syrup, and layered with a pleasantly sour blue powder topping.” so basically blue kool-aid and mango juice blended into a vanilla…
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ombré cake
it’s so hard for me to choose a favorite between chocolate and vanilla cake. with most sweets, i have a clear preference — vanilla ice cream, chocolate pudding, white chocolate chips, chocolate cheesecake — but not with cake. i think chocolate cake is easier to “get right,” because cocoa powder is deliciously complex while naturally…
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breakfast burritos
i was just about ready to commit to cornell when george washington university came and swept me off my feet! i visited the school yesterday, and it truly seems to have everything i want. urban? check. cool people? check. financial aid? check. journalism school headed by the emmy-award winning, NPR- and CNN-seasoned frank sesno? i admittedly didn’t know who…
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espresso-rubbed sliders with cherry jam and bacon
SPRING BREAK = free time = nonstop cooking! i made these sliders in the midst of a cooking frenzy, somewhere in between baking a five-layer apple cake and a kosher-for-passover chocolate roll. the desserts are a bit seasonally inappropriate — the apple cake has a thanksgiving vibe, and the chocolate roll looks like it belongs in a christmas dinner…
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