Tag: easy
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chocolate malt cake with malt fudge and charred marshmallows
many describe childhood as tasting like strawberry poptarts, animal crackers, and crustless pb&js. to me, it tastes like ovaltine powder scooped straight from the jar. i skipped the milk and relied on saliva to keep me from choking, allowing the powder to moisten into a thick, fudgy paste in the back of my throat. ovaltine is…
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november + a chocolate espresso cake
i think i have mild synesthesia. synesthesia is a condition where the brain joins letters, names, and shapes with a sensory perception like color, smell, or flavor. for me, it typically surfaces in the form of color – for example, ‘monday’ is light blue and the name ‘mary’ is red. sometimes it’s influenced by personality, etc., and sometimes it’s completely…
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almond joy cake with a marzipan unicorn
instead of going the pumpkin route to celebrate the october season, i decided to convert my favorite halloween candy – almond joy – into a cake. i filled two 6-inch rounds of flourless chocolate cake with creamy coconut and frosted them with sweet almond cream cheese buttercream. if you’re a diehard fan of Everyone’s Favorite Squash,…
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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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chocolate cherry marble pound cake
a rich, soft, chocolate cake will always be my #1. the kind that slices like warm butter, giving way to the slightest amount of pressure from a sharp knife; the kind that acquires moistness and flavor from layers of frosting, but retains its own flavor and texture; the kind that never comes cleanly out of the pan,…
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chocolate tahini cake with brown sugar, chocolate ganache, and halva filling
dark, damp chocolate cake is given a middle eastern kick with tahini, an oily paste made from toasted sesame seeds. savory-wise, tahini is the star of hummus and baba ghanoush, but it’s also the main component of crumbly, cloyingly sweet halva. sesame halva is popular across the Balkans, the Middle East, and throughout the Jewish…
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peanut butter and banana stuffed french toast
my brother got a tattoo today! it’s a bridge, and it’s on his RIBCAGE. where all the nerve endings are. owwwwww. i’m not sure exactly what the significance of it is, but it’s from the video game ‘shadow of the colossus’ and it looks fuckin BOMB. the tattoo artist’s main instructions were to…
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bittersweet chocolate peanut butter pie
chocolate and peanut butter are one of those classic combos, right up there with maple and bacon, sea salt and caramel, and peaches and cream. the two flavors compliment each other perfectly. this pie’s only flaw is that it’ll have you gasping for a glass of milk after a few bites; it yields a wide range…
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roasted tomato scones with bacon jam
scones are kinda gross on their own, amiright? even with herbs and stuff mixed in, they’re too dry and crumbly to eat without some sort of filling or sauce. i decided to stuff these with a gloppy, viscous bacon jam and over easy eggs. the yolk soaks into the scone, adding moisture and richness, and the sweet…
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half baked half birthday half cake
i love half birthdays because they come out of nowhere! it’s like your own private holiday that slaps you in the face when you notice the date. my favorite things to do on my half birthday include putting half-and-half in my coffee, watching harry potter and the half blood prince, and asking everyone obnoxiously if they…
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