Tag: layer cake
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floral christmas cake
the only thing strictly *Christmas-y* about this cake is the tree in the center, so I think it could be made year-round. You can replace the tree with whatever you want — a birthday message, some fresh flowers, a little fondant minion from Despicable Me — truly anything ingredients cake 1.5 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped 3/4…
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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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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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kanelbullar cake
after visiting denmark a few days ago, i’m doing my best to embrace the danish concept of hygge (hue-gah). hygge roughly translates into coziness — ideally a coziness that leads to a sense of well-being and contentment. imagine sitting around a fireplace and drinking warm apple cider with friends, or curling up with a blanket and a book while…
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matcha tres leches cake
i usually make some sort of red, white, and blue dessert on the fourth of july. in the past i’ve made this hidden american flag cake and this star-shaped trifle with strawberries and blueberries. this year is different. i’m not feeling very patriotic. we have a president who has admitted — BOASTED — about committing sexual assault.…
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salted apple cake
i’m currently in ithaca, ny — home to cornell university, and also home to a huge annual apple festival! the festival is in october (this cake is sorta seasonally inappropriate), but it’s one of the many cool events that take place in this tiny town. ithaca is small, and it’s in the middle of no where, but…
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rosemary olive oil clementine cake
have you ever tried those jelly fruit slice candies? i only ever eat them at passover* — we stock up on them in lieu of [preferred] gluten-y desserts — but i suppose they’re available year round. this cake is topped with the elevated, “from scratch” version of those candies in the form of candied clementines. after…
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death by pumpkin cake
i’ve had a taste aversion to cinnamon ever since i tried the cinnamon challenge at a middle school sleepover. would NOT recommend. i’m okay if there’s a pinch of it in my coffee, but any more than that makes me want to gag. every single component of this cake has cinnamon, so i haven’t tried it,…
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blueberry cake with liquid cheesecake and graham crumble
the cheesecake factory has a massive tome of a menu, filled with a huge number of appetizers, entrées, and desserts. “over 250 dishes,” it reads, “made fresh every day.” WHAT? HOW? OVER 250? WHAT DOES “FRESH” MEAN THEN? you can walk into any of the restaurant’s 185 locations and order filet mignon, or an egg roll, or a mac n…
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rosemary victorian sponge cake
i don’t mean to brag, but i think it’s safe to say that i was the tooth fairy’s favorite little kid. our relationship went waaaay past the conventional money-for-tooth exchange. she left notes under my pillow every night, regardless of whether i’d lost a tooth. sometimes the notes were even accompanied by small gifts: a thimble,…
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