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Autumn Birthday Cake
Once a year I delve in a several-hour project – making my niece’s birthday cake. Proudly, I’ve made cakes for seven or her eight birthdays. Something different each year – girlie with pink and purple flowers, trains, animals, Tigger. We’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Cakes, Chocolate, General
Tagged autumn cake, autumn desserts, baking, birthday cake, chocolate, cooking sugar, desserts, fondant, food, Halloween cake, holiday baking, modeling paste, modelling chocolate, pastry, pumpkins cake
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Holiday Breads
After a busy holiday, it’s time to recap a bit. Out of all of the wonderful treats I made this season (cookies, confections and things in between), I love my holiday breads best. They’re traditional which brings me back to … Continue reading
Posted in Bread, Cakes, Christmas, General
Tagged baking, bread, candied fruit, Christmas breads, christmas cookies, desserts, English bread, Flour, fruitcake, German bread, holiday baking, holiday breads, king's cake, Portuguese bread, stollen
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Puff Pastry and a Galette
You can’t just be a cook these days. You need to be a writer, a photographer and a public relations guru. I’m learning to do all three of these things. And that’s why I didn’t make the puff pastry you … Continue reading
Posted in Cakes, Fruit, General, pastry
Tagged apricots, baking, desserts, food, fruit crisp, galette, pastry, PCC Natural Markets, pears, pie crust, puff pastry
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Cherry Clafoutis
I woke up this morning thinking about clafoutis (clah-foo-tee). Yes, it’s a strange thing to come into your head at 6:30 a.m., but I can explain. Yesterday, talented bakers and my Twitter friends Ed and Marieke of Weekend Bakery posted … Continue reading
Posted in Cakes, Fruit, General
Tagged around my french table, baking, bing cherries, cherries, clafoutis, Dorie Greenspan, french desserts, pastry
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