Jun 10th, 2010 Posted in Dessert | one comment »
Carrot Cake
Carrot Cake was a tradition in my family. We always made it for my father’s birthday. My father doesn’t care for crowds, and I never remember going out for his birthday celebrations. Once, we threw him a party when he turned 40. But otherwise, his birthdays were a stay at home affair.
My mother would also make this carrot cake. Which was odd given on everyone else’s birthdays, we ate a lot of store-bought cakes (especially ice cream cakes) or my maternal grandma, the family cake baker and decorator, would make them.
Food processors are genius when making this cake. I have memories of using a cheese grater to grate carrots. Now, I just throw all those carrots in my food processor, and wham, they’re shredded.
This cake stood the test of time with my taste buds. It’s delicious.
Carrot Cake
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Tags: all-purpose flour, baking soda, butter, cake, carrot, cinnamon, cream cheese, egg, lemon juice, milk, pecans, powdered sugar, raisins, recipe, salt, sugar, vanilla, vegetable oil, walnuts
May 4th, 2009 Posted in Dessert | no comment »
I went a little nuts making pies. I blame two things: 1) my love of it and 2) Twin Peaks. Jason and I had a little bit of a marathon, which included a lot of baking.
Twin Peaks and David Lynch loves pie
For the pie crust, I used my grandma’s flour crust recipe. Which is great as it makes 4 to 5 pie crusts and is easy to refrigerate or freeze if you need to use the rest another day. And if you have some extra, as I did, you can make flaky cookies.
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Tags: all-purpose flour, blackberries, comfort food, Dessert, pie, raspberries, recipe, rhubarb, sugar
Dec 21st, 2008 Posted in Dessert | no comment »
I don’t think I’ve ever met a brownie that I didn’t like. And what I like even better is chocolate and peanut butter together. These were delicious. Original recipe is from For the Love of Cooking.
Cocoa Brownies with Peanut Butter Chips
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Tags: all-purpose flour, brownie, butter, cocoa, Dessert, egg, peanut butter chips, recipe, salt, sugar, vanilla
Dec 8th, 2008 Posted in Dessert | 2 comments »
When we go grocery shopping, Jason always tries to buy cookies. Usually, I tell him no and he puts them back. Of course, then I bake him cookies as it’s cheaper, they taste better, and they tend to have less sugar so I can enjoy them too.
In our Halloween card, my maternal grandma included $5, saying to use the money to buy Jason cookies. Apparently, she was very offended on Jason’s behalf that I didn’t indulge his cookie-buying whim.
Grandma, here are some cookies I made for Jason. He is not deprived of delicious cookies.
The original recipe is from Melissa.
Sunshine Cookies
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Tags: all-purpose flour, butter, cookie, cornmeal, egg, ginger, honey, lemon peel, recipe, salt, sugar
Nov 29th, 2008 Posted in Dessert | 2 comments »
I love pie and pumpkin pie is by far my favorite pie. One of my favorite things about the holiday season is pumpkin pie. (Even though all ingredients are available all year around, no one has heard my protest to make pumpkin pie a yearly pie.) Delicious pumpkin pie.
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Tags: all-purpose flour, all-spice, cinnamon, cloves, comfort food, egg, evaporated milk, ginger, pie, pumpkin, recipe, salt, shortening, sugar, water, white vinegar
Nov 26th, 2008 Posted in Dessert | no comment »
Super yummy and you don’t taste the beer. Though you have a lot of beer to drink afterwards. From the NY Times, a recipe for Chocolate Guinness Cake.
Chocolate Guinness Cake
Chocolate Guinness Cake
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Tags: all-purpose flour, baking soda, beer, butter, cake, cocoa, cream, cream cheese, egg, powder sugar, recipe, sour cream, sugar, vanilla
Nov 16th, 2008 Posted in Dessert | no comment »
These were probably some of the best cookies that I’ve ever made. I was very happy with them, and I think I’m figuring out what levels of cinnamon I can eat. (I have a slight allergy.) These were so yummy that I ended up making another batch the following week.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
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Tags: all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, cloves, cookie, egg, oats, raisins, recipe, sugar, vanilla
Nov 16th, 2008 Posted in Dessert | no comment »
Also for Jason’s birthday, I broke down and made a cake. I almost ended up not making it when I knocked my mixer’s large glass bowl off the counter and it crashed on the floor, breaking into a thousand pieces. I guess it was better that I didn’t have anything in the mixer yet…
This cake came out really well. It’s very moist and delicious. The original recipe is from Favorite Brand Name’s Cake Mix.
Flower Power Strawberry Cake
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Tags: cake, cake mix, egg, gelatin, recipe, vegetable oil, whip cream, yogurt
