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Dirty Peanut Butter Chocolate Mini-Cupcakes

August 21, 2012

Dirty Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Cupcakes

A week ago I competed in a race named “Mudathalon”. A three mile race with 40 obstacles through the mud. Me, my hubby, Jacob and a handful of friends all enjoyed getting thoroughly and disgustingly muddy! I know it doesn’t sound fun, but it was. Imagine rappelling ropes draped over ridges into muddy streams, a [...]

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Cherry Cake

June 11, 2012

A bag of Cherries is a beautiful and tempting sight for me. When the grocery stores starts placing the plump cherries out in the produce section, I start buying them. I have to admit everyone in my house loves to pop the sweet gems in their mouth, but still I try to find ways to [...]

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Blackberry Cream-Cheese Cake

June 7, 2012

This cake is such a pleasant surprise. The cheesecake filling adds a creaminess to the cake, while the streusel tastes divine with the cinnamon, sugar and butter. What a way to enjoy your Blackberries! This is great as a dessert with a glass a milk or breakfast in the morning with a cup of coffee [...]

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Orange-Vanilla Cupcakes with Chocolate Fudge Frosting

May 22, 2012

Oh my goodness, this is my new favorite cupcake. It is so, so, so good. The orange and chocolate are decadent and sticking the cupcakes in the fridge hardens up the icing so its hard like the chocolate on a ice-cream bar! I was actually trying to wait to have my next one till after [...]

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Chocolate Almond Torte

April 26, 2012

This recipe is short on ingredients but has a few more steps. Don’t let the added steps intimidate you into not make this recipe. It is well worth the effort. If you have someone who likes chocolate, they will LOVE this torte. If you have someone who is so-so on chocolate (gasp) they will LOVE [...]

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Blueberry Cupcakes

April 21, 2012

Are these good? Let’s just say I was going to share a few with friends and my family said a resounding “NO”! Enough said. I had one the day they were made (of course), I stored the few that remained after the first night in the refrigerator for later, so I had a ‘few’ cold. [...]

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Lemon Raspberry Cupcake

April 15, 2012

While in D.C visiting our son Jimmy, he took us to his favorite cupcake jaunt. It was in Georgetown down a side street a little off the beaten path and let me tell you they had no trouble getting customers. The line went out the door at 4 in the afternoon. The place ‘baked & [...]

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Mini-Brownie Cupcakes

April 13, 2012

These are made with Nestle toll house choco bake pre-melted unsweetened chocolate pouches. You should definitely have these in your pantry at all times!! This is a super easy recipe to pull together and I am telling you they make rocking good brownies! I went with mini muffin tins, but you could throw this in [...]

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Lemon Pound Cake

April 3, 2012

I ordered this adorable Nordic Ware Honeycomb Cake Pan on-line and as soon as I opened the box I had to make a cake to show it off. This recipe can be used in two loaf pans, 10″ round cake pan, or 10″ Bundt pan. Cake: 3 cups flour 1 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking [...]

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Oatmeal Dried Cherry Cookies

February 24, 2012

Dried Cherries and Oatmeal for crispy large cookie

Over the years this recipe has been requested over and over. These are huge cookies, twice the size of an average cookie. The recipe produces a crispy outside with a gooey inside and the tartness of the cherries with the sweet-cinnamon oatmeal is a marriage of taste made in heaven. Great for a gift or [...]