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CAKESTARR: August 2010
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Monday, August 30, 2010. I got a this cookbook from the library a couple of days ago, and I think the authors and I are long lost siblings. We believe in American baking. We believe in less sugar/more chocolate. We believe in cooked frostings. We believe in malt. Everything in this book looks so. damn. good! Sweet and Salty Cake, Chocolate Malt Cake, and these Peanut Butter Rice Crispy Bars. Day-um! I love the matte, smooth finish of the chocolate. The fine folks at Smitten Kitchen. Drop me a line! My Ne...
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CAKESTARR: Separated at Birth
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Monday, August 30, 2010. I got a this cookbook from the library a couple of days ago, and I think the authors and I are long lost siblings. We believe in American baking. We believe in less sugar/more chocolate. We believe in cooked frostings. We believe in malt. Everything in this book looks so. damn. good! Sweet and Salty Cake, Chocolate Malt Cake, and these Peanut Butter Rice Crispy Bars. Day-um! I love the matte, smooth finish of the chocolate. The fine folks at Smitten Kitchen. Drop me a line! Teach...
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CAKESTARR: February 2010
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Sunday, February 28, 2010. The Whoopie Pie trend is just taking off - and already I'm declaring a new one: Specialty-Shaped Whoopies in Colors Not Appearing in Nature. My dear friend Sandy was having a birthday get-together this weekend, and I STILL had some buttermilk in the fridge so you know what that means: Whoopie Pies! I was so happy with the cheery pink of my Valentine's Day Whoopie Hearts. That I thought I'd tint this batch Sandy's favorite color: purple. First I piped out round cookies:. As fill...
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CAKESTARR: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble. Don't those look good? I had the happy task of picking up a couple of cakes from DeLessio's. For a party at work to celebrate selling 1 million copies of our Ivy and Bean. Don't those cakes look amazing? They were - and DeLessio's also makes this very cool chocolate bubble wrap. That's right, chocolate bubble wrap! In lots of yummy flavors like. Milk Chocolate with Malt and Croquant. White chocolate with coffee beans and toasted hazeluts. Chron...
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CAKESTARR: Playing with Food and Sleeping with Fishes
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Playing with Food and Sleeping with Fishes. I stumbled upon a web site called Eyecandy. That blows me away! It's the brainchild of a Swiss fellow named Jojo Krang. Just look at what he does:. He makes a portrait of Audrey Hepburn. Have me halfway convinced that I could do it too. He makes square cream cheese muffins. Wrapped in parchment bunny ears. You know you want to make this for Easter. He forms purple potatoes into roses. And deep fries them. I think I've found my 2 nd.
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CAKESTARR: Special Delivery: Scones
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Sunday, April 4, 2010. A couple of months ago I donated a copy of The Frugal Foodie Cookbook. And a dozen scones to the school silent auction. I'd kind if forgotten about it until I got a call this week from the winner lookin' to collect. Of course I was happy to fulfill my commitment, but when she mentioned she was a former professional pastry chef I got a little nervous - these had better be some kick-ass scones! Inspired by the t ree in my yard t. Lemon Cashew Scones with a Bit of Ginger. Note: These ...
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CAKESTARR: January 2010
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Sunday, January 31, 2010. This may shock anyone from the Northeast - but I'd never even heard of a Whoopie. Pie until I was almost 30. I had one at a company potluck and immediately asked my colleague for the recipe, which she kindly have me - and which I filed away and never made. Now, my colleagues at Chronicle Books are coming out with a fabulous new cookbook dedicated to these wonderful little treats. Whoopie. There's been so much talk about Whoopie. I had some leftover coffee buttercream. The recipe...
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CAKESTARR: Easy as PiePops!
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Chronicle Books was looking for another excuse to throw a party, so we had a First Floor Picnic this week. An indoor picnic complete with red checked tablecloths, sunglasses, icy beer and a pie contest. I was looking for an excuse t. O make Bakerella's PiePops. And th is was. Such a store bought pie crust. Yes, I usually make my own and am all smug about it, but I needed a time-saver and these frozen crusts worked like a dream. I also had some leftover charos. The dough with th...
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CAKESTARR: October 2009
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009. When Bad Things Happen to Good Cakepops. Stage of the Carnival of Wonders that is the boy's 10 th. Birthday was the Treats for Class. I'm usually good for some pretty decent class treats, but this year's had to be a show-stopper because it's the last one. Ever. Next year he'll be starting that Carnival of Horrors that is Middle School. So, of course, the answer is Bakerella's. Everything was going fine in Cakepopland. So we did, and 10 minutes later. Saturday, October 10, 2009.
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