March 2010

Adventures in Cake Bites: Easter Edition

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

For today, I am once again drawing inspiration from the incomparable Bakerella. As you may remember from the raspberry cupcake bites I did, Bakerella is responsible for single-handedly making the world swoon over her adorable cake bites. She even has a book coming out this year that is completely devoted to them. You can pre-order ...

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No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Robins’ Nests

Monday, March 29, 2010

I love Spring and Easter. It’s not just the beautiful weather or fresh, new life springing up every where, I love the fun, pretty, delicious spring-themed treats that you can make. I have been doing a lot of brainstorming with different ideas and it has been very difficult narrowing down what I wanted to share! ...

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One Bread, Four Ways

Friday, March 26, 2010

I have a fantastic white bread recipe. It’s makes four different, delicious things all from the same exact ingredients. This bread can be made as a loaf, dinner rolls, hamburger buns, or as pigs-in-a-blanket. I believe it would make excellent sweet rolls too, with a little more sugar, but I’ll save that for a future ...

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Buttery Shortbread Cookies

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

You may remember from Friday’s post about Two Fat Cats Bakery in Portland, ME that my darling hubster loves shortbread. I’ve asked him exactly what it is about shortbread that he loves so much – the crumbly texture? Maybe the subtle sweetness? He can’t define it, though. Whatever it is, he can’t resist them whenever ...

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The Great Brownie Debate

Monday, March 22, 2010

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: I love brownies. They are most definitely my favorite dessert. And it doesn’t need to be fancy or dressed up. No frosting or nuts, no chocolate chips or fillings are necessary to make me happy. A simple, fudge-y, almost homely square of brownie with a glass ...

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Two Fat Cats Bakery

Friday, March 19, 2010

I’ve got to take a break from baking and recipes today to share a wonderful find with you. Last week, my husband and I celebrated our anniversary. We spent the day in Portland, Maine and part of my gift to him was a scavenger hunt that took us all over the place. One of the ...

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Shamrock Blarney Cookies

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!! Are you wearing your green? If not, then *pinch*! I wanted to do something really fun and festive for St. Paddy’s this year. Fun, fancy little cupcakes immediately sprang to mind, but I decided to go the cookie route after already having made the Chocolate Porter Cupcakes on Monday. Sometimes ...

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(Vegan) Chocolate Porter Cupcakes

Monday, March 15, 2010

Beer and St. Patrick’s Day, they go hand-in-hand, don’t they? What about beer and cupcakes, though? Believe it or not, this is another awesome combination! The following, very fast and very easy, recipe is for a very delicious, very chocolaty stout cupcake. It’s a really rich cupcake that’s strong enough to stand on it’s own, ...

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Irish Soda Bread

Friday, March 12, 2010

With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, today is a great day for some traditional Irish Soda Bread. This is, without a doubt, the easiest, fastest bread recipe I have. I know a lot of people are intimidated by the idea of making bread (I used to avoid it at all costs), what with ...

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Chocolate Dipped Hi-Hats

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Like many wonderful foods and treats, I had never so much as heard of Hi-Hats, let alone had one, until we were living in New York City. There, everyone not only knows what they are, but has a strong opinion about them. Never heard of a Hi-Hat? Well, hang on to your “spanties” (Ellen cracks ...