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  • rhubarb blueberry anytime cake
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    rhubarb blueberry anytime cake

    Fun fact? I’ve had some rhubarb in my fridge for quite some time just begging for a tasty recipe. But it wasn’t until I was on a random Zoom call this week for a consulting project that I got the right inspiration. A girl I was meeting with commented that her morning was starting off…

  • coconut cake with marshmellow frosting
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    coconut cake with marshmellow frosting

    I had the great honor recently to make a gender reveal cake. I spent a good amount of time thinking about this task. My primary goal was to make a delicious cake that didn’t immediately reveal whether it would be blue or pink inside. I didn’t want the recipient to know immediately once the knife…

  • egg yolk almond pound cake
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    egg yolk almond pound cake

    While I am normally fairly decent on food waste, I do have my weak spots. Like the last 10% of a bag of arugula. I’m not quite sure what prevents me from just making the previous salad bigger… but I regularly fail at that. I’m a consistently bad at using egg yolks. So many of…

  • blackberry lime cake
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    blackberry lime cake

    I’ve had this cake on my list for most of the summer. And sweet lord, it is good. It also has like a whole lot more steps than I normally take on. But, the minute I tasted this frosting I knew it was all worth it. I have literally never tasted anything so light and…

  • red velvet spark cake
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    red velvet spark cake

    Yes, I made up this cake name. Yes, it is perfect for any firework related holiday but really perfect for the 4th of July. Or perhaps a child’s birthday? Either way, I have a lot of excess pop rocks and I’d like to find a new home for them preferably outside of my house. The…

  • chocolate mud cake
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    chocolate mud cake

      Have you ever eaten a good, fudgy brownie … and been like why can’t this be a whole cake? If so, this is the cake for you. It is like a cake make out of just the middle fudgy part of the brownie. Not the crust not the bottom, not the edges… just the…

  • Guiness Stout Cake
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    Guiness Stout Cake

    I thought this cake seemed like a great idea from the name. A Guiness cake? perfect for our family St. Patrick’s Day dinner. Plus, I had 5 Guiness in the house and this called for 1 and the stew I made needed 4. I am a big fan of finishing things off. It’s why I…

  • very delicious blueberry cake
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    very delicious blueberry cake

    Ok – this picture doesn’t exactly look like a success story. Where are all the blueberries? In the bottom of the loaf. Not the best. But, I’ll do better next time. Blueberry distribution aside … this cake is incredibly delicious. That might have something to do with the amount of sugar and butter or just…

  • oreo icebox cake!
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    oreo icebox cake!

    It really feels like a lifetime since I did a recipe post – but here we are … and I have one. Actually I have several but here is just the one I can write up right now. This recipe also comes with me admitting something. I might like Oreos. I’m always a proponent of…

  • blueberry ricotta cake
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    blueberry ricotta cake

    This recipe has been sitting on my kitchen counter for over a month – so it’s good that I finally got to it I guess. The original recipe called for raspberries but there is no good reason for that – especially when you have perfectly ripe and freshly picked blueberries. I was on vacation for…