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chocolate

Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Winter Magic Torte:
Chocolate Rosemary Almond Cake, with Sugared Cranberries

Once a year, I make a cake, on Annual Cake Day. It’s not that I don’t like cake, but there are things that I like more, and I am not great at decorating. I know, I say this every year. On Annual Cake Day. Well, that day is today, so here it is: a Winter Magic Torte: Chocolate Rosemary Almond Cake, with Sugared Cranberries. It’s a chocolate cake with rosemary buttercream on the inside, deep rich ganache, toasted almonds and sugared cranberries on the outside. And it came out better than I expected, so at least Annual Cake Day 2021 turned out ok. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
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Breads, Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Chocolate-glazed Banana Hazelnut Snacking Loaf

2020: THE YEAR OF BANANA BREAD. Unofficial … or was it Official? … Food of the Pandemic. Rivaled only perhaps by our sourdough starters. Who knew there would be so much banana bread in this year? I think that I might have ten new recipes this year alone. And I couldn’t help but make one more loaf just to shut this year down. May there be lots of other recipe in our futures and thanks for being there this year. Tomorrow will be just another new day and we can make and bake and share something new and different.
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Candy, Sweet Snacks

2020 Holiday Chocolate Combo:
Coffee Toffee Crunch Fudge and Cookies+Cream Fudge

Long time followers of my website know that the other thing that I have a tendency to make around Christmas Time (in addition to the mountains of cookies) is candy, chocolates or fudge. Sometimes Caramels, sometimes Fudge, sometimes Truffles. So this year, I went with another couple of types of fudge: Coffee Toffee Crunch Fudge and Cookies+Cream Fudge. It’s a super-simply, absolutely foolproof fudge recipe that turns out great every time. And ready in a very short time frame. Try it!
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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Harvest Flavors Oatmeal Cookies

Harvest flavors. Autumn is my favorite time of the year, and one of the reasons is the foods. Apples, squash, warm spices, comfort food. This quick and easy cookie recipe isn’t purely fall-like, but the dried cranberries and cinnamon chips do make my mouth water for harvest flavors. Yummy. Continue Reading