Baking Delights: Baking breads and treats for your family

November 8th, 2008

Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cake

 
Ethan’s 15th birthday is Monday.  His birthday is the 29th anniversary of Marc and my first date, too. :)
Anyway, we celebrated it last night with friends and family.  He had three of his closest friends spend the night.  Of course one of the little brothers (of two of the friends) is best friends with Sean […]

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September 5th, 2008

Classic Boston Cream Pie, Circa 1967

 
Yes, I admit it.  I am meandering through cookbooks that I have not picked up in awhile.  I am a messy cook (ha! Understatement) and the books tend to get messed up. I waver between thinking that it is worth it to sacrifice the book in the quasi-anthropological quest for vintage recipes AND thinking that […]

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February 11th, 2008

Peanut Butter & Chocolate Ganache Sandwich Cookies

Being a homeschooler I have many opportunities to witness when something “clicks” with one of my kids and becomes something the understand rather than something they are learning. I love watching that light go on in their heads!
Shiloh has a knack for cooking. Somewhere I have a picture of her holding the […]

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February 4th, 2008

Homemade Valentine’s Gift Ideas from the Hearth

I love the word hearth, it conjures up romantic images of cottages, crackling fires and romantic heroes.
And the cake? That picture is from 1963…and I will share the story in a day or so…
Anyway, Valentines Day has become a holiday that is all about how much you spend, just like Christmas and Easter. […]

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October 14th, 2007

Bittersweet Chocolate Cake with Orange Curd and Ganache

This cake was amazing. I have really been thinking about chocolate/orange combinations lately and I had the idea to do this cake…I blogged about the menu I had planned to use it in on ApronStrings and Inge suggested I submit it for Waiter There’s Something In My….
since this month is layer cakes.

So…here […]

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September 8th, 2007

Chocolate Truffle Brownies

So, today is the last day of the road to Chocolate Nirvana. I know, I know, it’s sad but on the bright side we have several really cool things coming up at the H& D channel here at B5…including a way cool Autumn Scavenger Hunt..and a special, channel wide thing the 18th…and don’t forget […]

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