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Baked Explorations
Baked Explorations: Quick Skillet Snack Cake

Baked Explorations: Quick Skillet Snack Cake

Let me start by telling you I love and adore this cake.  I want to get that out of the way because I'm going to quibble with the nomenclature and I don't want my digression to in any way obscure my main point.  Which is: YUM! First of all, "snack"?  That's a nice...

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Kate | Jan 31, 2011 | 1

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Baked Explorations: Speculaas

Baked Explorations: Speculaas

I knew I was in trouble with these cookies when I couldn't stop eating the dough scraps. The story behind them is the author's obsession with Delta Airline's Biscoff cookies.  I can't remember the last time I flew Delta and the notion of an airline giving out...

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Kate | Jan 17, 2011 | 8

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Baked Explorations: Farm Stand Buttermilk Doughnuts

Baked Explorations: Farm Stand Buttermilk Doughnuts

  I know, right? Shall we just look at them for a while? I think a wise diet plan is to not eat any doughnuts you don't make yourself. And then don't make any doughnuts. Seriously though, when people ask me why I'm not fat, part of the reason is that because I have...

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Kate | Jan 9, 2011 | 2

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Baked Explorations: Nutella Scones

Baked Explorations: Nutella Scones

How is it that I'd never tried Nutella before making these scones? I really can't figure that out. Anyway, it's lovely stuff, although kind of like eating straight frosting so don't be misled by the "made with skim milk" statement on the label into thinking you've...

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Kate | Jan 8, 2011 | 4

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Baked Explorations: Maple Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Baked Explorations: Maple Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Holy smokes these are good. And I'm not just saying that as someone who is powerless in the face of maple syrup. They are objectively, insanely, ridiculously good. How do I know? I taste-tested them on a focus group. Ok, so it was people at work who are so nice...

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Kate | Jan 4, 2011 | 6

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Baked Explorations: Buckeyes

Baked Explorations: Buckeyes

  Living next door to Ohio, I had heard of Buckeyes before. I had eaten them in their natural habitat and even made them. They are meant to resemble the nuts of the buckeye tree and, trust me, they do. I don't know how old they are but I suspect they pre-date...

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Kate | Dec 26, 2010 | 6

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Baked Explorations: Mississippi Mud Pie (B), aka Muddy Mississippi Cake

Baked Explorations: Mississippi Mud Pie (B), aka Muddy Mississippi Cake

As much as I like this cake I have to say, I think it's trying too hard. Isn't combining an Oreo-cookie crust, a flourless chocolate cake, chocolate pudding and whipped cream pandering, just a little? If I had to leave one of those elements out it would be the...

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Kate | Dec 16, 2010 | 3

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Baked Explorations: Chocolate Mint Thumbprint Cookies

Baked Explorations: Chocolate Mint Thumbprint Cookies

     If you already know what a sucker I am for chocolate+mint it will come as no surprise that I adore these cookies all out of proportion. They are a little like French sables, ("sable" meaning sand but no, of course they don't taste like sand. Nobody would eat...

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Kate | Dec 13, 2010 | 1

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Baked Explorations: Sweet and Salty Brownies

Baked Explorations: Sweet and Salty Brownies

  My dear friend Susan (of kugel fame) was just telling me that she does not like this trend of salty+sweet. She also doesn't like things like cayenne pepper in her chocolate dessert. Just can't get into this particular culinary movement. What can you do, the...

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Kate | Nov 24, 2010 | 2

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Baked Explorations: Chocolate Coffee Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache

Baked Explorations: Chocolate Coffee Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache

Have I got a cake for you. This is absolutely one of the most satisfying cakes -- both for eating and for gazing at fondly -- I've ever made.  For that reason I forgive it for taking up my entire Sunday afternoon.  And making me half-watch "The Real Housewives on...

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Kate | Nov 15, 2010 | 10

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The Next Book: Baked Explorations

The Next Book: Baked Explorations

By popular demand (well, three votes to be accurate, but they were enthusiastic) I've chosen Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented as my next review book. What looks good?  What doesn't.  Double-Chocolate Loaf with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese...

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Kate | Nov 9, 2010 | 0

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