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Layer cakes are usually made with layers of plain, round cakes, stacked up to turn a simple dessert into a dramatic centerpiece. Occasionally, you will see a layer cake that uses square cakes for a slightly unusual look, but round is the standard for layer cakes. Williams Sonoma recently introduced layer cake pans …

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Cookies Recipes

Raspberry Coconut Macaroons

May 13, 2013August 14, 2013

Freeze dried fruit is something that I see a lot in stores (Trader Joe’s carries a big variety), mostly because it is being marketed as a healthy snack food. I do not like eating freeze dried fruit on its own, but it can be good in cereal and is a great way to …

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Magazines & Cookbooks

Make Your Own Soda

May 13, 2013

Make Your Own Soda: Syrup Recipes for All-Natural Pop, Floats, Cocktails, and More Simple syrup is a mixture of equal parts water and sugar that many home cooks and bakers are familiar with. It’s a versatile syrup that can be used for sweetening all kinds of things in the kitchen, but it is especially useful when it comes to sweetening drinks. The only problem with simple syrup …

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Coffee Cake Muffins Recipes

Strawberry Coffee Cake Muffins

May 10, 2013June 27, 2015

Strawberries are not always an easy fruit to bake with because they lose some of their texture when they’re in the oven. One way around this is to puree your strawberries and then incorporate the puree into whatever you’re baking – just as I did in these Strawberry Coffee Cake Muffins. The light …

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Holidays

5 Must-Try Strawberry Treats for Mother’s Day

May 10, 2013April 8, 2015

Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May every year and that usually means we get perfect spring weather to celebrate. We can have brunch outdoors with friends and family, and we have a lot more fresh fruit and veggie options to choose from than we would earlier in the year. Strawberries …

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Fruits and Veggies Product Reviews

Trader Joe’s Shredded Sweetened Coconut, reviewed

May 9, 2013April 24, 2014

Trader Joe's Coconut
Trader Joe’s recently added a new product to their ever popular “Baker Josef’s” line of baking products: Shredded Sweetened Coconut. Shredded coconut is a product that I like to use a lot in baking, from muffins to pies, and I typically stock up on it at a regular market, where there are usually …

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Gear and Gadgets

Duo Icing Set

May 9, 2013

Most of the time, cupcakes are frosted with just one color of frosting. You can make two tone frosting by mixing up two different colors of frosting and putting them both into the same piping bag, allowing you to squeeze out a marbled frosting with both colors. This latter method definitely works, but …

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Puddings, Custards and Mousses Recipes

Almost Instant Vanilla Pudding

May 8, 2013

There is a reason that Jell-o instant pudding is so popular, and that is the fact that you can make it in about an instant. The pudding mix magically thickens cold milk when the two are combined and you can ave pudding in seconds with no cooking required. The secret to instant pudding …

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Celebration Cake Pans

Raspberry Coconut Macaroons

Make Your Own Soda

Strawberry Coffee Cake Muffins

5 Must-Try Strawberry Treats for Mother’s Day

Trader Joe’s Shredded Sweetened Coconut, reviewed

Duo Icing Set

Almost Instant Vanilla Pudding

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