Monthly Archives: September 2011

Cool Rise Bread

Posted on September 30, 2011 by sparecake

After several months of making the same bread over and over, I remembered that switching things up once in a while isn’t an awful idea. After looking at two cool rise bread recipes, I messed with them a fair amount … Continue reading →

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Peanut Butter Brownies

Posted on September 28, 2011 by sparecake

Every once in a while, I get around to making something that my vegan friend Jon can eat. He’s a fan of peanut butter, and I’m a fan of dessert, so this seemed recipe seemed like a fair compromise. It … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Cake

Posted on September 26, 2011 by sparecake

When I first read this recipe, it was a vegan version, unfrosted, and I saved it in my breakfast recipe folder. I think I’ve pretty well ruined any chance of calling this healthy or breakfasty by adding strawberry cream cheese … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Chip Peppermint Scones

Posted on September 23, 2011 by sparecake

Several years ago one my mom’s staff gave me the Pink Princess Cookbook. The book is full of cute foods, lots of pink things, and recipes varying from “dead simple” to “not very hard.” I was therefore quite surprised when … Continue reading →

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Apple Bread

Posted on September 21, 2011 by sparecake

I spent last weekend in Kansas City visiting Alex and Lauren, my former roommates. We spent most of the weekend eating, and, unusually for us, only ended up having time to cook one thing ourselves. Luckily, it was delicious! After … Continue reading →

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Cherry Popcorn Coffee Cake

Posted on September 19, 2011 by sparecake

This is the first of a few recipes I want to make in the next few weeks from Orville Redenbacher’s Popcorn Cookbook. The book manages to work popcorn into everything, and it’s pretty fun. Oh, as I was typing up … Continue reading →

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The Chunkiest Shepherd

Posted on September 17, 2011 by sparecake

The spelling of the word shepherd doesn’t make sense at all. Should it not have two ‘e’s, if it’s sheep-herd? Or else ditch the h, since my 3rd grade reading skills tell me to pronounce it as sheferd? I can’t … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Rugelach

Posted on September 15, 2011 by sparecake

A month or two ago at Costco, Alex pointed out a case of rugelach and mentioned that, even though he didn’t know what they were called, he was a fan. I promised to make them eventually, and this weekend’s DCFixed … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Nifty Things Edition

Posted on September 14, 2011 by sparecake
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Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Posted on September 12, 2011 by sparecake

The Small Press Expo was this weekend outside DC. Lots of web comic artists that I like were there, several of whom I talk to on twitter some times. Several weeks ago via the twits I asked Dave Shabet, the … Continue reading →

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