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About sparecake

My name's Corinne, and I like cake, cookies, and chocolate! Also, non-c-things such as ponies, Star Trek, and biking. I write a food blog and a blog about life, wide open spaces, and museum work. Nice to meet you!

Butternut Squash Clafoutis

Posted on March 22, 2023 by sparecake

For the unfamiliar, a clafoutis is generally a sweet thing, sort of a Dutch Baby pancake thing full of fruit, for dessert. Today, though, we’re going savory for dinner, and making a cheesy, squash-y delight! This is slightly better day-of, … Continue reading →

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Baked Mac & Cheese

Posted on March 8, 2023 by sparecake

Need to use up the rest of some cheese powder from King Arthur, might as well go to the source for a recipe idea! They call this Garlic-Herb Mac & Cheese, which is kind of funny because the only garlic … Continue reading →

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Crockpot Hot Fudge Peanut Butter Pudding Cake

Posted on March 1, 2023 by sparecake

A crockpot full of chocolate brownie that makes its own chocolate puddingy topping. Delicious, and even better with some ice cream! I didn’t feel like the peanut butter added strong flavor, but it’s in there and it’s nice. Ingredients: Cake: … Continue reading →

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Maple White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Posted on February 8, 2023 by sparecake

Some soft, delicious maple cookies! I got 45 cookies out of the recipe, and was doing really quite heaping scoops in my 1T dough scoops, so you could probably do slightly small cookies and have about a million. Ingredients: 4 … Continue reading →

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Sour Cream Pound Cake

Posted on January 11, 2023 by sparecake

Using up some sour cream, I lucked into a winner of a recipe in the process! This cake uses what feels like a ridiculous amount of sugar and eggs, but it comes together to be a really nice texture, and … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Mousse Squares

Posted on January 4, 2023 by sparecake

Rich chocolatey floof with an oreo crust, that makes enough for a party or leftovers for a whiiiiile. (And as long as it’s covered, it does last well in the fridge!) Ingredients: Crust: 1 14 ounce size package of Oreos … Continue reading →

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Corn Pudding

Posted on December 28, 2022 by sparecake

One of the cookbooks we cooked out of in my library’s cookbook potluck book club this fall had a bunch of recipes that sounded good, but ended up needing a lot of changes to actually make them work. It appears … Continue reading →

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Economical Gold Cake with Luscious Lemon Frosting

Posted on December 21, 2022 by sparecake

A very nice, fluffy, yolks-only cake from a 1933 cookbook I got from a friend earlier this year. This is the second thing I’ve made from the book, and both have turned out very well! I was a bit worried … Continue reading →

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Japchae Hotteok

Posted on December 14, 2022 by sparecake

These would probably take several tries to get perfect looking, and I’m all out of the right noodles so that isn’t happening right now, but they’re VERY DELICIOUS so I’m going to share and we can all slowly perfect our … Continue reading →

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Easy Mug Omelette Rice

Posted on November 9, 2022 by sparecake

A couple weeks ago I watched a video of 6 Japanese recipes that all used eggs as a main ingredient and took ~15 minutes to cook. There was a tasty looking rice breakfast thing that, as cooked in the video, … Continue reading →

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