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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!

Lemon Cornmeal Cake with Blueberry Compote

Posted on December 15, 2021 by sparecake

A bright lemon-glazed cornmeal cake paired with an easy fruit compote makes for a cheery (probably summery?) dessert. Ingredients: Cake: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal (I used our pink stuff from work!) 3/4 cup sugar 3 … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Chip Bundt

Posted on December 1, 2021 by sparecake

A chocolate chip bundt cake with a chocolate topping? Sign me up! A little bit towards dense on the dense vs fluffy scale, and quite enjoyable. I thought it might be a good idea to ‘flour’ the bundt pan using … Continue reading →

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Apple Cider Donut Cake

Posted on November 24, 2021 by sparecake

A moist and very apple-y cake! Good for this time of year for sure. Ingredients: Cake: 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, softened 2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and chopped 1 1/2 cups apple cider 1/2 cup milk, at … Continue reading →

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Cookie Dough-filled Pretzel Sandwiches

Posted on November 3, 2021 by sparecake

A perfect party snack, these are a delicious combo of cookie dough, salty pretzels, and the all-important choco-coat. How could you go wrong? And to make sure everything stays right, you start off by toasting the flour, if not the … Continue reading →

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Korean Beef Bowls

Posted on October 27, 2021 by sparecake

Tasty marinated ground beef with some veggies for healthiness sake, and rice because what’s a meal without carbs? You can use a wide variety of vegetables to suit your preference, but thinly cut/shredded/spiralized ones are the way to go both … Continue reading →

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Avgolemono

Posted on October 6, 2021 by sparecake

A rich, creamy, lemony soup that I quite enjoyed! This one’s from a cookbook that’s all recipes from different mystery writers, and this recipe was submitted by J. T. Ellison, who I’m not actually familiar with! Ingredients: 2 tablespoons extra … Continue reading →

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Sweet Cornbread

Posted on September 22, 2021 by sparecake

I’m always on the lookout for a cornbread recipe that’s similar to supermarket bakery cornbread, with the lightly sweet, sticky top. This is by far the closest I’ve gotten, and is definitely a keeper! I used cornmeal from the Jimmy … Continue reading →

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Cheese Buldak

Posted on September 15, 2021 by sparecake

A Korean dish, but then I have messed up the proportions from the original recipe to my preferences, plus I’m not sure super authentic Korean food has a ton of cheese, so…tasty spicy food of questionable heritage? But it’s DELICIOUS … Continue reading →

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Thai-Style Sweetcorn Soup

Posted on September 8, 2021 by sparecake

A really quick soup (unless you, for some reason, insist on making your own creamed corn because you’ve been making SO MUCH creamed corn at work and why stop now?) that would be extra good with some crusty bread on … Continue reading →

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Skillet Apple Pie

Posted on September 1, 2021 by sparecake

A pretty quick pie to put together, with some extra tastiness on top of a standard apple pie. Ingredients: 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 cup light brown sugar 2 refrigerated pie crusts 42 ounce can canned apple pie filling 2 … Continue reading →

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