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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!

Chicken Enchilada Dip

Posted on March 19, 2025 by sparecake

This doesn’t have a ton to do with proper enchiladas, but the recipe I adapted it from called itself chicken enchiladas (from a 2007 community cookbook from WY), so we’re rolling with it. Enchiladas or not, it’s a tasty chicken … Continue reading →

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Flourless Brownies

Posted on February 19, 2025 by sparecake

These were some good chocolatey brownies! When they were still hot from the oven, they were weirdly unsatisfyingly insubstantial feeling, but once cooled they were more dense and good! Ingredients: 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons coconut oil or butter 1 … Continue reading →

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Spiced Hasselback Potatoes

Posted on February 12, 2025 by sparecake

Recently looked up a buffalo spice mix, around the same time as I came across a video with tips for hasselback potatoes. Although I don’t necessarily consider the spice mix to be actually ‘buffalo’ flavored, I do really like it, … Continue reading →

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Travis House Cookies

Posted on February 5, 2025 by sparecake

A tasty meringue cookie, these are based off of a cookie served at the Travis House at Colonial Williamsburg, where they have chopped pecans – I subbed in chocolate chips, because of course I did. I also used King Arthur’s … Continue reading →

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Gochujang Potato Stew

Posted on January 29, 2025 by sparecake

This is a delicious, warming, filling stew, and I’ve made it the same the few times I’ve made it, which is not the same as the original recipe says, so we’re going with my slightly adapted version. It’s only a … Continue reading →

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Tanghulu

Posted on January 8, 2025 by sparecake

I had friends over around the holidays and suggested making tanghulu, because I’d had the recipe bookmarked for a while. One of my friends had been seeing teens making it in the microwave and burning themselves recently, so that is … Continue reading →

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Cranberry Orange Olive Oil Cake

Posted on December 25, 2024 by sparecake

A lightly orangey cake with a nice texture and a good topping. Actually, I made a batch of sugar cookies just to have something to put more of the cranberry icing on later! It’s good stuff! Ingredients: Cake: 2 cups … Continue reading →

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Cranberry Fudge Pie

Posted on December 11, 2024 by sparecake

I had this one saved in my calendar for November from months out, and it was a good call! Turns out cranberry and chocolate do work together, and as a convenient bonus you get some extra cranberry sauce you can … Continue reading →

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Roasted Butternut Squash with Sausage and Cranberry

Posted on November 20, 2024 by sparecake

The original recipe for this one had you making the sausage mixture and serving it in the hollowed out end of the squash, where you moved the seeds from. Admittedly, this looks much nicer than my mixed up smoosh of … Continue reading →

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Italian Orange Ricotta Cookies

Posted on November 13, 2024 by sparecake

These cookies had a few things going against them – my house is freezing, so ‘room temperature’ butter is still quite solid, and the fact that I subbed in gluten-free flour, but they still came out pretty good! I might … Continue reading →

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