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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!

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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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake

Posted on October 23, 2024 by sparecake

The actual hands-on parts for this are reasonably quick, but make sure to give yourself time for the cream cheese to come up to room temperature, and then for everything to chill. The way the recipe was originally written, the … Continue reading →

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Breakfast Pizza

Posted on October 9, 2024 by sparecake

A simple addition to a brunch, that works with whatever berries you’re in the mood for! Ingredients: 1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon cinnamon 1 prepared pizza dough (your own recipe, or from the supermarket) 2 tablespoons butter, melted 2 cups … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Banana Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Posted on September 25, 2024 by sparecake

This recipe perfectly used up the amount of cocoa powder I had left, so…phew that it didn’t need any more! There’s a good amount of banana flavor in the cake, and this only-some-cream-cheese frosting is quite nice. Definitely worth making … Continue reading →

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German Apple Cake with Buttermilk Frosting

Posted on September 11, 2024 by sparecake

It’s fall – time for apple things! This recipe calls for 4 Granny Smith apples – I sliced mine with a mandoline, before chopping in the other directions, which gave me a giant pile of apple, so big it didn’t … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Crust

Posted on August 21, 2024 by sparecake

It’s a cookie, it’s a crust, iiiiit’s a cookie crust! This crust stays firm enough to pick up slices even after being covered in pudding for a week, and has the flavor you’re looking for from a chocolate chip cookie. … Continue reading →

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Lemon Blueberry Streusel Pie

Posted on August 7, 2024 by sparecake

A nice, summery-flavored pie! I was buying a gluten free crust at the store, and they only had a regular sized – I recommend a deep-dish crust for this one to make sure all the filling fits. Because mine wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Turkey Burgers

Posted on July 31, 2024 by sparecake

Some moist, tasty turkey burgers that come together fairly quickly. I liked the fruit in them! These are from a sports nutrition company’s cookbook, in the “medium carbs” section of meals, but even though they do have oats, I assume … Continue reading →

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