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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!

Gluten-Free Fudgy Brownie Cupcakes

Posted on May 27, 2013 by sparecake

This was my second attempt at gf brownie cupcake things, and this one was much better! (No, you didn’t miss the first one, it didn’t even get posted. Blech.) It’s plenty chocolatey, and doesn’t have any gritty/grainy-ness some gf baked … Continue reading →

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Orange Bars

Posted on May 24, 2013 by sparecake

I bookmarked this one some incomprehensible number of years ago after a search for picnic-able desserts, but never got around to it until this week. Sadly, I did not take this on a picnic, but if it’s less rainy where … Continue reading →

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Baked Quinoa Chicken Parmesan

Posted on May 22, 2013 by sparecake

In so many quinoa-based dishes, I like it at first but get sick of the texture halfway through the meal. With this one, though, that never became an issue. I don’t know if it’s because the quinoa is cooked twice, … Continue reading →

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Cheesy Quinoa Cakes

Posted on May 17, 2013 by sparecake

Tasty crispy little cakes I made yesterday with my friend Jani. She’s moving away this weekend, to which I can only say: Boo! But at least we had time to make one more good thing together! Ingredients: Quinoa Cakes: 2 … Continue reading →

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Lemonies

Posted on May 15, 2013 by sparecake

That’s like brownies, but lemon flavored, if you couldn’t figure it out. Different from how I picture lemon bars, as they don’t have a crust or a sort or smooshy layer, but they do have plenty of lemon flavor! Ingredients: … Continue reading →

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Tri-Layered Vegetable “Meatloaf”

Posted on May 13, 2013 by sparecake

This dish is called polpettone di fagiolini, which as close as I can figure out basically means meatloaf of green beans. About right, but with a few more veggies! It’s a really nice looking dish that, like so many others, … Continue reading →

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White Chocolate Strawberry Thumbprint Cookies

Posted on May 10, 2013 by sparecake

This week’s batch of cookies for my floor hockey team! I tore the house apart several times trying to find my camera, and finally gave up and just used my cell phone to take the pictures for this. Shortly after … Continue reading →

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Banana Butterfinger Cake

Posted on May 8, 2013 by sparecake

A flavor combination that I decided recently makes tons of sense to me, Butterfingers and bananas. My only complaint is I should have doubled the amount of Butterfingers! (Which I have done in the recipe below, so don’t re-double. Or … Continue reading →

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Peanut Butter Reese’s Cookies

Posted on May 6, 2013 by sparecake

This seems like a pretty obvious flavor combination. The cookies themselves are puffy and thick, but light and don’t make you feel gross when you inevitably eat too many of them, and the Reese’s are…Reese’s. So, good. Ingredients: 8 tablespoons … Continue reading →

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Apple Strudel Monkey Bread

Posted on May 3, 2013 by sparecake

This is one I’m pretty pleased with myself about. Like Wednesday’s Chorizo and Manchego Rolls, this was one where a recipe (KAF’s Apple-Cinnamon Pull-Apart Rolls) got me thinking, but then I went another way and made things up. Ingredients: Dough: … Continue reading →

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