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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!

Kalbi

Posted on December 14, 2012 by sparecake

My mom came home with some short ribs recently, which, even though they weren’t cut the right way for traditional kalbi, was a good enough excuse for me to make it! The traditional Korean recipe calls for short ribs cut … Continue reading →

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Cinnamon Chocolate Bundt Cake

Posted on December 12, 2012 by sparecake

Been a while since I dug out the bundt pan, but here’s an easy tasty bundt I brought to a party this weekend. Ingredients: 1 cup water 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 stick unsalted butter 5 tablespoons cocoa (Dutch processed … Continue reading →

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Red Berry Quick Bread

Posted on December 10, 2012 by sparecake

I’ve seen several recipes for granola bread recently, and it sounds pretty tasty. I’m on a Special K Red Berries kick, though, and decided that’d make a good bread addition. I wanted something that doesn’t take all day to make, … Continue reading →

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Scalloped Scallops (and Shrimp)

Posted on December 7, 2012 by sparecake

I wonder…this is probably the first seafood based recipe I’ve posted, in the year and a half or so I’ve been doing this. Huh. Mostly my seafood meals involve tuna from a can, but I can change, and this one … Continue reading →

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Potato Peasant Bread

Posted on December 5, 2012 by sparecake

If you’re looking for a site with very reliable yeast dough recipes, Bread World is good. It’s run by a yeast company, so they want to be real sure you’ll have good luck and keep buying more yeast. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Citrus Sugar Cookies

Posted on December 3, 2012 by sparecake

The blog Sugarcrafter has posted recipes for clementine sugar cookies and lemon sugar cookies. Based on what was in the fridge and cabinet, I made some orange-lemon sugar cookies with Sugarcrafter’s recipe. They’re big, lightly chewy, and great when you … Continue reading →

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Lunch Lady Rolls

Posted on November 30, 2012 by sparecake

While I do enjoy the name of these rolls, I’ve got to admit they don’t particularly make me think of the school cafe? My memories there are mainly of using the syrup as an amazingly effective glue… This was the … Continue reading →

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Snicker-Chip-Doodles

Posted on November 28, 2012 by sparecake

It’s the end of the month, so once again time for a Daring Baker post! Holiday season is the time for sharing and Peta of Peta Eats is sharing a dozen cookies, some classics and some of her own, from … Continue reading →

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Black Friday Bread

Posted on November 26, 2012 by sparecake

If you’ve still got some leftover side dishes from Thanksgiving, great! If not, bookmark this one and come back to it after Christmas. (People do eat meals sort of similar to Thanksgiving for Christmas, right? We won’t all be making … Continue reading →

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Crunchy Asiago Chicken Nuggets

Posted on November 23, 2012 by sparecake

Alright! Now that you’re turkey-ed out, it’s time for chicken! These chicken nuggets were really tasty, and I was glad to not be frying chicken for a change (so much grease, all over my laptop, the counter, the floor…). Ingredients: … Continue reading →

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