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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!

Whole Wheat Bread with Wheat Germ and Rye

Posted on November 21, 2012 by sparecake

Looking through the ridiculous collection of flours and wheat products in the kitchen the other day, I decided to look for a bread recipe to use up some of the ingredients we only had a little bit left of. This … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies

Posted on November 19, 2012 by sparecake

This weekend was the last Granite State Wheelmen ride for the season (for the Salem group anyway), and we finished off the ride with a pizza party. I brought these cookies, and at least one person said she’ll be making … Continue reading →

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No-Sharing Chocolate Chip Cookies

Posted on November 16, 2012 by sparecake

Like I mentioned Monday, the new cookie cookbook I just got has a bunch of indexes, including one that lets you pick recipes by batch size. Because we’ve already got a pile of desserts sitting around my mom’s house, I … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Mousse Ice Cream with Brownies

Posted on November 14, 2012 by sparecake

On Monday I made some healthy vegan brownies. They were gross, and were thrown out. I then made some normal vegan brownies, which were good but half of them ended up getting crushed. What to do when life gives you … Continue reading →

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Checkerboard Cookies

Posted on November 12, 2012 by sparecake

Last week I got The Daily Cookie, a new book by the lady that does Cookie Madness. (If you don’t follow her blog, check it out!) It’s pretty fabulous – a holiday or story for every day of the year, … Continue reading →

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GISHWHES

Posted on November 9, 2012 by sparecake

From last Tuesday through Monday night this week I took part in GISHWHES, the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen. It was fabulous and stressful and fun, but most of all it was time consuming. I cooked … Continue reading →

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Vegan Maple Brown Sugar Cookies

Posted on November 7, 2012 by sparecake

Whipped these up pretty quickly yesterday, and thought they were quite good! Definitely a handy one to have in the back of your mind for that day when you neeeed cookies but are out of milk or eggs or something. … Continue reading →

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Apricot Glazed Chicken

Posted on November 5, 2012 by sparecake

Here’s the chicken recipe that brought about that recent potato salad. They were a good combo, I thought! Ingredients: 2 chickens, cut into pieces One 12-ounce jar apricot preserves 1 tablespoon white vinegar 12 to 15 medium dried plums (prunes) … Continue reading →

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Butterfinger Bark

Posted on November 2, 2012 by sparecake

Here’s one I feel I should share right away so that you can go out tonight and grab some clearance candy corn on the way home tonight! Don’t worry if you hate candy corn, this actually tastes more Butterfinger-y than … Continue reading →

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Crunchy Mint Fudge

Posted on October 31, 2012 by sparecake

Every once in a while I’ll make something like Double Stuff Oreo Chocolate Chip Shortbread that uses up the Oreo filling but not the cookies. Five+ months later and it’s probably time to clear the bag of Oreo cookie’s out … Continue reading →

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