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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!

Tea Eggs

Posted on January 23, 2012 by sparecake

Happy Chinese New Year! Aspiring Bakers‘ theme for this month is Auspicious Dishes for CNY hosted by Wen of Wen’s Delight (details here), and a search for suitable recipes turned up Tea Eggs. I was curious and concerned in equal … Continue reading →

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Salted Caramel Butter Bars

Posted on January 20, 2012 by sparecake

Another episode of Game of Thrones watched, another dessert made at Ted’s. While making this we watched the fourth episode, which, ridiculously, was also how many sticks of butter goes into this dessert. We were actually going to cut the … Continue reading →

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Challah

Posted on January 18, 2012 by sparecake

Happy (??) internet blackout day type thing! If you need any info on SOPA and why it’s bad, Nedroid has my favorite post about it. Aaaanyways, on to food! If you’re a fan of french toast, knowing how to make … Continue reading →

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Chicken in Milk

Posted on January 16, 2012 by sparecake

First off, I just want to let you know that I finally spent a few bucks, and you can now get to this blog by going to sparecake.com. You no longer have to type in the wordpress bit, although it’s … Continue reading →

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Pomegranate Cream Cheese Bread

Posted on January 13, 2012 by sparecake

While I was home around New Year, my mom gave me Alton Brown’s Good Eats 3. It had a recipe for pomegranate syrup that got me thinking, which quickly lead to baking. As it turns out, I’m pretty sure I’m … Continue reading →

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Korean Meatballs with Quick Pickled Cucumbers

Posted on January 11, 2012 by sparecake

The theme this month for Aspiring Bakers is Reunion Dinner/Chinese New Year. While I technically made these closer to the January 1st New Year while I was at my mom’s, Google leads me to believe that they’d be an acceptable … Continue reading →

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Crockpot Oatmeal

Posted on January 9, 2012 by sparecake

This will be one of the worst photographed posts I ever put up, and for that I apologize, but…it’s really hard to hold a loaded crockpot in the middle of the kitchen where there’s light and still have a hand … Continue reading →

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Brown Sugar Cookies

Posted on January 6, 2012 by sparecake

This was one of the very first recipes I ever bookmarked on a food blog, and I keep coming back to it because it’s SO. DANG. GOOD. These are basically the only chocolate-less cookie I’ll ever make. They use brown … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Meringue Pie

Posted on January 4, 2012 by sparecake

I hear meringue pies can be hard, and have many common problems. I didn’t hear this until after I made this pie, though, and it was news to me! With this recipe, everything went smoothly, and I had no issues. … Continue reading →

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S’mores Cookies

Posted on January 2, 2012 by sparecake

Howdy from the Manchester airport. Here’re some cookies I made with Ted a twoish weeks ago. The second I saw the recipe, I knew we had to make it, and we very quickly did! Ingredients: 11 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened … Continue reading →

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