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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!

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Posted on November 13, 2011 by sparecake

Well hey now. I’ve been noticing over the last week that I’m edging pretty close to 100 posts, and I figured that if I’m ever going to set up an index for this blog, I had better do it before … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Orange Ravioli

Posted on November 11, 2011 by sparecake

The Jamie Oliver book I got the other week mentioned that you can make pasta from pretty much any liquid and flour. I liked the idea, and immediately started thinking of dessert pastas. Brilliant! Ingredients: 13.5 ounces all-purpose flour 1 … Continue reading →

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Yeasted Thanksgiving Corn Bread with Cranberries

Posted on November 9, 2011 by sparecake

Several weeks ago I had lunch with my grandfather’s cousin. She gave me Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, which is pretty cool! This is the first bread I made from it, based on the broa, a Portuguese corn … Continue reading →

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Frozen Custard

Posted on November 7, 2011 by sparecake

I just got a Jamie Oliver cookbook and I’m totally excited about a ton of it. After making the cranberry bundt I posted last week, I had a bunch of egg yolks left over and custard seemed like a good … Continue reading →

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Olive Oil Cranberry Bundt

Posted on November 4, 2011 by sparecake

November 15th is National Bundt Day! Leading up to that, the Food Librarian has been posting a bundt a day since October 15th. She’s also going to send an ‘I Like Big Bundts’ pin to everyone who makes a bundt … Continue reading →

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White Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookies

Posted on November 2, 2011 by sparecake

For those of you that aren’t huge fans of white chocolate: don’t give up on these! Ted, who I made the cookies with, and Jeremy, the coworker who brought in the cast iron cornbread, both claimed to hate white chocolate, … Continue reading →

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Sloppy Joes

Posted on October 31, 2011 by sparecake

First non-apple post in ages, and I forgot to put it up this morning! I got this recipe from Cooking Light, where it was written kind of stupidly. Once you get around that, though, it is actually a tasty recipe, … Continue reading →

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Apple Danish

Posted on October 28, 2011 by sparecake

I had some ups and downs with this recipe (I MASSIVELY screwed up the dough at first due to lack of adequate recipe reading), but in the end it was so good I would have been very happy with it … Continue reading →

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Paper Bag Apple Pie

Posted on October 26, 2011 by sparecake

While I am getting towards the bottom of my giant bag of apples from NH, there’re still enough for a few more recipes, including this one, an apple pie you bake in a bag. I’ve never been super confident when … Continue reading →

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Apple Cheddar Pierogies

Posted on October 24, 2011 by sparecake

Apple cheddar everything is pretty much my life right now. Such a good combo! I’ve always liked the Mrs. T’s potato and cheddar pierogies, but thought adding apple might be even better. I’d say it was! The filling was tasty, and I … Continue reading →

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