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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!

Apple Upside-Down Cake

Posted on October 21, 2011 by sparecake

The second recipe I made to help get rid of the huge bag of apples I brought back from NH was apple upside-down cake. I’m horrible at cutting evenly, but once you’ve got the apples prepped, this cake comes together … Continue reading →

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Cast Iron Cornbread

Posted on October 19, 2011 by sparecake

Currently at work there are 3 of us that work in a tiny, windowless room with no supervision. The work’s mind-numbing and easy, leaving plenty of free time for two of us to pressure the third, Jeremy, into making food … Continue reading →

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Apple Cheddar Coffee Cake

Posted on October 17, 2011 by sparecake

While I was home last week, I raided the orchard behind the house. My suitcase on the way back to DC weight about a million pounds, but it’s totally worth it to have some produce that’s not awful for a … Continue reading →

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Caramel Crunch Cheesecake

Posted on October 14, 2011 by sparecake

The last of the recipes I made from the Orville Redenbacher cookbook (after the cherry coffee cake and the chicken pot pie) requires Orville Redenbacher caramel corn. It’s kind of hard to find except at WalMart (whose site will tell … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Topsfield Edition

Posted on October 12, 2011 by sparecake

(Back with recipes when I get back to DC!)

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Chocolate Marshmallow Cake

Posted on October 10, 2011 by sparecake

This recipe is supposed to be baked in a 1 1/2 pint (3 1/3 cup) bowl, making a smallish rounded cake. I really wanted to make a jack-o-lantern cake for my birthday party, but needed party-sized, not small, so I … Continue reading →

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Two Easy Desserts

Posted on October 7, 2011 by sparecake

My birthday was recent-ish, and two of the desserts I made for the party were super simple. They both basically just require dumping things in a pot/bowl and stirring, with fabulous results. The first of the two recipes is chocolate … Continue reading →

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Chicken Popcorn Pie

Posted on October 5, 2011 by sparecake

This is the second of 3 recipes I’ll be making this fall from the Orville Redenbacher’s Popcorn Cookbook. (#1) It’s basically a chicken (or turkey, but I couldn’t find that at the store) pot pie with popcorn in the crust. … Continue reading →

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Peach Bread

Posted on October 3, 2011 by sparecake

As far as I can tell, it is still as of this writing decent peach season in DC supermarkets. Good thing, as I found this peach bread recipe that I bookmarked a few years ago, and wanted to check it … Continue reading →

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Cool Rise Bread

Posted on September 30, 2011 by sparecake

After several months of making the same bread over and over, I remembered that switching things up once in a while isn’t an awful idea. After looking at two cool rise bread recipes, I messed with them a fair amount … Continue reading →

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