Category Archives: Dessert

Caramel Twists

Posted on April 1, 2020 by sparecake

Basically a fancy, crisp, brown sugar/cinnamon-y breadstick, in a way? These require starting the dough the day before, so start today to have dessert to snack on all day tomorrow! (Time means nothing these days, all foods at all times, … Continue reading →

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Brown Butter Cinnamon Crinkle Cookies

Posted on March 25, 2020 by sparecake

Tasty little cookies, different than the traditional crinkle cookies. This dough requires refrigerating to get to a texture you can roll into balls, and after getting them rolled and covered in powdered sugar I threw them in the freezer to … Continue reading →

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Salted Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Posted on March 11, 2020 by sparecake

These cookies use tahini as a replacement for peanut butter to provide a more ‘grown up’ flavor that at first may seem just a bit odd, but quickly becomes a new favorite. The recipe calls for freezing the dough before … Continue reading →

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Orange Marmalade Cake

Posted on February 26, 2020 by sparecake

A lightly orange cake with a firm outside, and a very orangey, custardy topping. Unlike last week’s cake recipe from a ’70s cookbook, this one’s from a ’30s cookbook, called, amusingly enough at this point, The New Art of Modern … Continue reading →

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Sweetheart Party Cake

Posted on February 19, 2020 by sparecake

A summery-feeling cake, this one would be ideal at a backyard lunch, but was also delicious at a gross wintery night gathering as well. It uses gelatin, which may sound weird but works to let you add the juice that … Continue reading →

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Churro Bars

Posted on February 5, 2020 by sparecake

The blog where I first saw this recipe called it churro brownies, but can something without chocolate count as a brownie?? I’m not convinced. This is its own tasty cinnamon-y thing, no need to add confusion! Ingredients: 8 tablespoons unsalted … Continue reading →

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Sopapilla Cheesecake

Posted on January 29, 2020 by sparecake

A tasty honey/cinnamon mess that comes together easily and wins over even the skeptical! Ingredients: 2 8 ounce packages of cream cheese, room temperature 1 3/4 cups sugar, divided 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (Mexican vanilla if you’ve got it) 2 … Continue reading →

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Oreo Cheesecake

Posted on January 22, 2020 by sparecake

This cheesecake’s lighter than expected, while still being rich, creamy, and delicious. It’s also…enormous. Nearly comes to the top of a 9″ springform! I think you could do this in a 10″ and even have enough crust to not need … Continue reading →

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Brown Butter Pie

Posted on January 15, 2020 by sparecake

Somehow after a year and a half I’ve noticed that my library has a monthly cookbook potluck thing, where everyone makes a dish from the same cookbook and brings it. This month’s book was Bring It, a potluck-focused book. This … Continue reading →

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Kentucky Butter Cake

Posted on January 1, 2020 by sparecake

This is a super simple cake with fancy-cake flavor. It’s kind of surprisingly filling, if you somehow eat a slice for breakfast, and has a crispy sugar layer that’s hard to resist! Ingredients: Cake: 1 cup butter, room temperature and … Continue reading →

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