Category Archives: Dessert

Soft Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookies

Posted on April 20, 2015 by sparecake

In a bid to use up the chocolate peanut butter spread from the baked french toast in any way other than via a spoon, I made some cookies recently! They’re nice and soft, not hard and dry as so many … Continue reading →

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Salted Caramel Bundt Cake

Posted on March 30, 2015 by sparecake

After all the fear about baking at elevation, the first real thing I made with risk of collapse came out pretty perfect! This is a nice dense bundt, and while it’s sweet, it’s not too sweet. It might be nice … Continue reading →

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Thousand Dollar Bars

Posted on March 23, 2015 by sparecake

Depending on how you cut and coat these bars, you can either have chocolate-y, caramel-y squares, or an extra crisp Twix. Either way, it’s always going to be a good flavor combo! Ingredients: Shortbread: 1 cup salted butter, at room … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Trifle

Posted on March 16, 2015 by sparecake

A simple way to make an elaborate feeling dessert, trifles are just layers of delicious that don’t have to be super precise. This particular one uses brownies, and in this case box mix brownies are fine – because they are … Continue reading →

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Pear Brown Butter Bars

Posted on March 9, 2015 by sparecake

This is a recipe I’ve had bookmarked for years, but always thought was just a bit too time consuming. Now that I’m working back from dead simple to more complex baked goods, this seemed a good recipe for the ‘simple’ … Continue reading →

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Black and White Puppy Chow and Another Move

Posted on March 4, 2015 by sparecake

I know when the food blogs I follow have 100 paragraphs about what they’ve done that week, I tend to skim straight to the recipe, but I’ve moved again, and it’s going to have an impact on the blog worth … Continue reading →

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Vegan/Gluten-Free Thin Mints

Posted on February 25, 2015 by sparecake

Last week (right? already lost track of time) I had a chance to see my friend Mary Kate, of Surviving the Food Allergy Apocalypse. In a rare move, we made cookies instead of getting Mexican. We combined recipes from two … Continue reading →

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Monster Cookie Dough Dip

Posted on February 23, 2015 by sparecake

A quick dessert to whip up, this makes enough (really delicious) dip that it’s probably for the best to make it before having a bunch of friends over, rather than sitting home alone with the bowl and some Netflix… The … Continue reading →

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Buffalo Turkey Meatloaf

Posted on February 16, 2015 by sparecake

A few weeks ago I made a long overdue trip to visit some friends in New York. We made this meatloaf that, while slightly sloppy, was really super delicious and worth trying! We cooked it with some vegetables, so there … Continue reading →

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Cranberry Crumble

Posted on February 9, 2015 by sparecake

I’m moving to Wyoming soon, but before I left DC I went to one last Battlestar Galactica potluck. We did a Wyoming theme, which mostly turned out to mean Bison meat and recipes from a Native American cookbook. This was … Continue reading →

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