Category Archives: Dessert

Banana Beignets

Posted on December 5, 2011 by sparecake

I’ve had this recipe bookmarked for well over a year as a thing to make with Jon. He just moved to a new house with a nice big kitchen, and the time had come! They were super delicious – wish … Continue reading →

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Truffle Cake

Posted on December 2, 2011 by sparecake

The evening after Thanksgiving it became suddenly imperative to have truffle cake. I sent my roommates out for ice cream and headed to the kitchen. Luckily, I apparently always have massive amounts of chocolate on hand! Ingredients: 4 eggs, separated … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Chip Whopper Cookies

Posted on November 21, 2011 by sparecake

Last time I hung out with Ted to make white chocolate pretzel peanut butter cookies, we watched the first episode of Game of Thrones. We’ve got a lot more episodes to go, which basically means  a lot more cookies! These … 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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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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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 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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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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