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Chocolate Buttermilk Quick Cake

I call this a “Quick Cake,” not because it is quick in the oven but because it is quick to mix together, and bakes up like a quick bread, like banana bread or zucchini bread. I have been searching for a good buttermilk chocol [...]

Posted On : Sep, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Chocolate Buttermilk Quick Cake

I call this a “Quick Cake,” not because it is quick in the oven but because it is quick to mix together, and bakes up like a quick bread, like banana bread or zucchini bread. I have been searching for a good buttermilk c [...]

Posted On : Sep, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Wedding receptions: With this meal, I thee wed

For some, the elegance of a wedding is in the details of the décor: Antique lace overlays and sashes on gold chiavari chairs, place cards with stylized calligraphy, floral arrangements dripping with tea light candles and crystal p [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

When you need a drop-dead chocolate cake

This is a handsome and delicious chocolate cake that Holly Safford of The Catered Affair gave me when I was editing "The New Boston Globe Cookbook" last year. I made it several times when she sent me the recipe, and then moved [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Chocolate cookies get a spark from crystallized ginger

The sudden change in weather, from sunny and warm to cool, wet and dreary, put me in the mood to start “cleaning out.” You know, cleaning out my clothes closet, cleaning out the refrigerator and cleaning out the kitchen pantr [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Spicy, Rich Mexican Chocolate Cake

When we went on yet another road trip over Labor Day I was once again faced with the challenge of finding a fish sitter. Eddy, our beloved Beta fish, doesn’t travel well and is happier when we leave him behind. To secure a comforta [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Chocolate cookies get a spark from crystallized ginger

You know, cleaning out my clothes closet, cleaning out the refrigerator and cleaning out the kitchen pantry. I uncovered all kinds of things I had forgotten about. A flat plastic box of crystallized ginger was hidden way in the back of a [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Recipe: Chocolate peanut butter cheesecake

I feel a bit less apologetic for the overindulgent vulgarity that is this cheesecake here, since I’ve established my bona fides with many cheesecakes before now. But, really, why should I be sorry? You won’t be once you&rsquo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Chocolate White-Chip Cookies

Chocolate White-Chip Cookies: 1 1/2     cups flour 1/2     teaspoon baking soda 1/2     teaspoon salt 1/2     cup (1 stick) butter, cut up 12     ounces s [...]

Posted On : Sep, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Recipes Of Whoopie

Recipes Of Whoopie: After years of cupcake fever, there's a new contender for the title of hot new dessert: The whoopie pie – two discs of soft chocolate cake filled with all sorts of exotica, from marshmallow fluff to pumpkin [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

National Cheesecake Day! Eat Up, Then Do This

 Did you know it's National Cheesecake Day? And it's Friday. Two perfect excuses for a treat. If you want to indulge, here are some suggestions about how to work off those, oh, 500 CALORIES! That's right, a single slice [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe

I followed the recipe for this Vegan Chocolate Cake from this link here.  This website AllRecipes is a power house for recipes and baking ideas. To get ideas and variations one needs to sift through the comments and gather informati [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2010 | Comments : 0