Abby Dodge — Baking the World a Better Place One Recipe at a Time

R’October Coffee Cake ~ YOUR way

November 4, 2011

My October Rocked with thanks in no small part to all these fab #baketogether coffee cakes. We had 20 + of us baking away in our virtual kitchen this month and the ovens were cranking out warm, variations of my spiced cake. While fruit themes ruled in this month’s #baketogether , there were many other [...]

Read the full article →

Brown Butter Pop Tarts 4 #PiePartyLive

October 21, 2011

I’ve been working like a baking maniac towards the new book’s deadline and I haven’t had much, if any, time to bake for my friends and family. This always makes me a little sad. No. It makes me very, very sad. Thankfully my friends Ken at HungryRabbitNYC and Jackie at DivathateatNY came up with a [...]

Read the full article →

R’ock-tober #baketogether ~ Classic Spiced Sour Cream Coffee Cake YOUR way

October 5, 2011

September was a rocky month for me – one filled with too many downs and not enough ups. So, I’m looking towards October for a fresh start and I’m in the mood for some old fashioned, comfort food. For me, that means I dust off my recipe box from yester-year (yes, I really still have [...]

Read the full article →

#Irene Cookie #baketogether ~A Round UP

October 3, 2011

Thanks again to Barb from Creative Culinary for saving my #baketogether butt by “guest posting” for me as I battled Hurricane Irene. As you heard, #Irene got the better of my electricity for 6 days and, I’ll admit, she also got the better of my sanity for those last couple of days. We are all [...]

Read the full article →

I wish I could stay this way forever

September 9, 2011

It’s been a long summer.. Sadly the summer “sighing” continues. No. That’s not close to being accurate. Incredibly, the summer sighing took a turn for the worse these past weeks. Irene came to visit, even though she wasn’t invited and, like many uninvited guests, overstayed her welcome by keeping us without power for 6 full [...]

Read the full article →

#BakeTogether ~ Summer Cake YOUR WAY Round-up and A New Challenge

September 3, 2011

I hope you’ve all been enjoying your summer and the extended period for our Summer Cake with Fruit for #BakeTogether. I know you’ve had a blast spending time with your family and friends. I know I have. I hope you had a chance to read about our trip with our daughter in her efforts to [...]

Read the full article →

T’s Ride ~ Kicking Cancer’s Ass One Mile at a Time

August 20, 2011

There’s no better way to begin this post than with my daughter’s own words of thanks and memories from her PMC ride that she told you about here. And please take a moment to watch the short videos that T included.. Especially Mike McCreesh’s.. powerful and explains “‘why T rides” and why everyone that can [...]

Read the full article →

A Birthday Wish & Sighing

August 17, 2011

Today is my birthday and, like all true Leo’s, I love to bask in the day and in the warm light of all the birthday greetings. But not today. Today feels different. Today is different. Today, I’m thinking not about whether there will be cake (that I didn’t make) or if there will be a [...]

Read the full article →

#baketogether ~ Strawberry Sorbet Takes a Journey

August 1, 2011

Heading into August seems like the perfect time to round up all the FAB #baketogether ~ Sorbet YOUR WAY posts. This will give us all cooling inspiration for what’s always the hottest month of the year.. Maybe we can all take refuge in each others frozen wonders.. and may the fans and ACs keep on [...]

Read the full article →

Summer Fruit Cake ~YOUR WAY #baketogether

July 14, 2011

#baketogether decision time.. This was an easy one. Let’s make a single layer cake that highlights summer’s best fruit. This recipe is about as straight-forward as a cake can get – no fancy ingredients (unless YOU want ‘em), a simple preparation and the presentation is as casual or fancy as you want to make it. [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →