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Summer Fruit Cake ~YOUR WAY #baketogether

Thumbnail image for 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. [...]

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Cranberry Upside Downer & Ice Cream

Thumbnail image for Cranberry Upside Downer & Ice Cream March 17, 2011

I’ve been making ice creams for the past 10 days.. and boy, have I been having fun. You see,  I have history with ice cream and it’s a long, long love-affair-kinda-history. And in keeping with the love-affair angle, I have a big, dark secret when it comes to the frozen creamy stuff… When I was [...]

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The Empowered Scone

Empowered scone November 10, 2010

I love scones ~ tender, buttery, easy to make. These babies make for a perfect breakfast, lunch box treat or teatime snack. And, while I have a number of different types of scone recipes ~ Maple Sugar and Espresso – chocolate come to mind ~ this recipe – this one right here – is my [...]

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