Bake or Break

Adventures of an amateur baker

Entries from June 2006

Cinnamon Sugar Biscuits

June 10th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Breakfast baking may be my favorite. That may be because I get to do it so seldom. I’m not exactly a morning person, so it’s not likely that I would get up early enough to bake before going off to work.
Today, however, I have nowhere to go and nothing to do. So, [...]

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Tags: biscuits

Amaretto Cake

June 9th, 2006 · 3 Comments

While browsing AllRecipes, I found this recipe for an amaretto bundt cake that starts with a boxed yellow cake mix. Apparently, over 150 people think it is good enough to warrant a five star rating, so I had to try it myself.
I think cake mixes are wonderful. I used to be opposed to them, thinking [...]

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Tags: cakes

Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies

June 7th, 2006 · 3 Comments

When I saw this recipe, I knew I couldn’t resist. Three chocolate layers? Come on. Plus, it has two of my absolute favorite things: chocolate and cream cheese. So, I dove right in and tried them out.
The filing was very easy. I do wish that I’d had some really good chocolate, though. I settled for [...]

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Tags: bars · brownies · chocolate

Cocoa Macadamia Nut Sandies

June 5th, 2006 · 1 Comment

I came across this recipe while looking for something quick and chocolate. Seemed easy enough. Every once in a while it’s nice to have those recipes where you just dump everything in your mixer and turn it on.
When rolling the dough into balls, I found it best to do so as quickly as possible. The [...]

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Tags: chocolate · cookies

Lemon Bread

June 2nd, 2006 · 2 Comments

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I really like lemon-flavored foods, but rarely make them. In fact, I can’t remember ever making anything lemon-y. With that in mind, I decided today to remedy that, using a recipe from King Arthur Flour.

This proved to be a pretty straightforward recipe. It followed what Alton Brown and one of his [...]

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Tags: quick breads