Bake or Break

Thanksgiving Desserts

I am in the final preparation stages for the big day this week. I think I’ve decided on our desserts. In a departure from our traditional pecan pie, we’re having Pecan Pie Cheesecake because, well, I love pecan pie and I also love cheesecake. I’m also making an apple pie (specific recipe yet to be [...]

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Cinnamon Crown Cake

View more photos So, today is National Bundt Day. I’m still a bit unclear as to whether this day is for the cake or the pan, but I figure they’re a package deal. I do love a Bundt cake. I like that they are usually self-contained sweet satisfaction. There’s no icing to toil with making [...]

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New York and New Look

First of all, welcome to the re-vamped look of Bake or Break, or BoB as we call it around here. After almost a year and a half, it seemed like a little updating was overdue. We’re still tweaking a bit and adding a few more details, but hopefully the overhaul will be completely finished in [...]

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DMBLGIT October 2007: The Roundup

Finally, the time has come to see the best the food blogging community had to offer in the month of September. I received over one hundred lovely entries. There are so many beautiful pictures and talented bloggers out there! Before we get to the winners, though, let me tell you a bit about the five [...]

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Quinn’s Cream Cheese Muffins

View more photos A few years ago, Quinn came up with this recipe as a special treat for me. I love, love, love all things cream cheese. Somehow, the recipe got buried among the countless recipes I’ve collected. Then, the other morning, I woke up to find that Quinn had not only unearthed the recipe [...]

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Gianduja Mousse

View a printable recipe and more photos In the last year or so, I have definitely found my love for hazelnuts. Seriously, where have those been all my life? Of course, to optimize hazelnuts, there must be chocolate. When I found the recipe for this gianduja (apparently means Nutella) mousse in Food & Wine magazine, [...]

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