Bake or Break

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For the latest edition of Waiter There’s Something In My, the theme is layer cakes. Not being a fan of making layer cakes, I decided that this was my motivation to make one and contribute. I scoured many a recipe looking for a good candidate that would [...]

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Despite the title you’ve just read, I’d like to talk about ricotta cheesecake for a minute. One of my favorite places to eat in New York is Becco, and that is mostly because of their ricotta cheesecake. When Quinn asked what I wanted for dessert on my recent birthday, I really [...]

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This month marks Bake or Break’s first birthday! In this inaugural year, I’ve made 18 different kinds of cookies, 8 kinds of brownies, 13 cakes, and various other things totaling almost 100 different recipes. Thanks to everyone for reading my ramblings and sharing your comments. Now, on with the next [...]

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I find myself in the position of apologizing once again for my blogging absence. With work, travel, and selling our house, life here has been crazy at the very least. However, I am hoping to get back into the swing of things. I have many recipes and ideas that have [...]

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For Quinn’s recent birthday, I gave him a choice of celebratory cakes. He chose this cake, made in the spirit of one of our favorite things - tiramisu. Granted, my tiramisu making experiences are limited, but we both excel at eating it.
Don’t let the presence of a cake mix in the [...]

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When it comes to desserts, who better to trust than Paula Deen? She seems to be the queen of ignore-the- nutrition-facts-sweets. Why care how many calories in a piece of cake when it’s so, so good?
That being said, I do try to limit my use of [...]

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Every Christmas my grandmother made her famous rum cake. The thing I most remember about it, other than how incredibly good it was, was the process of getting the rum. We lived in a dry county, meaning there was nowhere to buy alcohol. Driving to the next county was [...]

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One of my co-workers asked me to make this cake for her Thanksgiving dinner, so I thought I might as well make one for our Thanksgiving dinner, too. After going through many, many recipes, I settled on this one at Southern Living.
Anti-coconut Quinn turned up his nose, but I soldiered on, knowing [...]

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I have a love/non-love relationship with Martha Stewart. (My mama never let me say “hate.”) It took me years to add the “love” part of that statement, and even now it’s tentative. I never liked watching her show, and I think it all stems from that. My mother [...]

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I really like Bundt cakes. If I’m making a cake, odds are it’s a Bundt. I think it comes from my poor frosting skills. I am so bad at that. Anyway, I came across this recipe the other day while browsing Nestle’s recipe site. It actually has one [...]

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