Bake or Break

Adventures of an amateur baker

Entries Tagged as 'cakes'

Chocolate Chip Almond Cake

September 22nd, 2006 · 5 Comments

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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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Marbled Chocolate Bundt Cake

September 5th, 2006 · 12 Comments

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Yesterday, I gave away everything related to dessert that I had on hand. So, Quinn was quick to point out that I needed to bake something today. I looked through recipe after recipe and could find no inspiration. Finally, the hour was getting late and I [...]

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Cream Cheese Pound Cake

August 13th, 2006 · 9 Comments

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A few weeks ago, I was on a frantic mission to buy a new tube pan for a recipe I wanted to make. I mean, I had to have this pan. So, I found the one I wanted, bought it, and brought it home. The trouble [...]

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Chocolate Chunk Pecan Crunch Cake

July 14th, 2006 · 1 Comment

While staring at my cookbook collection hoping for inspiration to strike, I spied a cookbook on the top shelf that caught my eye. I probably have 100 or so cookbooks, so it’s easy for one to get lost. The one that I pulled down was Chocolate by Nick Malgieri. After looking through [...]

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Brownie Pudding Cake

June 28th, 2006 · No Comments

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Every trip to the bookstore begins with a perusal of the cooking section. I am generally very well disciplined and resist buying anything. Sometimes, though, I am not so strong. So, as you can probably guess, I have a new cookbook, Better Homes & Gardens New Baking Book. [...]

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Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake

June 19th, 2006 · 1 Comment

This recipe is such a wonderfully easy made-from-scratch cake. I tend to be reluctant to make cakes in 9×13 pans, just for aesthetic reasons, but this sounded so good I had to try it. The title doesn’t really give away much about this cake. It is a wonderfully rich, moist chocolate cake [...]

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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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