Reine de Saba (Queen of Sheba)

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

If you've been anywhere near the food blogging world recently, then you know that today is Julia Child's 100th birthday. PBS has been posting chefs' and bloggers' tributes (including mine) to her for the last few weeks. And, for the last 10 days, many bloggers have been participating in #CookForJulia by making one of her recipes. I decided rather quickly that I wanted to make this cake for the big event. I wanted to make a couple of changes and worried for about half a second that it would be wrong to do that. But, this is Julia we're talking about! Julia, who once said that with cooking you have to have a what-the-hell attitude, would surely be fine with my taking some recipe liberties.

Simple Blueberry Cake

Monday, August 6, 2012

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My dear baking friends, I'm hoping you were intrigued and excited by the word "simple" in the title of this recipe. I can't express to you how pleased I am to have this recipe in my arsenal. It is such a perfect way to make use of summer fruit that I know it will make many repeat appearances on my table for many summers to come.

Lemon Poke Cake

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

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If you're unfamiliar with the idea, a poke cake is a simple, yet genius concept. After baking a yellow or white cake, holes are poked over the top. Then, the cake is covered with some mixture that will then seep down into those freshly-poked holes. After some refrigerator time, the cake is frosted.

Cherry-Vanilla Yogurt Cake

Monday, July 23, 2012

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I became very excited when cherries started appearing at our local markets a few weeks ago. It's exciting because, well, they're cherries! Also, the arrival of stone fruits mean that summer has peaked. (Come on, fall!) Anyway, I recently spotted some beautiful ones and snatched them up to bake as many things as I could imagine while I can.

Black Cherry Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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Despite how frequently I bake, my saved and bookmarked recipes to try keeps getting more and more ridiculous. I shudder to think how long it would take me to try them all, even if I stopped collecting them right now. There are some recipes I've had for years that shuffle up and down my to-bake list but somehow never get made. Until today, this was one of those recipes.

Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Strawberry-White Chocolate Sauce

Saturday, May 26, 2012

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I've never been a huge fan of pound cake. I like it just fine and definitely wouldn't turn down a slice. (Although, when given a choice, I'll go chocolate just about every time.) But, in the case of this one, there's pound cake and then there's pound cake.

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