Bake or Break

Apple Spice Cake

View a printable recipe or more photos To me, few things scream, "Fall!" as much as baking with apples. We have been sitting on the fence here between fall and winter. Some days are scarf-worthy, while others are not even jacket-worthy. On a fall-like day, I decided to slice up some apples and make this cake that I've had bookmarked for a while. Of course, what are apples without cinnamon? And just to make it even more fantastic, let's throw in a little caramel, too. Seriously, this is fall in a cake.

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Pecan Upside-Down Cake

View a printable recipe or more photos As soon as I saw this recipe in Taste of the South, I knew that it would make an appearance on this year's Thanksgiving table. It has two big things going for it - pecans and simplicity.

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Chocolate-Caramel Bars

View a printable recipe or more photos For those of you still keeping tabs on BoB, don't give up on me. I have not been able to bake and post with the frequency I'd like. I hope to remedy that as best I can. Happy holidays, everyone! These days, I'm all about quick and easy. The time of all-day baking sprees has passed. I take what baking time I can get. This recipe is a perfect example of making the most of very little time and few ingredients.

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Chocolate Salted-Caramel Mini Cupcakes

View a printable recipe or more photos I could begin this post by apologizing for my blogging absence and giving you all the reasons that I've been on an unplanned hiatus, but after getting a good look at these cupcakes I'm sure you'd rather I get right to the business at hand. Chocolate cupcakes + salted caramel = incredibly good!

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Caramel Apple Pear Cobbler

View a printable recipe or more photos I'm a bit ashamed to tell you that I baked all kinds of things during the holidays that I have yet to share with all of you. I realize that November and December are long gone, and now January is almost over. But, I figure this is a good case of "better late than never."

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Sweet and Salty Cake

View a printable recipe or more photos After only a few seconds perusing its pages at the bookstore several weeks ago, I fell in baking love with Baked, which is brought to us by the bakery of the same name in Brooklyn. I brought it home, poured over its recipes, and marked more than a few as "must-bake." Fast forward to a few days before Thanksgiving, when I was having a very hard time decided what to make in the chocolate category for our dinner. Suddenly, I remembered this cake and became very excited about making it.

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