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Chocolate Orange Shortbread

As I work on my State Fair Baking plan, I’ll need to decide which categories are worth entering. I think I can make a great shortbread, but… can’t a lot of people? How do you stand out in a category where the the basic form of the recipe has three ingredients? It’s butter, flour, and…

Orange Chocolate Scones

My strategy for coming up with State Fair baking ideas was to pour over the list of options and pick categories that I think won’t be too overrun, and that I know how to bake for. Then I made a list of flavor combinations that I like. And now… it’s just about pairing those ideas…

Doan’s Bakery Coconut Cake

Every December for the past few years, I feel like I hear a lot about the “Tom Cruise Cake.” It’s a cake that Tom Cruise sends to probably 100 of his closest celebrity friends every holiday season. It’s apparently a big honor to be on the Cake List. I’ve even started hearing about it throughout…

Half-Batch Blueberry Coffee Cake

One thing about my Dad is that if there is a coffee cake offered at a breakfast establishment, we are going to be ordering a slice for the table. And one thing about me is that I will not complain! I think coffee cake is somewhat underrated. Or maybe it’s just me who forgets about…

Citrus Olive Oil Cake with Brown Butter Frosting

I’ve been meaning to make this cake for probably about a year now. It popped up on my feed last year and it just sounded too good not to make. I figured, after a year of having it on my list, a new job is as good a reason as any to finally make it!…

Simple No Churn Lemon Ice Cream

I’ve made a few versions of this No Churn Ice Cream before – root beer float, savannah buttermint, and orange chocolate flavored – and it’s usually annoying because I buy cream cheese for it and then have 6 ounces leftover. But I recently made a cream cheese glaze for some carrot cake and had 2…

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