When I first started baking by myself, at the ripe age of 12, Snickerdoodles frustrated me to no end. No matter how many batches I made, I could never get them right. Even worse, I had a friend at school who made the most perfect Snickerdoodles you’d ever taste. So not only were mine ending up tasting like cardboard, burnt,…
This mug cake took me 8 tries to get right. That’s right. For the past three days I have stood in my kitchen dirtying just about every mug we own to try to create the perfect chocolate mug cake. And it was no picnic, let me tell you. Not because I had to taste-test all eight, no…
I’ve learned so much between the time I started this blog (June last summer) and now. For instance, I learned that having a blog means a lot of time and commitment. As you can see, just by looking at my archives, I started off last summer with a bang for the first two posts… and after that…
I’ve recently discovered Bell Plantation’s infamous PB2 and boy, let me tell you, I am in love. PB2 is basically powdered peanut butter. Don’t go running away screaming just yet, I know “powdered” sounds a little strange next to “peanut butter”. But if you tried it, believe me, you would be just as in love with…
Personally, a double chocolate ganache cake just isn’t appealing to me during the spring and summer. The thought of scarfing down a rich, gooey slice of chocolate cake when it’s 80°F out and I’m covered in a sheen of sweat doesn’t really make me warm and fuzzy inside. Well, it does, but not in the good…
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