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Brown Butter Honey Banana Cake with Whipped Honey Buttercream Frosting

Some days require cake, regardless of special occasions. Fancy cake, plain cake, frosted, unfrosted, cupcakes, layer cakes, sheet cakes… Cake. I’ve struggled with food in the past — counting calories religiously, limiting myself with numbers and quantities. Worrying about where … Continue reading

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Clementine Upside-Down Cake

What do you do with five — or ten — pounds of clementines? First you eat them. Six at a time. Every hour. Until you decide that you’re in fact hungry for something more substantial. When you have a house … Continue reading

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Banana Pudding

Until I met my husband and mother-in-law, I didn’t know what a banana pudding was. I envisioned something like vanilla pudding with bananas thrown in, or something similar to the chocolate pudding my mom would make when we had a … Continue reading

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Lemon Vanilla Cupcakes

It’s June?! How did this happen? Summer vacation starts tomorrow. Tomorrow I am officially closer to 30 than 20. The last few weeks have been spent in and out of town, running around like a madwoman, readying myself for the … Continue reading

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Homemade Chai Tea

I admit it. I am a coffee-drinker. In the morning, I’d prefer coffee over tea almost 98.99% of the time.  However, I also love a good cup of chai. Atlas Tea Club helped me to get different kinds of experience … Continue reading

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