Cake

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Lemon Cake Pops Recipe + Babycakes Cake Pop Maker Giveaway

June 27, 2011

Last week I posted a guest post from my mother that featured a really awesome cheesecake recipe as well as some memories of her late brother, who I unfortunately never had the chance to meet. Because she was so grateful for and touched by your comments, she insisted that we thank you with a giveaway. [...]

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A Family Recipe: Glenn’s Cheesecake

June 21, 2011

As if I needed an excuse to make a cheesecake, my mother sent me an email this past weekend asking if she could write a guest post on In Good Taste. Since the recipe she wanted to share is so-good-it-should-be-illegal good, I obliged (among other reasons). I did a little baking yesterday and snapped some [...]

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Easy Dessert: Mixed Berry Shortcake with Mascarpone Whipped Cream

June 9, 2011

It’s a sad reality that when I have parties, dessert is often forgotten. No matter how much time I spend preparing a tart, cake or crumble it is inevitably overshadowed by the savory dishes, the cocktail table or my never-empty wine rack (really, if I had a dollar for every time someone said “how come [...]

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Olive Oil Lemon Cake

May 8, 2011

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I don’t know exactly who “they” are and I certainly don’t have a thousand words to say about this picture. What the pictures in this post do say is that a) olive oil is a highly underrated ingredient in cakes and b) I had a difficult [...]

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Recipes for One: Valentine’s Day Edition [Chocolate Cake for One]

February 14, 2011

Whether you’re spending Valentine’s Day solo or want to surprise your best friend, relative or significant other with a little something on the fly, you should bake a chocolate cake. I’m not talking about a serious chocolate cake with frosting and layers and ganache and all that. I’m talking about a single-serving cake that takes [...]

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classic tarte tatin

Classic Tarte Tatin

December 6, 2010

If you need a dessert for a holiday party but are tired of cakes, pies and even those once-revered little cupcakes, try a tart that will make you feel like a kid in a candy store tasting your first caramel apple. Baked upside down, tarte tatin began in 1889 as a mistake, when hotelier Stéphanie [...]

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peanut butter banana bread

Is Banana Bread Bad for You? (Peanut Butter Banana Bread Recipe)

October 23, 2010

The question: is banana bread bad for you? is what brings a lot of readers to this site, according to my good friends at Google Analytics. The answer: of course not. Now, I’m not saying that banana bread is health food, but that everything in moderation is A-OK. I mean, think about it. Broccoli is [...]

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cinnamon streusel coffee cake

People Like Cake: Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

May 20, 2010

People like cake. Now, I’m more of a cookie-and-brownie person myself, but even I understand that there’s a reason why we have birthday cake and not birthday brownies or birthday pie. People like cake. There are all kinds of cakes out there – celebration cakes, breakfast cakes – and my personal favorite, ice cream cake [...]

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Pecan-Cardamom Pound Cake

Pecan-Cardamom Pound Cake (or Chai Spiced Pound Cake)

April 27, 2010

In the beginning of 2009 I made a New Year’s food resolution to bake something with cardamom. Truth be told, I didn’t even know what it was when I made that resolution over a year ago – I knew it belonged on the spice rack and I just liked the word cardamom. Cardamom refers to [...]

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sour cream blueberry torte

A Summer Dessert: Blueberry Sour Cream Torte

April 6, 2010

For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be perfect. This was never a conscious decision; but rather one that I recognize looking back on my habits from years ago. Whenever I took notes in class, I would sometimes start them two, three times, ripping each sheet of paper from my notebook to [...]

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gingerbread cake

Holiday Dessert Recipe: Gingerbread Cake

December 20, 2009

The first time I ever made gingerbread cookies from scratch was during my senior year of college. The day after finals, before leaving for semester break, I gathered a handful of recipes, jotted onto cards and set to an afternoon filled with baking at my friend Alison’s apartment. It’s a day I remember clearly, but [...]

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orange almond yogurt cake

Perfect Portion Control: Orange-Almond Yogurt Cake

November 11, 2009

Since I began training for the Couch to 5K running program with Joy and Denise, I’ve been motivated to also adapt to healthier diet. Three years ago I lost a considerable amount of weight only to promptly gain 110% of it back. When I was dieting, I ate a lot of fake food: processed cheese [...]

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Parents as Facebook Friends: Raspberry Breakfast Cake Recipe

October 6, 2009

Ever since I started blogging, my mother has taken an invested interest in the Internet. Even though computers have been around for quite some time, I’m sure I’m not the only person from my generation whose parents are…well, how should I say this, less than tech-savvy? In high school, I taught my parents how to [...]

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Homemade Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

May 19, 2009

I’m a strong supporter of the expression “time flies when you’re having fun.” A lengthy car ride can be excruciating yet a week of beachside vacation seems to be over as quickly as you can blink. This past weekend, my younger brother graduated college. I’m not especially weepy about the event in and of itself [...]

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The Pioneer Woman’s Grandma Iny’s Prune Cake

April 19, 2009

Last time I baked in my mother’s kitchen, I had to make a last minute dash to the grocery store – quickly – because she was out of flour and sugar. My mother does a lot of things wonderfully and with enthusiasm, however, baking is not usually one of those things. So you can imagine [...]

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Chocolat: My Favorite Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe

November 30, 2008

I’ve read about chocolate cakes before that claim to be “better than sex.” And I’ve thought, “Seriously? Apples and Oranges, people.” But I think I found a chocolate cake that would easily fit the category because it’s better than just about anything. Apples, oranges – you name it. Winner, hands down. This cake is super [...]

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Old-Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake

October 2, 2008

Are you sick of apples yet? Well, shockingly enough, I’m still going strong. The Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, NY is known for its creative vegetarian cooking. I’ve had delicious meals there, but after tasting the best brownie I’d ever eaten (well, close tie between this one and Fat Witch) I knew that I couldn’t leave [...]

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