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The Power of No Flour

Posted in cake and cupcakes, chocolate, Holiday on Apr 8th, 2009

This was me, a few days ago. Actually, not me. More like that was an Apricot Chocolate Torte a few days ago. And before it had been finished, it looked like this…

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My Big Fat 90′s Cake Sketch

Posted in cake and cupcakes, marriage, sketchbook on Nov 15th, 2008

Homemade visuals normally get tossed into Drawing Board, but – it’s Saturday, and I’m much too lazy for a full-on post.  And it’s not like you’ll be cooking today or anything.  Surely on the weekend, reservations and wordless posts are best. Anyway, found within a stack and then another stack of dubious food-sketchbook archives, here [...]

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My Big Fat 90′s Wedding Cake

Posted in cake and cupcakes, Chicagoland, culinary school, marriage on Nov 13th, 2008

On our 15th anniversary, a look back at the most important cake I never made. ———– We’d insisted on a November wedding – autumn, crisp and comfortable – but now, standing in satin heels before a seated crowd at the Knickerbocker Hotel, I thought, what the hell does it matter what month it is, except [...]

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Tell Simmer: Carole Walter, cookbook author (and a great Pumpkin Cake)

Posted in cake and cupcakes, recipes, Tell Simmer on Oct 28th, 2008

Carole Walter is a master baker who’s written six major cookbooks and taught 25,000 students over 30 dedicated years. She’s known as a “seasoned, creative and accomplished baking and food professional specializing in American and European pies, cakes, cookies, pastries, desserts, and breads.”  So…with all that international acclaim, media love and a James Beard award-winning [...]

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Blueberry Pecan Brunch Cake

Posted in breakfast & brunch, cake and cupcakes, recipes on Oct 10th, 2008

Do you know what I’ve learned about blogging?  Never type a promise you can’t keep.  You know, like “read my lips” or in this case, “read my crumb cake.”  I dangled a crumb cake photo the other day – wait, here it is… …and giddily responding to comments – I am always giddy with the [...]

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