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I’m back! And what a week to join in on the fun!
I loved this bread. I think chocolate and bananas are such a winning combination. Usually, I have ripe bananas waiting for me in the freezer, but I must have used all of them because I couldn’t find any. So I purposefully bought a bunch [...]

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Happy New Year!
Wow…it has been way too long since I last posted. Why have I been away for so long?
Well, for about nine weeks straight, I had absolutely NO desire to step into the kitchen. I also had an incredible aversion to sweets of any kind. Can you believe it? Me? An aversion to sweets? [...]

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It’s true—banana Bundt cakes are classic. I agree with Dorie Greenspan on that one. Growing up, my mom would make a Hummingbird Cake (banana and crushed pineapple) in that classic Bundt pan. It was her go-to cake for every occasion… although as children, we longed only for a boxed cake mix cake, with frosting straight [...]

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No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. Dorie’s recipe for Cinnamon Squares was easily adaptable to convert into cupcakes. Instead of baking these in a square pan, I wanted to make individual treats. The result: Sweet, very cinnamon-y cupcakes slathered with chocolate ganache frosting on top and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar… yum!

We had a Memorial Day BBQ to go [...]

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This recipe couldn’t have come at a better time. My parents live across the country from us, and I had wanted to send my mother something yummy for Mother’s Day. And hey, my mother adores mangos! It’s her favorite fruit of all time. My family traveled a lot when we were growing up, and whenever [...]

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