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Simple. Pretty. Delicious. That pretty much describes this recipe. And isn’t that what you want in a pound cake?

Simple: It’s very easy to make. Especially if you aren’t using the vanilla beans (I used vanilla extract).
Pretty: You don’t need fancy garnishes. Just a simple syrup wash will do. I made a rum-flavored whip cream, but [...]

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Here’s an interesting take on banana bread…and when I say “interesting,” I don’t mean it in a bad way at all. I say it’s interesting because it’s made with teff flour—a whole grain very high in fiber, iron and protein.
Teff isn’t used widely in the United States—I mostly associate it with Ethiopian food, as it’s the [...]

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Sweet and salty…if you like that combination, you’ll enjoy these mini cupcakes. I certainly did! Deep, rich, moist chocolate cupcake topped with a generous slather of buttery, salty caramel frosting…mmmm.
Now, this isn’t for everyone, mind you. The frosting can be pretty salty for some, although it is possible to adjust how much salt you actually [...]

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My sister came to visit a few weekends ago. We’d talked for weeks about what to bake when we got together. She wanted to try a lemon tea cake, as a sort of dress rehearsal for the dessert she wants to make for the baby shower she and my mom are throwing me. I wanted to try making an [...]

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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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