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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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My love for blueberry breakfast treats goes all the way back to when I was a child. I wouldn’t say that blueberry muffins were on the menu every weekend morning, but along with chocolate chip pancakes, they were definitely breakfast goodies our mom would make fairly often. My brother, sister and I would often help [...]

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