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I came across 'Banana Cake VI' (Allrecipes has many) while looking for a dressed-up alternative to my usual dowdy, loaf-tin banana breads. The recipe was uploaded to Cakerecipe.com in 1999 by Cindy Carnes, a licensed nurse living in Iowa. It was a large, tray-bake-style banana cake with cream-cheese frosting and a preternaturally moist crumb-- a recipe given to Carnes by a friend she had gone to visit. Buttermilk and lemon juice add gentle acidity, sharpening the banana flavor and keeping the fr
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― All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now
― All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now
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Claire looked again at the ingredients Mrs. Clyde had brought, finally realizing it was only sugar, a torch, and a variety of topping choices. Not the ingredients to make a dessert, but to finish a dessert.
Which meant this treat had been planned out ahead of time, regardless of where the evening would have taken place.
No matter what the dessert actually tasted like, this was already the most deliciously sweet thing that had ever happened to her.
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― The Crime Brûlée Bake Off
― The Crime Brûlée Bake Off
...May 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013...
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Welcome to Sip and Bake Book Club! Join us as we learn new recipes, bake, and drink wine! Each s…more
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A compendium of the best bread-baking books, with comments and user reviews.
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