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Buttermilk Cookies with Nutmeg and Thyme: #CreativeCookies; Review of Victuals

March 21, 2017 By Laura 6 Comments

Buttermilk Cookies with Nutmeg and Thyme

Buttermilk Cookies with Nutmeg and Thyme are the perfect afternoon, tea time snack, whether served with coffee, tea or milk. A copy of Victuals was provided to me by the publisher for the purpose of an honest review. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. People I am in love…. 

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Filed Under: Appalachian (mountain South), buttermilk, cookbooks, cookies, reviews Tagged With: Appalachian, buttermilk, cookbook review, cookies, cornmeal, nutmeg, tea, tea time, thyme

Kentucky Butter Cake

September 4, 2014 By Laura 7 Comments

Kentucky Butter Cake: a rich vanilla flavored pound cake soaked in a butter sugar syrup

How have I never heard of a Kentucky Butter Cake? How did I miss its existence? Pound cake soaked in a butter sugar syrup? Can we say yes, please!? Now on the face of it I admit it sounds almost too rich.

Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes Tagged With: bundt, butter, buttermilk, cake, Kentucky, pound, vanilla

#Bundtamonth: Strawberry Jam Glazed Spiced Pound Cake with Buttermilk and Orange

November 8, 2013 By Laura 18 Comments

This Bundt-A-Month was tough for me. Not because I don’t like jam, the theme (I do!!), but because figuring out how to successfully incorporate the jam into the cake was hard for me. My first cake was a pretty big flop. Like throw it out for the birds and squirrels kind of flop! It was… 

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Filed Under: berries, bundt cakes, buttermilk, cakes, fall spices, oranges, strawberries Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, bundt, buttermilk, cake, cardamom, ceylon cinnamon, citrus, jam, orange, preserves, strawberry

Buttermilk Glazed Buttermilk Chocolate Snack Cake; OXO Brownie Spatula

September 28, 2013 By Laura 11 Comments

There are compliments, and then there are compliments. Guys, I received just about the sweetest, biggest, best compliment I have ever received on anything I have ever baked or cooked for this cake. But let me start at the beginning. As soon as I saw this cake in The Animal Farm Buttermilk Cookbook: Recipes and… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, cakes, chocolate, cooks' tools, kids cooking, reviews, Tools Tagged With: buttermilk, cake, chocolate, cocoa, glaze, natural cocoa, OXO, review, sheet cake, snacking cake

Traditional Irish American Soda Bread

April 10, 2013 By Laura 8 Comments

Traditional Irish American Scones

Soda bread: it’s not just for St. Patrick’s Day anymore. OK, so that is a little misleading, because as usual I did make this for St. Patrick’s Day, only, you know, on St. Patrick’s Day, leading me to not post it until after the holiday. But seriously, as soon as I bit into one of these all I… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, buttermilk, cherries, dried fruit, hazelnuts, quick breads, scones, whole grains Tagged With: bread, buttermilk, caraway seeds, dried fruit, hazelnut, Irish, Irish American, quick bread, scones, soda bread

Chocolate Chip Buttermilk Crumb Cake

April 1, 2013 By Laura 24 Comments

I love this Chocolate Party theme (buttermilk and chocolate).  I adore tangy, rich buttermilk and the flavor and texture it brings to baked goods. There are many great chocolate cakes made with buttermilk, but I wanted to really be able to taste the buttermilk, so I chose this crumb cake, studded with miniature chocolate chips. Neither the… 

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Filed Under: blog events, buttermilk, cakes, chocolate Tagged With: buttermilk, cake, chocolate, chocolate chips, crumb cake, streusel

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

November 22, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving! I had not originally planned to share these cupcakes. I was not super enthused about making them, is the honest truth. But Sammy had requested pumpkin cupcakes for her birthday celebration at school, so, being a good mother who only forces dessert choices on her kids for about half of their birthday celebrations,… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, cakes, cream cheese, cupcakes, fall spices, pumpkin Tagged With: buttermilk, cakes, cream cheese, cupcakes, pumpkin

Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake

February 22, 2012 By Laura 8 Comments

Like many people, we tend to get into ruts where breakfast is concerned.  This problem is even worse for non-morning people, like myself, because we are not going to get up earlier–even by 10 minutes–to add cooking time to our morning routine.  Nor are we capable of much thought, let alone creativity, for a good… 

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Filed Under: berries, blueberries, breakfast, buttermilk, cakes, fruit, streusel, whole grains Tagged With: berries, blueberries, buttermilk, cake, coffee cake, pecans, streusel, white whole wheat flour, whole grains

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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