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Chocolate Whiskey Bundt Cake

December 8, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

Chocolate Whiskey Bundt Cake--a delicious dark chocolate cake made with bourbon and coffee

Chocolate Whiskey Bundt Cake is simple enough to make for just the heck of it, and delicious enough to be the dessert centerpiece of a formal meal.  Just when I was getting caught up and in the swing of things–a virus struck my family. Actually, I don’t think the virus would have struck me quite… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, Bourbon, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate Tagged With: bourbon, bundt, cake, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, whiskey, whisky

Upside Down Apple Cake

October 27, 2016 By Laura 3 Comments

Upside Down Apple Cake

Upside Down Apple Cake is a classic dessert for fall, when delicious apple varieties are flooding the markets. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. Sorry for the extended silence! It’s been a while since postseason baseball was of interest to me, but with my Indians moving on this year… 

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Filed Under: apples, cakes, caramel, fruit, pecans Tagged With: apple, cake, caramel, cinnamon, nuts, pecans, upside down cake

Chocolate Red Wine Cake

March 5, 2016 By Laura 9 Comments

Chocolate Red Wine Cake is a fantastic twist on a simple chocolate bundt cake: rich, not at all too sweet, a little tangy and seriously chocolatey; everyone who tried this loved it! I have been wanting to make a chocolate red wine cake for a long time now. Something about the combo sounded really good… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, cocoa, Red Wine Tagged With: bittersweet chocolate, bundt, cake, chocolate, cocoa powder, red wine, wine

Rosemary Bourbon Orange Bundt Cake: #BundtBakers

January 21, 2016 By Laura 19 Comments

Rosemary Bourbon Orange Bundt Cake

This Rosemary Bourbon Orange Bundt Cake is refreshing and seductive at the same time, with herbal rosemary, warming bourbon, and sweet and tangy orange. The combination works brilliantly, which makes it the perfect entry for this month’s Bundt Bakers, where we have been charged with creating “strange but good-weird flavor combinations” (I love that description)…. 

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Filed Under: blog events, Bourbon, bundt cakes, cakes, oranges Tagged With: #BundtBakers, bourbon, bundt, Bundt Cakers, cake, citrus, orange, rosemary

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cake: #BundtBakers

November 19, 2015 By Laura 13 Comments

This Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cake topped with Marshmallow Glaze is the perfect dessert for the holidays–heck we think it is the perfect dessert all winter long! I am loving this Bundt Bakers theme, “Hot Chocolate,” and I hope you plan to check out all of the fabulous hot chocolate cakes below. Affiliate links have been… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, cocoa, cream cheese, Peppermint Tagged With: #BundtBakers, bundt, Bundt Bakers, cake, chocolate, cocoa, hot chocolate, hot cocoa, mint, peppermint

Cold Oven Cream Cheese Pound Cake Redux

September 30, 2015 By Laura 10 Comments

Cold Oven Cream Cheese Pound Cake--save some time not worrying about preheating your oven and create the most velvety, delicious pound cake!

This Cold Oven Cream Cheese Pound Cake is velvety rich with an elusive sweetness from Fiori di Sicilia that makes it one of the best pound cakes I have ever made! You might notice there is a castle in the background. And you might be surprised I did not feature it. But holy moly, as… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, cream cheese, fiori di sicilia extract Tagged With: bundt, cake, cream cheese, fiori di sicila, pound cake

S’mores Graham Cracker Bundt Cake: #BundtBakers

September 17, 2015 By Laura 21 Comments

Toasted S'mores Graham Cracker Bundt Cake: a graham cracker cake filled with chocolate chip and swathed in toasted marsmallow fluff does a pretty dark good job of emulating your favorite summer treat!

This Toasted S’mores Graham Cracker Bundt Cake brings the flavors of the campfire treat to your kitchen! Keep reading for more s’mores inspired bundt cakes from Bundt Bakers. Do you ever wonder if some people are tone deaf when it comes to the written word? This is a random musing moment–feel free to scroll down… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, marshmallows Tagged With: #BundtBakers, bundt, cake, chocolate, chocolate chips, graham cracker, marshmallow, s'mores

Old Fashioned Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Bundtlettes; Driving Around Mount Etna

September 5, 2015 By Laura 9 Comments

Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Bundtlettes like Grandma used to make--only glazed with a spur of the moment water and butter ganache!

Old Fashioned Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Bundtlettes are like the little black dress of chocolate cakes–simple, super easy and absolutely stunning. Scroll down for the recipe–or read about my adventures driving around Mount Etna first! Affiliate links have been used in the post to link to items I am discussing. As I sit here composing this… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, ganache, Italy 2015, travel Tagged With: bundt, bundtlette, cake, chocolate, Etna, ganache, Italy, Italy2015, mini cakes, Mount Etna, Randazzo, Sicily

Oatmeal Cookie Bundt Cake with Sprinkles: #BundtBakers

August 20, 2015 By Laura 25 Comments

Oatmeal Cookie Bundt Cake: chewy like the cookie and full of chocolate like (my favorite) oatmeal cookies, but baked in a bundt pan! So much fun!

An Oatmeal Cookie Bundt Cake straddles the cake and cookie worlds, as it is chewy, rustic, tasty fun but baked in a bundt mold and less dense than a cookie. My family loved it and yours will too! Keep reading for more Bundt Bakers fun! I had so much trouble with this Bundt Bakers month. And… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, oats, whole grains Tagged With: #BundtBakers, bundt, Bundt Bakers, cake, chocolate, chocolate chips, oatmeal, oatmeal cookie, oats, sprinkles, whole grains

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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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