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Citrus Cardamom Marshmallows

December 28, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

Citrus Cardamom Marshmallows

Citrus Cardamom Marshmallows are sophisticated and delicious pillowy confections, and perfect for eating out of hand.  Guys I am switching recipe plug-ins, so before I forget I wanted to thank you for your patience if anything is wonky–and also ask you to please let me know if anything is wonky! I liked my last recipe… 

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Filed Under: candy, marshmallows, oranges, sweet confections Tagged With: candy, cardamom, citrus, confections, lemon, marshmallows, orange

Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes

May 12, 2016 By Laura 9 Comments

Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes

Cardamom Vanilla Pancakes are thick and fluffy pancakes, tangy with sour cream and fragrant with cardamom and vanilla. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. This was destined to either be a short and sweet post or a long and rambling overwrought post. Because that stress I said I was under?… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, Creek in Ohio, flatbreads, pancakes, whole grains Tagged With: breakfast, brunch, cardamom, flatbread, moving, pancakes

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins with Cardamom Browned Butter: #MuffinMonday

February 29, 2016 By Laura 12 Comments

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins with Cardamom Browned Butter and White Poppy Seeds

Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins with Cardamom Browned Butter are made with white poppy seeds, and are a delicious twist on a classic American muffin. Keep reading to see what other muffins our Muffin Monday bakers made this month! I was not planning to make these muffins. I have a cake coming up to share with… 

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Filed Under: blog events, breakfast, browned butter, lemon baked goods, muffins, quick breads, whole grains Tagged With: breakfast, browned butter, brunch, cardamom, citrus, lemon, muffins, poppy seeds, poppyseeds, quick breads

Olive Oil Pound Cake with Saffron and Cardamom

September 29, 2014 By Laura 4 Comments

Saffron and Cardamom Olive Oil Pound Cake: moist, long lasting, and perfect with a cup of tea or coffee!

Subtle and alluring saffron and cardamom enliven this long lasting and moist olive oil pound cake. This post is sponsored on behalf of Staples to drum up enthusiasm for National Coffee Day. So this is a sponsored post, but it is not, for me anyway, a typical sponsored post. Not that I do many sponsored… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cakes, reviews, Tools Tagged With: #CoffeeBuzz, cake, cardamom, loaf cake, olive oil, pound cake, saffron, sponsored

#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

Cardamom Pistachio Icebox Cookies

December 20, 2012 By Laura 9 Comments

Cardamom Pistachio Cookies

Cardamom Pistachio Icebox Cookies are a unique and delicious twist on butter cookies. They are one of the Holiday cookies I make every year.  Part of being a good parent is putting on a good face when you are troubled. Making sure that personal, or in the case of last Friday, national trauma does not… 

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Filed Under: cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, Pistachios, shortbread Tagged With: cardamom, cookies, Holidays, icebox, pistachios, sandy, shortbread, slice and bake

#BundtaMonth: Moroccan Inspired Olive Oil Bundt Cake with Ras El Hanout

November 7, 2012 By Laura 19 Comments

whole spice ras el hanout

We’ve all been there. I’ve been there more than once. There was the cream of mushroom soup I had right before getting sick on Vicodan when my wisdom teeth were removed, the vegetarian samosa I ate from a street food cart in Bath, England that made me queasy for the rest of the day, the… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, dairy free baking, fall spices, Moroccan, Spice Blends Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, blog events, bundt cake, cakes, cardamom, cinnamon, dairy-free, Moroccan, ras el hanout, spices

#BundtaMonth: Citrus Glazed Spiced Zucchini Bundt Cake

September 26, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

I had a late night Nigella Lawson moment with this cake. You know how, on her cooking show, she is always shown going down to the kitchen late at night to get a plateful of leftovers of whatever she made for the show that day? I try not to do that much, and I almost… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, cooks' tools, fall spices, Pinterest dishes, zucchini Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, bundt, BundtaMonth. bundt cake, cake, cardamom, citrus, orange, zucchini

Cardamom Yogurt Cake

May 13, 2012 By Laura 12 Comments

Happy Mothers’ Day! I just felt an actual pang in my heart, speaking of the emotional roller coaster known as parenting.

Filed Under: cakes, yogurt Tagged With: cake, cardamom, haircut, spices, yogurt

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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