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#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

Bourbon Soaked Orange Loaf Cake with Currants; Review of The Flying Brownie

November 7, 2013 By Laura 14 Comments

Bourbon Quick Bread with Oranges and Currants

It is The Leftovers Club time! And that is extra exciting, because I received a fantastic new cookbook all about great goodies for long distance shipping to review. Talk about serendipity!

Filed Under: blog events, Boozy Desserts, cookbooks, dried fruit, oranges, quick breads, reviews Tagged With: #theleftoversclub, alcohol, booze, bourbon, bread, cake, citrus, currants, dried fruit, orange, quick bread, tipsy cake, whiskey

Lime Dream Bars (White Chocolate Brownies Swirled with Lime Curd)

July 30, 2013 By Laura 3 Comments

White Chocolate Brownies with Lime Curd Swirls

These bars won’t win any beauty awards, but holy yum are they delicious. Shauna Sever, in Pure Vanilla: Irresistible Recipes and Essential Techniques, describes them as a great alternative for people who love lemon bars but like something a little less messy. That is a good description. I made them with lime curd, but lemon… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, brownies, chocolate, lime Tagged With: bar cookies, brownies, citrus, curd, lime, vanilla, white chocolate

Sweet And Spicy Tilapia Shout Out

June 30, 2013 By Laura 1 Comment

I am hoping to have some pictures of food for you soon. I might have to steal my kid’s camera to do it, but nonetheless, I do realize this is a food blog.

Filed Under: fish, lime, oranges, seafood, travel Tagged With: beach, broiler, citrus, fish, lime, oranges, seafood, tilapia

Broiled Orange Honey Glazed Chicken Thighs

May 31, 2013 By Laura 10 Comments

I mentioned in my post about the Coconut Lime Cookies that I am enjoying my iPad subscription to Everyday Food. This is another recipe that I made within days of discovering it in the May 2013 issue.

Filed Under: chicken, oranges Tagged With: broiled, chicken, chicken thighs, citrus, honey, orange, vinegar

#BundtAMonth: Vanilla Orange Bundt Cake with a Hint of Coconut

March 7, 2013 By Laura 20 Comments

Orange Vanilla Bundt Cake with a Hint of Coconut

This cake was by far the biggest Bundt A Month challenge I have faced. Confession: I don’t usually care for tropical desserts. And tropical is March’s theme. Have you ever noticed that the hotter the climate gets, the sweeter the desserts get? Not richer or unhealthier, but just naturally sweeter. Rice puddings, custards… They are… 

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Filed Under: blog events, Boozy Desserts, bundt cakes, cakes, oranges Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, booze, bundt, cake, citrus, coconut, extra virgin coconut oil, orange, vanilla bean

#BundtaMonth: Citrus Bundt Cake with Sparkling Wine and Fiori di Sicilia… Trifle

January 16, 2013 By Laura 16 Comments

unglazed mojito bundt cake

You might have guessed from both my title and my picture that this month’s BundtAMonth did not go as planned. The first problem was that I just did not have many occasions on which to bake a bundt cake, given that I was sick throughout the holidays. Then, when I did make one, I made… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, fiori di sicilia extract, lemon baked goods, misc. dessert, mousse, oranges Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, bundt, cake, citrus, fiori di sicilia, lemon, orange, recipe, sparkling wine, trifle, vinho verde

Rosemary Citrus Biscotti & Cashew Chipotle Beer Brittle: Review of The Daily Cookie

December 10, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

Chipotle Cashew Beer Brittle

Was holiday cookie baking and candy making a tradition in your childhood? It was in mine. My grandma would come to visit and she and my mom would churn out gazillions of Date Nut Pinwheels and some other dried fruit/nut cookie that I don’t remember the name of (I confess I never ate either as… 

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Filed Under: biscotti, Boozy Desserts, brittle, candy, cookbooks, cookies, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, lemon baked goods, Pistachios, reviews, sweet confections Tagged With: beer, biscotti, brittle, candy, cashews, citrus, cookbook review, cookies, lemon, orange, pistachios, rosemary, white chocolate

#BundtaMonth: Glazed Orange Pumpkin Bundt Cake

October 3, 2012 By Laura 15 Comments

Orange Pumpkin Bundt Cake cooling in fleur de lis pan

I know, I know. I just posted a bundt cake for Bundt A Month. So this probably seems like 2 bundts in one month. But see the thing is, last time I had just discovered the group and was baking along just like you can this month (see below). This month I’m in the door, as… 

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Filed Under: blog events, breakfast, bundt cakes, cakes, oranges, pumpkin Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, breakfast cakes, bundt, bundt cake, cakes, citrus, orange, pumpkin

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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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