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Sparkling Wine Bundt Cake with Strega Extract

January 4, 2019 By Laura 2 Comments

Sparkling Wine Bundt Cake with Strega Extract

Sparkling Wine Bundt Cake with Strega Extract is a simple and delicious twist on pound cake, with a complex subtlety from the Italian Strega extract. Happy New Year! I hope you all had wonderful holidays. Mine were stressful, so while Christmas itself was lovely, I can honestly say I was kind of relieved to ring… 

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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, bundt cakes, cakes Tagged With: bundt, cake, italian liquors, pound cake, prosecco, sparkling wine, strega extract, strega liquor, vinho verde

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

Lemon Glazed White Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake Mini Bundts: #BundtBakers

February 19, 2015 By Laura 25 Comments

Lemon Glazed White Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake Mini Bundts with Blueberries

This versatile Lemon Glazed White Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake can be used to make big bundt cakes, miniature bundt cakes (as shown) and shortcake baskets (see below). It is delicious with berries and worthy of being served at a dinner party. Keep reading to check out all of the other chocolate bundts from Bundt Bakers this… 

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Filed Under: berries, blog events, blueberries, bundt cakes, cakes, cream cheese, lemon baked goods, white chocolate Tagged With: #BundtBakers, berries, blueberries, Bundt Bakers, bundt cake, cake, citrus, cream cheese, individual cake, lemon, mini cake, pound cake, shortcake basket, white chocolate

Coconut Oil Pound Cake: #BundtBakers

January 15, 2015 By Laura 38 Comments

Coconut Oil Pound Cake with Flaked Coconut Glaze

This Coconut Oil Pound Cake is perfumed with coconut, moist, and just a tad springier than traditional pound cake, and it is absolutely delicious. Keep reading for more on Bundt Bakers this month! Affiliate links have been used for items I am discussing. OK I have a question for the photography buffs and food bloggers,… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, Coconut (flaked), dairy free baking Tagged With: #BundtBakers, #dairyfree, bundt, Bundt Bakers, cake, coconut, coconut flakes, coconut oil, extra virgin coconut oil, flaked coconut, lime, pound cake

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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Marbled Chocolate Pound Cake

June 25, 2014 By Laura 4 Comments

Marbled Chocolate Pound Cake, rich with sour cream, is a classic for a reason. Simple and delicious, everyone will love this cake. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. While you are reading this, with any luck I will be lying on the couch recovering, watching something light and trashy… 

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#BundtaMonth: M&M Cream Cheese Pound Cake

October 4, 2013 By Laura 20 Comments

M&M Cream Cheese Bundt Cake

As soon as the theme for October was announced in my Bundt A Month group, I knew I would be baking my bundt cake for the elementary school carnival cake walk. Why? Because the theme is candy, and who likes candy more than kids?  Plus, I had a sneaking suspicion I would use M&Ms, since… 

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#BundtAMonth: Vinho Verde Pound Cake with Peaches & Blueberries

August 2, 2013 By Laura 25 Comments

Peach and Blueberry Bundt Cake with Sparkling Wine

I mentioned the other day how much I am loving re-discovering Veronica Mars. Well apparently I am really loving it because it is 10:56 pm on August 1 and this post is due to go live at midnight August 2. Ooops. Guess I totally forgot about it while my brain was lost in Neptune, CA.

Filed Under: berries, blog events, blueberries, Boozy Desserts, bundt cakes, cakes, fruit, lemon baked goods, peaches Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, berries, blueberries, bundt, cake, peaches, pound cake, vinho verde, wine

Vinho Verde Pound Cake: “Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly…”

August 9, 2012 By Laura 3 Comments

Every now and then I get a little crazy enthusiastic about the joys and benefits of living somewhere that nature comes right up to my backdoor. Well tonight I mean that literally, as I went a little giddy snapping photos (with my iPhone, handheld in the dark, so pardon the quality) of this little scene… 

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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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