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Butternut Chai Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Swirl

November 7, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

Butternut Chai Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Swirl

Butternut Chai Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Swirl is the perfect treat for fall, softly spiced with chai tea and tangy from the cream cheese. Adagio Tea sent me some teas to play with, and this is one of the resulting recipes; Amazon affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing…. 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, butternut squash, cakes, cream cheese, fall spices Tagged With: bundt, butternut squash, cake, chai, chai tea, cream cheese, tea, winter squash

Bonfire Tea Muffins: #MuffinMonday

October 30, 2017 By Laura 6 Comments

Bonfire Tea Muffins are the perfect fall treat, full of raisins and pecans and perfumed with fall spices and Adagio Tea’s Bonfire Tea. Adagio Tea sent me some teas to play with, and my favorite so far, the Bonfire Tea, resulted in these muffins. When Adagio Tea contacted me about trying some of their teas,… 

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Filed Under: blog events, breakfast, dried fruit, fall spices, muffins, pecans, quick breads, whole grains Tagged With: #MuffinMonday, Adagio, bonfire tea, Muffin Monday, muffins, pecans, quick bread, raisins, tea, whole wheat

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

Café au Lait Bars: #CreativeCookieExchange

March 18, 2014 By Laura 16 Comments

Café au Lait Bars are the little black dress of cookies: there is no occasion these would not be perfect for. Everyone adored these. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. Have you ever promised a dish (or dessert) to someone (a potluck, your husband’s students, the… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, blog events, chocolate, coffee desserts Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, bar cookies, bars, coffee, cookies, espresso, tea, vanilla

#BundtaMonth Celebrates National Bundt Day!: Chocolate Ganache Draped Banana Bundt Cake and Earl Grey Chocolate Bundt Cake

November 15, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

Chocolate Ganache Glazed Banana Bundt Cake

Happy National Bundt Day! What, you didn’t know it was National Bundt Day? OK, I didn’t either, but the awesome folks that are in #BundtaMonth knew, so we figured hey any excuse is a good excuse to throw more bundt cakes out into the world. As a special treat for the celebration I actually have… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, bananas, bundt, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, chocolate chips, earl grey, ganache, tea

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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