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Kentucky Butter Cake

September 4, 2014 By Laura 7 Comments

Kentucky Butter Cake: a rich vanilla flavored pound cake soaked in a butter sugar syrup

How have I never heard of a Kentucky Butter Cake? How did I miss its existence? Pound cake soaked in a butter sugar syrup? Can we say yes, please!? Now on the face of it I admit it sounds almost too rich.

Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes Tagged With: bundt, butter, buttermilk, cake, Kentucky, pound, vanilla

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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Babka with Bittersweet Chocolate Chunks: #BundtBakers

April 17, 2014 By Laura 19 Comments

Babka (Polish Yeast Cake) with bittersweet Chocolate Chunks

Babka with Bittersweet Chocolate Chunks is a delicious and chocolatey twist on a traditional Polish Easter yeast cake. As I sit here and type, I am on vacation in Asheville, where we have had record lows and torrential downpours the past few days, my daughters have both been diagnosed with strep throat and HostGator has… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, eggs, Polish cuisine Tagged With: #BundtBakers, babka, bittersweet chocolate, bundt, cake, chocolate, chocolate chunks, Eastern European, Polish, vanilla, yeast cake

Saffron and Tahitian Vanilla Infused Cream Bundt Cake: #BundtBakers

March 20, 2014 By Laura 22 Comments

Super Simple Cream Bundt Cake Infused with Saffron and Tahitian Vanilla

Saffron and Tahitian Vanilla Infused Cream Bundt Cake is a sophisticated and delicious cake that is equally at home on a picnic or as the finishing touch at an elegant dinner party. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing in this post. When I chose to get a Golden Doodle… 

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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

Torta Paradiso (Italian Paradise Cake)

December 1, 2013 By Laura 7 Comments

Torta Paradiso, or Italian Paradise Cake, is a simple, comforting and yet elegant vanilla scented cake that is perfect for any occasion. Affiliate links were used in this post to link to items I would be linking to anyway in the course of my discussion. I was sent Grace’s Sweet Life by the publisher in… 

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Filed Under: cakes, eggs, Italian, lemon baked goods Tagged With: cake, chiffon, egg whites, Grace's Sweet Life, Italian, lemon, torta, vanilla

#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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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, candy, chocolate, cream cheese Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, bundt, cake, candy, chocolate, chocolate chips, cream cheese, M&Ms, pound cake, vanilla

Espresso White Chocolate Chunk Cookies: #ChocolateParty

August 5, 2013 By Laura 12 Comments

Espresso White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

I have decided to try both watermarking all of my photos and titling the occasional photo. I am not sure yet that I am sold on either–I would love to hear your opinion! Is the small watermark in the lower left corner distracting to you? What about the title across the top of the photo… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, coffee desserts, cookies, whole grains Tagged With: chocolate, chocolate party, coffee, cookies, espresso, vanilla, watermarking, white chocolate

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

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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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