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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

#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

#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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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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Filed Under: Boozy Desserts, bundt cakes, cakes, misc Tagged With: bundt cake, cake, nature, pound cake, sparkling wine, spiders, vinho verde

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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