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Salted Caramel Cream Cheese Frosted Brownie Bites

Ok guys, let’s listen to this song and live our lives! I hope you all have had the best Valentine’s Day! Mine’s been weird-ish this year, but don’t worry, to me Sunday is the big day. I bought a new coral dress and will wear heart tights and plan on making a million mini foods and over-serving mimosas to my favorites. In the meantime, I totally made these twice last weekend. Once for my friend’s…

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Orange Scented Chocolate Chip Bagels

I sing this song in the car almost every day. It might’ve replaced Kelly Clarkston’s Since You’ve Been Gone in the sing-in-the-car-way. Both are about love gone wrong though, so they have so much in common. What I’m trying to say is that, I know that I’m feeling ok based on whether I sing in the car or not. That’s how I figure out how I’m doin’. And nothing gives me a reason to sing…

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Malted Cake Brownies with Cocoa Cream Cheese Frosting

I’m itching for a change. Part of it might be the winter blues. You see, I think I’m having bike ride withdrawal. I need patio beers, and grilled dinners. I’d like to walk to get ice cream, and wear maxi dresses, and be more freckled. But for now, I’ll brownie. Because there’s something therapeutic about chopping chocolate, and something even better about eating chocolate. And while these baked my kitchen was cozy warm and smelled…

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Strawberry Bagels with Honey Cinnamon Cream Cheese

It’s time for summery breakfasts. Breakfast to match our no-sleeves and shortie shorts. Let’s fill our pockets with snacks and go for a long walk. Let’s fill our bagels with berries and top them like they’re donuts. These bagels may be a two-day ordeal, but don’t let that stop you. The first day is no biggie, and the second day involves boiling and baking. It pairs perfectly with morning coffee and mis-matched pajama wearing. I…

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day Eve!

Since tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day you should probably put beer in your waffles and beer in your cake. Oh, and wear green so you don’t get pinched by any weirdos! 01: S’mores {Ronin Style} with Stout Marshmallows + Oh My Ganache 02: Guinness Chocolate Cake + downloadable flags! 03: Chocolate Stout Waffle S’mores AKA beer for breakfast 04: Mini Hacker-Pschorr Cupcakes for toasting purposes 05: Beer Spice Cake with Brown Butter Glaze cake in a cozy outfit 06:…

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Focaccia Cake + Spinach Dip

Sometimes I have the worst ideas. For example, every time I smell pizza, and love it, I have the fleeting thought: “I wish I had a pizza-scented candle.” I think we all know that’d be gross, and it’d result in constant stomach rumbling. Double trouble. However finagling foccacia bread into a layer-cake that can be lunch, is not a bad idea. Not that I have any problem with cake for lunch. So let’s eat cake that’s…

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Pumpkin Roll

Until yesterday, I’d never made a successful pumpkin roll. I was in charge of bringing one to Thanksgiving about 3 years ago. I made one, and it ripped when I rolled it. So I made another one, and that one ripped too. I wrapped up the mangled pumpkin roll. Put it in a cooler and drove to Thanksgiving. Needless to say, it was one ugly dessert, and I think the kids were scared of it.…

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Guinness Chocolate Cake

I frosted this cake on my lunch break. I also managed to pump gas, get a few groceries, bring Elliot out twice for backyard-prancing, make a disaster of the kitchen, take photos, give Elliot a strawberry, make two willy-nilly veggie burritos, and then zoom back to work. Get your very own flags here: Guinness Chocolate Cake Flags! Last night, I ate cake before dinner, appetizer-style. Eating dessert first is where it’s at, especially on St. Patrick’s Day Eve.…

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Carrot Cake + Candied Carrot Asterisks + Yogurt Covered Raisins

When I was a kid, I thought carrot cake was super gross. Now I know better. It’s not scary at all; it’s just a really pretty orange spice cake with cream cheese frosting. I grated a pound of carrots. (While grating, I wondered why the YMCA doesn’t have a carrot-grating class, because it wore my arms out.) Anyhow, I grated them really teeny so that they wouldn’t be weird and crunchy in the cake, but…

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