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I went to New York!

Last Friday I arrived in New York hungry. My friend Kathy and I arrived at our lovely friend Erica‘s house late-ish Friday night. We were super hungry and the cocoa almonds we ate on the plane just weren’t cutting it. So, Erica took us to The Meatball Shop where I ate every single bite of a Meatball Smash-wich — spicy pork meatballs, tomato sauce, and provolone on brioche. I ordered a side of kale risotto worth…

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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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Root Beer Float Whoopie Pies

Root beer floats are super tasty. A week ago I was craving one like whoa. But can you believe no ice cream shop was open at 9:30pm? Uncool, for real. When I think of root beer floats, I believe that vanilla has to be a flava-flave that’s large and in charge. So I went with a vanilla bean whoopie pie with a root beer filling. And then I wasn’t sure if it was root beery…

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Root Beer Chocolate Bundt Cake

Root beer and chocolate go together like Tegan and Sara and Romy and Michele. Did you know that? It was agreed after tasting, that root beer definitely heightens the chocolate flavor in a twin-sisters-in-a-band way and a BFF kind of way. Here’s the part where my mom stirred the cocoa powder mixture and it bubbled and popped because of the root beer. It was pretty and poppy. Can you believe those bubbles are really real? Instead…

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