Last year, I made seven-layer bars for my birthday and delivered them to people. The year before that, I made the world’s saddest attempt at a lemon cake, which was honestly pretty fitting for a birthday at the very beginning of lockdown when there was basically nothing available in the grocery stores, and going shopping
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Hello, readers! Long time no recipe, and for that, I apologize. This summer came at me like a tsunami, and I’ve been trying to keep afloat. I’ve been learning how to beekeep, living in a house without air conditioning, dealing with family matters, and, most relevantly, learning how to forage from the abundance of plants
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I like to make birthday cakes for my friends when they’ll let me. Some don’t want the pomp and circumstance, but for those who do, I like to go all out. This year, one of my good friends asked for a carrot cake, and I was determined to deliver. This recipe makes enough for a
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My mom has been telling me to make this bundt cake for I-don’t-know-how-long. Initially, I put it off, not because I didn’t want to bake a cake, but because I didn’t want to eat an entire cake. As it turns out, though, bundt cakes freeze super well. So, here’s to a new era of making
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I’ve made different frostings in previous recipes, including whipped cream icing to go with my black forest cake and rosewater buttercream for some cupcakes. As far as I can tell, though, I don’t have plain old buttercream anywhere on here. Fortunately, that’s pretty easy to fix. This recipe makes enough for about a dozen cupcakes,
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Red velvet is a flavor that walks the line between chocolate and vanilla, but which dives head-first into the decadence of a flourless chocolate cake. A little often goes a long way, and to balance out the richness, they’re often paired with a cream cheese frosting. It’s a match made in culinary heaven, but if
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This is one of the more complicated recipes I’ve ventured to do. Anyone who’s been following Apartment Eats for a while knows I’m generally a cupcake person. I’ve tried making pies before with varied success, and I’ve never, ever made a full cake. Hubby actually gave me a straight answer for once when I asked
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I snagged the base for this recipe from Hebbar’s Kitchen, another recipe blog that has some amazing Indian food. I saw his recipe for this marble cake come up on my feed one day, and I thought I’d give it a try. It looked so pretty and so simple, I figured it was worth a
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If you’re experiencing the holiday rush and need to make a lot off cookies stat, here’s a trick that will save your sanity for sure. Cake cookies are exactly what they sound like. You use store-bought cake mix to create fast, easy cookies. Make them as simple or as wild as you want, the base
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This recipe is brought to you by Mother Necessity. Back in May, I was scrambling to put together a birthday dinner for my hubby after a busy day, and I realized partway through that I hadn’t made him a cake or a pastry or anything. Crap. So, I scrambled to toss something together, and after
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