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Chocolate Blackout Sheet Cake

September 12, 2019 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing
Blackout Setup

This week I celebrated my first anniversary at my new job, but have been thinking for weeks about what kind of cake I would bring in to share with the team (because OBVIOUSLY there would be cake). Since I was a little bit burnt out on layer cakes after the Ultimate S’mores Cake, the one […]

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Ultimate S’mores Cake

August 16, 2019 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing
Ultimate S

I may have had a bit of an influence on my niece when it came to her birthday cake selection this year. To be fair, we did talk about a few other options, including a Lemon Meringue Mega Cake, so that shows you right there I was trying to be unbiased (I hate citrus desserts!). […]

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S’mores Cheesecake

August 13, 2019 Cheesecake
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When it comes to Summertime baking, I usually only have one thing on my mind: S’mores. The S’mores archive is deep here on Planet Byn, but I actually have two more things to add it to this year. First up is this S’mores Cheesecake that has been on my to-bake list FOREVER! I thought our […]

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Dark Chocolate & Strawberry Galette

July 10, 2019 Pies, Tarts & Pudding
Dark Chocolate & Strawberry Galette

I consider myself to be very against any pairing of fruit and chocolate. Orange + chocolate = repulsive. Raspberry sauce pooled underneath or drizzled across a molten chocolate cake? Nope. Chocolate covered raisins? Oh, hell no. The only exception I make to this rule is a chocolate dipped strawberry, which I do find quite tasty. […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Chocolate Cinnamon Swirl

June 2, 2019 Baked Sunday Mornings
Sour Cream Coffee Cake

One of my personal rules at work is to never schedule meetings before 9am or after 4pm unless absolutely necessary. I just feel that before and after those hours you’re never getting people’s full attention, and I personally like that time to prepare for/wrap up my day, so I like to keep it free if […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Milk Chocolate Malt Ball Cake

May 5, 2019 Baked Sunday Mornings
Malt Ball Cake

Sometimes the Baked cakes seem like too much work when you don’t have a special occasion to bake them for, and this is when I like to bust out my set of 6″ cake pans. Many years ago I learned (from Smitten Kitchen) that any recipe for a three layer 8″ or 9″ cake can […]

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V Bucks Birthday Cake

April 25, 2019 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing
V Bucks Birthday Cake

Well, we’ve graduated from Minecraft Cakes to Fortnite Cakes over here. It was my nephew’s 10th birthday on Easter Sunday, so our festive holiday dessert was a V Bucks Birthday Cake. I don’t know anything about Fortnite (except randomly that there are celebratory dances in it?!) but my brother and nephew explained that V Bucks […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Pecan and Almond Chocolate Toffee

April 21, 2019 Baked Sunday Mornings
Pecan & Almond Toffee

Happy Easter, bakers! This week our assignment was to whip up some delicious toffee, which was fun for me as I like any excuse to use my candy thermometer. I first made toffee years ago using this recipe from Smitten Kitchen, and I was amazed at how easy (and dangerous) it was to essentially make […]

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Tipsy Irish Cupcakes

March 21, 2019 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing

I wanted to make my new co-workers a St. Patrick’s Day treat, and I knew right away that I would make these cupcakes. There are already a couple iterations of this Guiness chocolate cake with Baileys frosting in the archives; the first was a simple one layer cake, and the second was a super-hydrated bundt […]

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Chrissy Teigen’s Banana Bread

November 7, 2018 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing
CT

I consider myself to be a banana bread expert. No recipe in the world will ever live up to the banana bread my Mom made when I was growing up, which is perfect in every way. Since I already know I’ll never find a better recipe, I have a lot of fun trying BB variations […]

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