Happy National Bundt Cake Day!!! What? You didn’t know about it? Well obviously you have not been following The Food Librarian as she’s made her way thru 30 days of bundt cakes leading up to this momentous day! I had a lot of fun following her journey… and I give her mad props for baking 30 different bundt cakes in the past month. You go girl :) Her perseverance inspired me to plan on baking a bundt cake ON National Bundt Cake Day (Nov 15) in tribute to her efforts! She made quite a variety of different bundt’s and each of them sounded absolutely delicious. This made it terribly hard to decide on which one I would make. Maybe it should be chocolate (DH and the kids love chocolate). Maybe it should be fruity (you know I love lemon!!). Maybe it should be seasonal (it IS November so perhaps pumpkin). I pondered her list trying to decide when over and over it seemed one intrigued me more than the others… the Cardamom Vanilla bundt. Being a Daring Baker I fell in love with the spice cardamom way back when we made a danish braid… and especially when it is paired with the flavor orange. Not sure why but it’s a combination that just does it for me! So for today… in honor of National Bundt Cake day… I present the Orange Cardamom Bundt!
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This week was my turn to host Tuesdays with Dorie! While I haven’t been baking a lot lately, I surely was not going to miss my turn in the rotation :) When I initially joined TwD it seemed like my turn was so far far faaaaaar away but now it’s here and I chose Dorie’s recipe for Cran-Apple Crisps. It seemed like a no-brainer to me as I love both of these fruits and using cranberries and apples seemed so perfect for the autumn weather most of the United States is experiencing :)
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Quite a few months back I started seeing this cake pop up all over the various blogs I frequent. It looked so absolutely appealing that I found it completely irresistible. After all, it’s cake, cinnamon and drizzly-glazy-icing… a winning combination in my book! If you’re one of the few people left who hasn’t made this cake, you really should. It’s about as easy as can be… and it spends far more time in the oven that you’ll spend getting it there or to the plate!
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According to the calendar, Autumn has arrived… and in many parts of the country the temperatures are starting to cool off. That hasn’t completely been the case here in my part of Southern California but yesterday we finally had high’s in the 90’s instead off 100+ so I was definitely ready to bake something fall-like with apples! Of course I’m been saving lots of recipes during the seemingly endless hot hot summer so I had quite a few to choose from. One, in particular caught my eye rather recently and I decided to run with it. I’ve seen many Apple Cake recipes but this one from the King Arthur Flour company is a sure fired winner. As my husband said, “if you like apples, and you like cake, then this is the cake for you!” :)
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I know it’s been a while but I’m finally back :) I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress and it unfortunately didn’t like my blog template. That needed to be fixed… and it took a lot longer than I ever expected. In the interim, I was afraid to try and publish any new content so I (im)patiently waited it out :) But yes, I’m back and happy to bring you these super tasty vanilla cupcakes! Recently I was contacted by Singing Dog Vanilla asking me to try their vanilla extract. My first response was a resounding “sure thing!” and was even more pleased when they agreed to sponsor a giveaway for one of my blog readers! A giveaway in which the winner will have a choice between two different Singing Dog Vanilla products! A giveaway that will tap your creativity! A giveaway that is not limited to “US Residents Only”… this time it’s open to those of you in Canada as well so this giveaway really is a good thing!
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