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Caramel custard popcorn pie with a caramel corn topping. Who can resist? Photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog. March 14 is National Pi Day: 3.14 (get it?). And this is a very special National Pie Day: It’s 3.14. (actually, 3.14159265359, so next year will be the full-on Pi Day, 3.14.15). The next “double…
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Bit-of-Irish Cheesecake with Irish cream whiskey. Photo courtesy Kraft. We love cheesecake, we love cream liqueur. So how could we pass up this “Bit Of Irish” cheesecake, with Irish cream whiskey and a pecan crust to boot! It serves 16 in “sensible” slices. RECIPE: Irish Cream Liqueur Cheesecake Ingredients 1-1/2 cups finely chopped pecans…
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Just in time for St. Pat’s. Photo © Sprinkles Cupcakes. Marzipan as a cake decoration goes back hundreds of years. It was so popular as a confection, it was used for centuries in Europe to cover wedding cakes, or to create the decorations that topped conventional frostings. But times change, and there’s less marzipan…
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Irish whiskey cake: an upside down apple cake with a mascarpone filling. Photo courtesy Betty Crocker. This cake was originally pitched to us as a holiday fruitcake—an upside-down apple cake with whiskey-soaked fruit. But we liked the idea of it for St. Patrick’s Day as well. The recipe, from Betty Crocker, was developed with…
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Modern Art Desserts is a call to art lovers who like to make dessert. Photo courtesy Ten Speed Press Happy birthday to Piet Mondrian, the Dutch painter whose “grid” paintings have delighted millions. Pieter Cornelis “Piet” Mondriaan was born on March 7, 1872, grew up to become a primary education teacher and then entered…
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