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We were checking out the Caramel Swirls website when this cake caught our eye. You don’t have to have great cake decorating skills to make an impressive cake at home. Just acquire an impressive cake topper. In this case, chocolate truffles were used to decorate the cake. If you have a box of chocolates, you…
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Looking for something special for Mother’s Day? Of the products we’ve tried recently, here’s what we’re selected for our mother, aunt and other special moms: Georgie’s English Scones. The scones arrive frozen, along with delicious lemon curd. You can also send ready-to-bake shortbread in the hard-to-find, festive petticoat tails (triangle) shape. Kimberley Artisan Vinegars. Handcrafted…
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Nothing says you care like a home-baked cake. For Mother’s Day, bake Mom’s favorite recipe and decorate it to look like a brimmed hat. It’s actually easy! You can use cake mix, as in the video, or use your own from-scratch recipe. You bake a 9″ and 8″ layers, then trim the 8″ layer…
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Chocolate povitica: a winner. Photo courtesy Strawberry Hill. When we received a note telling us to expect a shipment of Strawberry Hill Povitica (poe-veet-suh), we rushed to the company website to answer the question: What is povitica? It is, as we discovered, an eastern European yeast cake similar to Russian babka—but better. Richer. More…
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Ever wonder why recipes specify that you bake your item on the top, bottom or middle rack? Most items bake evenly in the middle of the oven. When it’s important to brown the bottom of the food—like a fruit pie where the crust can get soggy—the lower rack is required. It puts the pan or…
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