Food Fun: Stephanie Izard’s Cheez-It Crunch Cake & Recipe

[1] The original Cheez-It cake, made to celebrate the brand’s 100th birthday (all photos © Kellogg’s Cheez-It). [2] Take a big bite! [3] The cake was created for the 100th anniversary of Cheez-It. The brand’s history is below. [4] Have some Cheez-Its with your Cheez-It cake. [5] Don’t want to bake the cake? Enjoy Cheez-Its…
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Red Velvet Cake Recipes For National Red Velvet Cake Day

[1] Red velvet layer cake. Here’s the recipe (photo © McCormick). [2] Red velvet bundt cake in Nordicware’s “Stained Glass” design (photo © Nordicware). [3] Red velvet pancakes. Here’s the recipe (photo © Taste Of Home). [5] Red velvet donuts. Here’s the recipe (photo © Farmgirl Gourmet).   September 18th is National Red Velvet Cake…
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Creme de Menthe Brownies Recipe & History Of Creme de Menthe

September 15th is National Crème de Menthe Day. Crème de menthe, French for “mint cream,” is a mint liqueur made with dried peppermint or spearmint, steeped in grain alcohol for several weeks. The mint is then filtered out and the infused alcohol is mixed with sugar. The liqueur is aged for a month before bottling.…
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Black And White Cookie History For National Black & White Cookie Day

[1] Black and white cookies, so craveable (photos #1 and #7 © American Heritage Chocolate). [2] Some bakers get creative. Dana’s Bakery makes black and white cookies with a surprise inside: rainbow cake (photos #3 and #4 © Dana’s Bakery) [3] Dana’s Bakery also makes chocolate chip black-and-whites, gluten-free black-and-whites, s’mores black-and-whites and vegan black-and-white…
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Easy Apple Cake Recipe For Rosh Hashanah (& Every Day)

The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, begins today and is celebrated for two days. It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days specified by Leviticus 23:23–32, that occur each year. Symbolic foods include: Apples and honey Challah Couscous With Seven Vegetables Dates Fish Honey cake Leeks, chard or spinach New (i.e. seasonal) fruit…
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