TIP OF THE DAY: Cheesecake Water Bath

If you like to bake cheesecake (and we love to!), you know that a water bath, or bain-marie, keeps the cheesecake top from cracking. If you’ve never used a bain-marie: All you have to do is set the springform pan into a roasting pan filled with warm water. As the cheesecake cooks, the moisture from…
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Homemade Hostess Cupcakes Recipe & 9 Cupcake Holidays

[1] Better than the originals—much, much better. Here’s the recipe (photo © Brown Eyed Baker). [2] Something more conventional: a cupcake with blackberry frosting and a fresh blackberry (photo © Gelson’s). [3] Too elegant to eat? Cupcake by Samantha Chiu (photo © So Super Awesome). [4] The first of numerous Hostess Brands snack cakes (photo…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Best Halloween Candy

Everyone will howl at the sight of this haunted gingerbread house. Photo courtesy MackenzieLtd.com. There are just 20 days until Halloween! Are you buying the same old supermarket candy? Or are you looking for something new and exciting? In the new and exciting category, we’ve got everything from a gingerbread haunted house to gourmet chocolates…
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