August 2010
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strawberry banana muffins
There’s no better way to make use of over ripen bananas than to make banana muffins.  I have a really good go to recipe but I decided to search for another. I found a recipe by Giada De Laurentiis. She usually has really good recipes and it has a 5 star rating for this one.  Banana Muffins with Mascarpone Cream Frosting Recipe. The alterations I made was that first of all…I...
Aug 4th
July 2010
2 posts
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fresh from the farm
There’s something so wonderful about dishes made with very minimal fresh ingredients.  Today I went to the farmer’s market and picked up fresh sweet basil and roma tomatoes.  I paired it with fresh mozzarella and eggs. Simply seasoned with black pepper and kosher salt. Result = sooo yummy!  <3 pam.cakez
Jul 18th
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outrageous brownies
This recipe has been haunting me for years.. I don’t really do brownies.. they usually come out way too sweet and too crumbly.. I usually would choose anything vanilla over chocolate.. However, when I saw this recipe for “outrageous brownies” by Ina Garten it just looked too good to not test out. It makes a ton a brownies!! It says that the level of difficulty is...
Jul 16th
June 2010
2 posts
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Magnolia's Vanilla Cupcakes
When I think about cupcakes, I think of one of two places…Sprinkles in Hollywood or Magnolia Bakery in New York City. I knew I had to try this recipe because there are so few ingredients and I really love simple cakes that have natural flavors. It came out great c: I would definitely make these again! <3 pam.cakez
Jun 29th
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dark chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
I have been thinking for a while about starting a blog of everything I create…something like the movie Julie & Julia.  Here’s to my very first post!!! I suddenly had an inkling to make some chocolate cupcakes. I was looking online and came across a recipe that seemed simple enough and sounded delicious. scharffen berger 70% dark chocolate  chop it up!! melt unsalted butter...
Jun 28th