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Can you call it ice cream if it doesn’t contain any cream? Or ice? Or anything besides a few bananas?? Well, that’s what I’m going to call it because the look...

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Congratulations Amanda and JR!

One of my best friends from Duke recently got engaged. ENGAGED! It seems surreal that I’m old enough to have friends that are getting married, but I guess that’s what happens...

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Wild Blueberry Lemon Muffins

When Ryan visits he’s not always excited about spending our time together baking, but when I suggest a lemon recipe, it’s much easier to coerce him into the kitchen with me....

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Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

Normally when I bake there’s an occasion — a birthday, a holiday, or a dinner party. But sometimes I just get the urge to make something delicious for no occasion whatsoever....

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Creme Brulee

Creme brulee is one of my dad’s favorite desserts, so for Christmas my mom and I bought him a creme brulee set for me to make for him. (Sorry for the...

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Champagne Cupcakes

Just a quick post before I hit the road to Cape Cod and do my best to beat this snow! I had seen a few recipes for “champagne cake” and couldn’t...

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Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse

I had great intentions of serving this mousse on Christmas — I was going to make it into more of a cake using fancy pirouette cookies standing upright as the outer...

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Thanks, Santa!

I must have been a good girl this year: This is quite a machine. It weighs like 100lbs and sounds like it belongs in a garage more so than a kitchen....

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Cupcake Wreath

Merry Christmas everyone! Look what present I’m bringing you today: For the holidays this year, my wonderful boyfriend treated me to a cupcake themed present. Which among a handful of great...

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Snowflake Sugar Cookies

I did it — I made sugar cookies decorated with royal icing. After weeks of research on the different recipes and techniques, I finally buckled down and created these: I’m very...