posts tagged ‘cake’

Gluten-Free Blueberry Coffeecake: another magic mix miracle

Recipe: Gluten-Free Blueberry Coffeecake

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So, it’s breakfast time again. You’re tired of cereal, the yogurt has expired, the waffle iron needs the old grease scraped out of its crannies from the last time you used it, and your children utter staggering groans when you suggest scrambled eggs.

Where’s the inspiration? Wanna turn those kiddo groans into a chorus of cheers?

Groping for the oatmeal box, your hand stumbles upon the King Arthur Flour gluten-free muffin mix you had stashed toward the back of the cabinet.

Muffins? Sure, why not? Or, better yet, how about coffeecake – one layered with streusel and berries?

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Blogger Roundup: Cake Essentials

Recipe: None

Cake time! Do I have your attention?

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Gluten-Free Lava Cakes: I DO mean to burst your chocolate bubble!

Recipe: Gluten-Free Lava Cakes

There’s something about warm chocolate melting inside a moist, dark, rich cake that never seems to go out of style.

For years it has been a regular on dessert menus standing alongside its only relentless competitor, creme brulée. Now you can see its tempting face on the front of baking mix boxes promoted by words like decadence, indulgence, and molten.

We call it lava cake. For all the chocolate-crazed dessert lovers out there, THIS is your gig!

Timeless and simple it may be as a dessert celebrity, but it does demand careful clock-watching in the kitchen. Like a soufflé, this type of dessert ages exponentially by the minute after it’s pulled from the oven – the lava firms up, and so does the magic. :(

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The icing on the Baking Sheet cake: Swiss buttercream and a new DVD

Recipe: None

The right recipe, the one that knocks people’s socks off and gets requested by 3 out of 5 diners, can be hard to come by. Bakers and cooks everywhere have their own arsenal, library, cache, toolbox, or cherished electronic file filled with formulas they trust. My goal as a chef and a baker isn’t to be famous. My goal is to be someone who writes the recipes you go to, again and again. That’s what The Baking Sheet is all about. I also do my best to help bakers learn new skills, which is what this particular blog is about.

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Boston Cream Pie: classic Sunday dinner dessert

Recipe: Boston Cream Pie

Here in the King Arthur Flour test kitchen we often get folks poking their head in the door, asking quite literally, “What’s cookin’?”

The responses to what we’re making that day can range from “Yeah, chocolate!” to “Oh. Thanks anyway.” The day I made this Boston Cream Pie, though…

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Nantucket Cranberry Cake: seize the season

Recipe: Nantucket Cranberry Cake

PLOP!

The sound of cranberry sauce being dropped from its can onto a serving plate.

“Ahhhhh….” The sound of an appreciative dessert-lover enjoying a bite of buttery, tender, tart-sweet cranberry cake.

PLOP is OK. But “Ahhhh…” So much more satisfying, when you’re a DIY-type person.

Read: home baker.

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Zucchini-Coconut Muffins: tropical zukes

Recipe: Zucchini-Coconut Muffins

Zucchini. Coconut.

Not a familiar pairing, you say?

Well, maybe not to those of us who grew up knowing only enough about zucchini, a.k.a. “summer squash,” to dislike it.

And those whose only thought of coconut was a Mounds bar.

But for the younger foodies out there, zucchini and coconut go together as naturally as strawberries, bean sprouts, and avocado.

Or chocolate and gingerbread. Lime and mint.

How about pumpkin and Parmesan?

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Strawberry Rhubarb Icebox Cake: now THAT’s stacked with flavor

Recipe: Strawberry Rhubarb Icebox Cake

By now, you probably know of our deep and abiding love for Vanilla Dream cookies. They’ve shown up in blogs, on Facebook, and have spawned plenty of spin-off recipes (see Chocolate Dreams).

Most of the time we just love to munch and crunch on them plain, or with a cup of java or cocoa. I personally love the texture of a Dream dipped in coffee, where the creamy coffee encourages the cookie to crumble delicately into a million pieces.

But we’re brave kitchen explorers, and know no bounds when it comes to playing with enhancing our food experience.

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Citrus Surprise Grapefruit Cake: Surprise! It’s 100% Whole Wheat!

Recipe: Citrus Surprise Grapefruit Cake

Ah, the giddy days in the kitchen. You know the ones, where you suddenly see Al Pacino’s face in your morning toast, or you sing “Heard It Through the Grapevine” while measuring out your raisins (complete with hand rolls, if you lived through the ’80s). I’m prone to juggling oranges and lemons and, …

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Beyond Greek yogurt – a baker’s secret.

Recipes: 100% Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins,
 Homemade Whole-Grain Pancake Mix, Tanyard Farm Buttermilk Cake

High-rising, whole wheat blueberry muffins

Light, tender whole-grain pancakes

Ooey-gooey buttermilk cake

What do all of these treats have in common?

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