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Mar
Mar
“Now Alene began measuring ingredients for Ruthie’s gluten-free, vegan Berry Breakfast Cake.”
Category Archives: Cakes, Pies, and Icing
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Dec
Dec
“As planned, Olly and another employee started strolling through the café giving out small samples of the Chocolate Banana Nut-Butter frozen pie Ruthie had created. Customers oohed and aahed, commented on the pie’s creaminess, marveled that it was low in sugar, and asked for the recipe.” Smothered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery, DX Varos 2021
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Nov
Nov
From Smothered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery, second in the series (following Battered) and due out in the summer of 2020.
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Nov
Nov
With only 1/2 cup of brown sugar, the cake is sweet because of the whole apple, banana and chocolate chips, and there is also no extra fat, aside from what’s in the chocolate chips.
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Sep
Sep
Let everyone taste these mini-cupcakes (with a dollop of Dairy-free Chocolate Frosting) before you divulge the secret, high-protein ingredient.
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Sep
Sep
Our guests oohed and aahed until someone asked how I’d made such a delicious, creamy, dairy-free chocolate frosting.
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Jul
Jul
I was out of oil when I made this on Friday so I blended a seeded Gala apple with the beer until it was beer-applesauce, then mixed it together with the dry ingredients. The cake still turned out great!
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Jun
Jun
1 ½ cups grated zucchini 1 small tart apple (like Gala or Honey-crisp), seeded and grated3 eggs1 cup packed dark brown sugar1 ½ tsp vanilla2 cups unbleached or gluten free flour4 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder1 TBSP apple cider vinegar1 tsp baking soda½ tsp salt1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease […]
Cakes, Pies, and Icing, Recipes to Die For
Apple Crisp (the one I made nearly every Friday while my kids were growing up – )
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May
May
7-8 tart apples (like Gala, Granny Smith or Fuji) – peeled and sliced thin) Juice of about half a lemon 1 tsp lemon zest 1 TBSP pure maple syrup ¼ cup fruity or berry liqueur or 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 cup chopped toasted almonds or pecans (or mix them together) 2 cups quick […]