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Banana Twinkies with Apricot Buttercream

Banana Twinkies with Apricot Buttercream

Sometimes the universe sends you hidden messages - other times it just hits you over the head. Serendipity brought me to Twinkies.


Guava Cream Cheese Cake

Guava Cream Cheese Cake

This little gem comes from my baking days in a nearby Seattle restaurant. This cake is closer to a pound cake than a cheesecake (as the name implies), and is better after being refrigerated (or frozen) then slices and toasted in a pan.

This is a moist, dense cake with a fragrance you won't know unless you grew up somewhere tropical. It's a subtle flavor - almost peachy - but then something else wafts by and you're clearly inhaling something new.


Dobos Torta

Dobos Torta

The August 2009 Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers' cookbook Kaffeehaus:  Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague.


Monga's Classic Zucchini Bread

Classic Zucchini Bread

I'm not sure of the origin of zucchini quick bread, but I wonder if it came out of the WWII Victory Gardens. I decided to make zucchini bread this week, so I spent some time looking up old recipes to compare methods and ingredients. There was no mention of zucchini bread (or squash cake, as I have seen it referred to) in anything I have that's older than about 1940. That may be just a coincidence, or the result of my cookbook selection - I'm not sure.


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