Some months ago, a friend of mine had given me a bottle of her homemade Limoncello and I have been using it very frugally. I have used it in some recipes and have drunk little swigs of it every now and then and now I wanted to use the last remnants of it in something unusual. A couple of...
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Apricot Cranberry Cake
All those that follow my blog regularly know that I constantly reiterate that I am not a good baker. The problem is that I have a major sweet tooth and love baked goods – I just don’t like the fact that I have to follow the recipes so precisely. This is why I like cooking – I can always...
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Orange Cake with Grand Marnier
At the very outset I have to confess that I am a terrible baker. Somehow I have never been the one to stick to rules and baking always needs such discipline that after a few failed attempts I gave up on it years ago. The only problem with this is that I have a major sweet tooth and so...
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Mini Apple Cranberry Pie
My week before Thanksgiving was entirely spent in amassing groceries. I visited every kind of specialty store to stock up my pantry and refrigerator so that I would have everything needed to feed my kids and their friends coming back from college. Both my kids love being at college and are thoroughly enjoying their life away from home; but...
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Magical Pina-Colada Cake
The Gods of Baked Goods must have been a good mood today because there could be no other explanation for my major breakthrough - I baked a cake from scratch (with no standardized recipe) and it came out real well! Those of you that have followed this blog for a while know that I am constantly lamenting over the...
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