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Cardamom Coffee Cake:A Near-Perfect Post-Saturday Run Snack!
Coffee cake…it was always a treat in our household. My Mom only made it on special occasions, but when she did, it seemed like it was always gone in a flash! Over the past few months, every now and again I’d all of a sudden crave coffee cake. Fortunately, it takes time to bake, so I never actually followed through with my cravings and let it go… [Read More] Happy Valentines Day!
Valentines Day…oh the commercialism that accompanies this “holiday”… [Read More] Week #9: Keeping up Motivation Offshore + Vegan Mocha Cake Recipe
I’ll just start out with that this week was hard….really hard…but I’ve come out on the other end, no worse for the wear (I think…)! I was offshore until Wednesday, but luckily got home just in time for track practice. However, that required the most of my miles this week to be logged on the trusty rig treadmill. After track practice and dinner, I decided (like my normal crazy self) to bake a cake for a colleague who was leaving us for another company. So, I baked a “Vegan” Mocha Cake (the cake itself was vegan, but not the buttercream which is easy enough to “veganize”). Read on to hear about the highs and lows of this week and for my decadent cake recipe (which by the way, is NOT healthy). [Read More] Bring on the “Hills” (and the Baked Goods)!
This week started our second month of training and with that came our second third track practice where we were charged with a new challenge…hills! Everything else has been pretty quiet…we were unable to climb this week due to the pickup of our old fridge to be delivered to my parents in Pennsylvania (took forever). We’ve been really busy with training and work, so we actually had a whole 2 day period where our television wasn’t turned on at all (it’s normally on for only ~30 min/day right now…will change with the advent of College Football season). Fundraising has gone well this week, with the theme being contrast…Deborah Madison’s Banana Oat Muffins (diabetic-friendly) and Honey Whole Wheat Poundcake with Blueberry and Lemon Icing (shown above). [Read More] “Breakfast” Cake…Because Why Not Cake For Breakfast?
What makes a “breakfast cake”??? Well, in this case, my co-workers were highly anticipating my arrival with my strawberry themed cake and couldn’t wait to eat it…for breakfast! I thought that was an ok proposition, as you’ll see, this cake is more of a quick bread than a cake anyway, so it is fit to eat anytime of the day! [Read More] Our first Daring Bakers Challenge: The April 2009 challenge is hosted by Jenny from Jenny Bakes. She has chosen Abbey’s Infamous Cheesecake as the challenge. Our Adaptation: Goat Cheese Cheesecake with Blueberry Balsamic Reduction
Okay…so the hubby and I decided to join the Daring Bakers as a fun activity to do with each other each month. So, this month, Mark was so pleasantly surprised to see that our first challenge would be cheesecake! He’s been wanting to try one for ages, but we never had a reason and I’m pretty lukewarm to the thought of cheesecake (i.e. not my favorite dessert). After much thought of how to “healthify” a cheesecake, we decided to make a goat cheese cheesecake! Boy was it delicious (coming from me, the non-cheesecake lover)…still not exactly the picture of perfect health, but goat cheese has a much more favorable protein:fat ratio to make it a tad bit less guilty… [Read More] A Modern Classic with a Healthy Twist
Carrot Cake is my all-time favorite cake (except maybe an excellent chocolate Tres Leches). My husband makes an excellent carrot cake that comes directly from the Joy of Baking website. The most unfortunate thing is how much time and effort it takes, and how terrible it is for you (I did the calorie/macronutrient estimation over Thanksgiving, it’s atrocious). So, a few months ago we went to Ziggy’s Healthy Grill here in Houston and were amazed by their sugar-free carrot cake cookies. A little creative web research shows that they were likely adapted from a Martha Stewart recipe. [Read More] |
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