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Cardamom Coffee Cake

Stef — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:24:08 +0000

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 [...]

Happy Valentines Day!

Stef — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:48:21 +0000

Happy Valentines Day!

Valentines Day…oh the commercialism that accompanies this “holiday”…

For years, I’ve tried to avoid buying into the commercialism, but this year, we finally decided it was high time to go out for a nice dinner rather than cook each other dinner as in years past as you can get incredible [...]

Training Update – Week 9

Stef — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:33:13 +0000

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 [...]

Training Update – Week 5

Stef — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:56:03 +0000

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 [...]

Breakfast Cake

Stef — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:15:10 +0000

“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 [...]

Cheesecake (DB Challenge)

Stef — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:00:32 +0000

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 [...]

Carrot Cake Cookies

Stef — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:21:59 +0000

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 [...]