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Chocolate Malt Cake Pops from 175 Best Babycakes® Cake Pops Recipes

I think cake pops are cute and fun, so I was looking forward to reviewing this new cookbook, 175 Best Babycakes® Cake Pops Recipes (softcover) by Kathy Moore and Roxanne Wyss. Moore and Wyss are expert food consultants who develop recipes and … Continue reading

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Little Lamb Cake Balls from Sugarlicious and a Giveaway!

If you like making fun and creative treats, you’ll have to check out the new book Sugarlicious: 50 Cute and Clever Treats for Every Occasion (softcover). I’m excited to tell you that I have a copy of this book to … Continue reading

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Sweet Potato Cinnamon Cake from 300 Best Potato Recipes

I’m a big fan of potatoes, whether they’re baked, scalloped, fried, roasted, mashed…you name it! That’s why I was interested in reviewing 300 Best Potato Recipes: A Complete Cook’s Guide (Softcover). Written by author and food journalist Kathleen Sloan-McIntosh, the book … Continue reading

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Yummy Pumpkin Recipes

Around this time last year, I had fun trying out some new pumpkin recipes that were really yummy! If you didn’t get a chance to try them out last autumn, maybe you’ll have time to try them now… This rich … Continue reading

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Chocolate on My Mind

I’ve been craving chocolate lately…if you are, too, here’s something I posted last August that is guaranteed to satisfy any chocolate craving! It’s a recipe I came up with called Triple Chocolate Pound Cake. It’s choc-full of chocolate, with a … Continue reading

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Lizzie’s Sour Cream Pound Cake from At My Grandmother’s Knee

A new cookbook, At My Grandmother’s Knee, which I had the pleasure of reviewing, celebrates food, family, and warm memories. It’s filled with 166 treasured recipes shared by Southern women who inherited them from their grandmothers, along with special memories about … Continue reading

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The Best (Texas) Chocolate Sheet Cake

A few posts ago, I told you about a recipe for Cheesy Hash Brown Potatoes, made by Jane Ann for her department lunch. Well, Jane, who is also in that same department, made this fabulous Texas sheet cake for the … Continue reading

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NancyCreative’s Top 5 from 2010

It’s hard to believe January is almost over! I’ve been meaning to post a recap of the 5 most popular recipes that were featured on my blog in 2010, so here they are! Readers loved the cheesy-bacon-onion yumminess of these Bacon-Cheese … Continue reading

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Peppermint Pound Cake

I’ve been on a peppermint roll lately! Recipes with peppermint have been sounding really good to me this holiday season. I started out making Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes, then Easy Peppermint Bark, and now Peppermint Pound Cake! This recipe did not come from … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Bundt Cake

There’s something about autumn that makes me want to bake and eat pumpkin-flavored things. Apparently I’m not the only one who feels that way–when I went to buy some canned pumpkin, I had to go to three grocery stores before … Continue reading

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