Fix-It and Forget-It

“Healthy dessert” might seem like an oxymoron. For some of us, if it’s healthy it just doesn’t qualify as dessert. While our Applesauce Cake with Streusel Topping might not quite fall into the category of “healthy,” it most certainly is dessert, and not so bad for you in the bargain. Continue Reading...

Boxed cake mixes are a gift to any busy cook, but it must be admitted that they can be just a tiny bit, well, uninteresting. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, however. Think of them, rather, as an invitation to creativity. Continue Reading...

Our local orchard is just starting to offer the earliest summer apples. With names like Yellow Transparent, Pristine, and Summer Rambo, summer apples are golden, sweet, and light, just like our Low Fat Apple Cake.
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Calling all bakers: If you love your stand mixer, here is a bowl set that you won’t be able to live without.

These bowls have so many great features that I’m not sure where to start. They are silicone, so they can withstand heat up to 490 degrees. They come in perfect sizes, just right for mixing a cake or cupcakes or brownies or cookies….

But the best feature by far is that they are flexible. Sift your dry ingredients into one of these bowls, and then squeeze the bowl into a funnel shape over your stand mixer. Voila… no more making a mess while pouring ingredients into your stand mixer bowl.

The iSi Flexible Mixing Bowls is available at The Good Cooking Store and they do ship. Click here for more information.
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Sadly, we are losing a co-worker.

Happily, she has accepted a new job title that we just know will bring her great joy. Sarah Ann is going to be a mother for the first time!

Sarah Ann has put a lot of time and energy and passion into our projects–especially our recently launched blog and facebook page. She’s made nearly all the food that you’ve seen here and done most of the photography.

More then that, Sarah Ann has been a faithful employee and genuine friend to those of us who work with her.

So we planned a surprise baby shower and made her a cake. Well...actually Tina, Marcia, and Rebecca did most of that. And the cake was all Tina’s handiwork. Take a closer look:
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