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Blueberry Crumb Cake {ModBak}
Like most of the rest of the country, we have had an unseasonably warm spring and early summer here. One of the consequences of this has been that many of the local fruits and vegetables are coming on...
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Blackberry Jam Cake {ModBak}
This week’s Modern Baker Challenge recipe is Blackberry Jam Cake, a cake that was popular in the 19th century but which is relatively unknown today. I’m not sure when or why this cake fell out of...
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Orange-scented Olive Oil Cake {ModBak}
This week’s Modern Baker Challenge recipe from the Cakes section is one of those “but for” recipes. But for the Challenge, I would never have made this cake. As much as I love The Modern Baker and most...
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Classic Génoise {ModBak}
The next cake in the line up for the Modern Baker Challenge is one I’ve only made one other time, with disastrous results. Last June I made — or tried to make – a French Strawberry Cake for Tuesdays...
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Raspberry Cream Cake {ModBak}
In last week’s Modern Baker Mondays post, I recounted my first successful attempt at making a classic génoise. And I promised that if you came back this week, you’d see what became of this wonderful...
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Cocoa Génoise {ModBak}
The next cake in the line up for the Modern Baker Challenge is cocoa génoise. Flush with my recent success with a classic génoise, I was looking forward to making the cocoa variation. First, a...
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Whipped Cream Layer Cake {ModBak}
I’m still baking my way through the Cakes Section of the Modern Baker Challenge, and this week’s entry is a simple and delicious layer cake. What makes this cake unique is that the butter you would...
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Banana Rum Coconut Layer Cake {ModBak}
This week’s Modern Baker Challenge cake features one of my favorite flavors. No, I don’t mean dark rum (although I’m certainly not opposed to rum). I’m talking about bananas. Regular readers of my...
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Triple Chocolate Cake {ModBak}
A few weeks ago, I wrote about making this wonderful light and airy Cocoa Génoise. Today’s Modern Baker Challenge post is about what I made with the génoise layer. As the name implies, this cake is...
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Devil’s Food Cake with Fluffy White Icing {ModBak}
This week’s Modern Baker Challenge recipe is the Devil’s Food Cake from the cover of the book. And I suspect that, like my friend Renee, a lot of people bought the book largely for the promise of this...
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