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Icebox Cake

I prepared this unusual looking cake for a recent pot luck. It's now my new favorite fancy dessert! The recipe is super easy and involves assembly rather than any actual cooking. It needs to be made a day ahead which…

Salted Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake

We're heading to our favorite Superbowl party this weekend and a late call has gone out for desserts. What a great excuse to bake up a storm and bring our Superbowl best! This Salted Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake is easy…

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Favorite places – Magnolia Bakery, Los Angeles

I love hearing about other people's favorite places, and then exploring them myself. It's a great shortcut to discovering the hidden gems in each city and town you find yourself in. It was kind of weird when my own son…

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nanny cake

This simple but heavenly cake is all tangled up in my memories of my grandmother (we called her Nanny), Irene Mulally. When I visited her comfortable rambling home on Sydney's North Shore with my brother and sisters, there would be…