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Old Fashioned Coconut Cake

Old Fashioned Coconut Cake

And here it is: The best Old Fashioned Coconut Cake recipe.  It doesn’t use white cake mix (with it’s sickly-sweet taste and gummy texture).  All-natural ingredients – no artificial flavors or colors. Includes both regular and high-altitude versions. If you’re a regular visitor, you know I live in Colorado – at around 5,300 feet. Because of this, lots of cake recipes have to be adjusted …

Apfelkuchen Overnight Coffee Cake

Apfelkuchen Overnight Coffee Cake

I’ve spent a lot of time in Germany, particularly Berlin, and this version of apfelkuchen (apple cake) is very similar to what I’ve found in the bakeries there. Never too heavy on the sugar, European pastries are often sweetened naturally with fruit. Apples are very common, but you see many fruit tarts loaded with any seasonal fruit, as well as jam-filled sweet rolls or doughnuts, …

Chocolate cake

High Altitude Chocolate Cake

High Altitude Chocolate Cake – Baking chocolate cake at high altitude is one of the greater challenges in a baker’s life. Chocolate cakes tend to take more sugar, and sugar plus high altitude is a problem.  You can overcome this problem with trial and error, or you can use a tried-and-true recipe that will produce a moist, chocolaty cake without a lot of fuss. This …

Millionaire Shortbread Cups

Homemade Twix Bars (Original Millionaire Shortbread)

Are you a fan of Twix candy bars?  These Homemade Twix Bars are just a variation on my time-tested Best Millionaire’s Shortbread: Shortbread cookie layer, covered with rich caramel and topped with chocolate. This recipe for Homemade Twix Bars is gleaned from ground-zero for shortbread – Scotland. The story goes that shortbread evolved from the practice of baking any leftover bread scraps in a low …

Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

Rich Moist Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

There are a million chocolate cupcake recipes out there.  The problem is, Which one produces a truly rich, moist chocolate cupcake?  I can tell you that this Rich Moist Chocolate Cupcake recipe has been analyzed and adjusted using the classic Bakewise text by Shirley O. Corriher.  It’s properly balanced between fat and sugar to give you the perfect, moist cupcake without being oily or overly …

Soft Molasses Cookies

Soft Molasses Cookies Recipe

There’s something about sinking your teeth into these Soft Molasses Cookies. It’s one of the simplest cookies to make – a great project for you and the grandkids – and the reward far surpasses the effort! With fall in the air, there’s nothing like the smell of cinnamon, ginger and cloves wafting from a warm oven.  And with such a simple recipe, you can whip …

Pumpkin Butterscotch Cupcakes

Pumpkin Butterscotch Cupcakes

Pumpkin Butterscotch Cupcakes – Fall is in the air here in Denver, Colorado.  We’ve already had a few days of 32F weather, the trees in town are turning and dropping leaves, and the pumpkins are starting to appear on people’s front porch. With my nieces and nephew in town now, I look for more sweet treats for them, but I also want something natural and …