From the category archives:

Baking

Chocolate-Strawberry Cheesecake

April 24, 2010

I’d been trying to get one of my co-workers, Chris, to come to a cake party ever since I started writing here. I couldn’t tell if he didn’t come because he just wasn’t that enthused about sweets or because he thought my friends were weird, but when he told me ...

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Edible Books: One Hundred Years of Solitude

April 18, 2010

Competitive Update: Megan’s cake just won the “Taste of Mexico” Category at the 2010 UIUC Edible Books Festival.   Congratulations Megan! Last Tuesday was the Edible Books festival at UIUC, and I entered a One Hundred Years of Solitude cake! It was a really excellent experience, partly because it was a ...

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Fractured Prune – Donuts-gone-Krazy

April 17, 2010
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My girlfriend’s parents live in Rockville, Maryland; you know…that place where Lewis Black woke up in front of a courthouse, married to a woman he’d never met three days after having chugged a bottle of NyQuil [2:25 in the video]. The Fractured Prune is a random little donut shoppe nestled into the ...

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Smorecakes

April 16, 2010
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Remember Baconsmores? Yeah, I thought so.  Well, turns out, not everyone eats bacon.  (Seriously!)  So, I had to make something for the vegetarians in my group in enjoy, and, well, I love a theme.  Smorecakes it was!  These were tiny, delicious little graham-cracker cupcakes topped with homemade marshmallow and a ...

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Fancy Schmancy Carrot Cake with Mango-Cream Cheese Icing

April 13, 2010

I must apologize for leaving you so long without a baking post, oh Epic Portions readers.  I know you need your sugar fix, but homework has been getting me down, the weather has been getting me outside, and rock shows galore have been getting me dancing… leaving little time for ...

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Blackberry-Balsamic & Kiwi Tart

February 22, 2010

A little over a year ago, I discovered the berry-balsamic combination in all its greatness. I had just bought an ice cream maker, and since all the flavors in the little book seemed boring, I struck out on my own with strawberry-balsamic ice cream. I burned the hell out of ...

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Lumpy Bumpy Toffee Cake

February 9, 2010

My friends were pretty excited when I announced that I’d be blogging here – not just because they’re supportive and stuff, but because I also announced that I’d be hosting regular dessert parties in order to have something to write about. This past Sunday was our first: I made Lumpy ...

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