From the category archives:

Desserts

2 September 2010

Sophisticated Lemon Fig Cake with Pine Nuts

The lemon zest is a subtle compliment with the fruitiness from both the olive oil and figs and buttery nuttiness from the pine nuts.

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20 August 2010

California Fresh Figs – Delicious Summer Fare Ideas

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There are hundreds of fig varieties, but only about six of those varieties are grown commercially in California. I’m having a virtual Fig-Fest party with all my Teenie Cakes’ friends!

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19 August 2010

Warm Cherry Upside-Down Cake

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If you enjoy fruits and cake, I hope you’ll give this recipe a try. It’s a delicate and tender butter cake. Resistance is absolutely futile!

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17 August 2010

Applesauce Spice Snack Cake (using Splenda^®)

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A couple of weeks ago, some of my Teenie Cakes Facebook friends requested tasty recipes using sugar substitutes for their loved ones that need to watch their sugar intake.

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11 August 2010

Apricot-Almond Crisp

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Who can resist a seasonal fruit crisp with it’s firm texture and golden brown sugary-oat topping that blankets delicately fresh cooked fruit from below?

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4 August 2010

I mentioned in an earlier post that my kitchen was “inaccessible” for a couple of very long weeks. I had already purchased some prized produce like blackberries, apricots, nectarines and figs in anticipation of seasonal, delicious culinary creations to come. Blackberries do not keep well for very long. They get mushy and kind of disgustingly [...]

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30 July 2010