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Mexican Chocolate Cake

by Jillian Bedell May 15, 2013

Once upon a time in Mexico I got married in front of a fountain and a defrocked priest and friends and family, under a cloudless blue sky in the open courtyard of a colonial mansion. There was no aisle, no mass, no pews, no flower girl. No programs, no rice, no chuppah. There were, however, [...]

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Cinnamon Ricotta Danish

by Jillian Bedell May 7, 2013

When we have a houseful of company for the weekend, I love to get up early and bake something yummy for breakfast. This is the perfect next treat after presenting an impressive Beef Wellington the night before, as there were two sheets of puff pastry in the box. Seeing old friends after many months or [...]

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Cranberry Cardamom Monkey Bread with Clementine Glaze

by Jillian Bedell November 28, 2012

Monkey bread is the perfect holiday treat. Make it for an open house, brunch, or dinner party, and you will have every guest standing around the kitchen pulling apart and munching on warm, sweet bread. I have happily made the easy version, wherein you open a can of Pillsbury biscuits, roll them and soak them [...]

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Snickerdoodle Cake with Brown Sugar Buttercream

by Jillian Bedell October 1, 2012

It’s pretty much the law that babies are allowed to devour an entire baby-sized cake with their hands on the occasion of their first birthday, and not a moment sooner. So I had to pray that none of the Draconian, Internet-Parenting Big Brother eyes were on us when I caught our sweet, curious 8-and-a-half-month-old Violet [...]

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Ginger Peach Ice Cream Sandwiches

by Jillian Bedell August 31, 2012

In fifth grade, we were given permission to walk the two miles from Pierson School to St Mary’s of the Visitation on Tuesday afternoons, for CCD. We did not have, however, have permission to stop at Cumberland Farms for snacks. But we did anyway, when we were feeling daring. I would get a Chipwich premium [...]

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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

by Malcolm Bedell February 14, 2012

It seems like there are a few different ways to approach Valentine’s Day. There’s the moodily-lit, glossy magazine ad version of the day, which seems to paint women as these precious little gift-obsessed lunatics, who will throw all of your worldly possessions out of a second-story window if you don’t deliver precisely the correct combination [...]

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Applesauce Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

by Jillian Bedell December 27, 2010

Baking is the art of measure, the science of cookery magic, a delicious alchemy, and proof that precision can be liberating. I am learning to like swiftly whisking dry goods all together, spooning in spices, softening butter with droplets of vanilla, noting then forgetting the difference between baking soda and powder, and pouring batter into [...]

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