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Vanilla Pound Cake

Maris Callahan — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 20:06:36 +0000

Sara Lee pound cake was pretty much a staple in my freezer growing up. It was what my mother would serve guests and a great breakfast treat when we were feeling especially decadent (or more likely, when my mom was feeling particularly averse to preparing breakfast, because what child doesn’t want to eat any kind of cake for breakfast? One of my pet peeves in the food blogging world (I know, this is a happy place, but sometimes I really can’t resist some cheese with my whine)…is the constant belittling of any food item that isn’t 100% from scratch homemade. The same cooks who were once horrified by the idea of using processed cheese, today get paid to use the same product to make bacon cheddar honey mustard monkey bread grilled cheese sandwiches that will go viral on Pinterest. Before I paint myself as a big fat hypocrite, here is what I think about homemade, scratch cooking and baking: it’s glorious, when you have time to do it. Time is a luxury we don’t all have, especially when we’re away from home for 9-10 hours a day at our j-o-b. Maybe if you live on a farm, you’re churning your own butter, baking your own […]

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Olive Oil Lemon Cake

Maris Callahan — Sun, 08 May 2011 18:44:40 +0000

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I don’t know exactly who “they” are and I certainly don’t have a thousand words to say about this picture. What the pictures in this post do say is that a) olive oil lemon cake is a highly underrated cake and b) I had a difficult time removing this cake from it springform pan. Don’t judge. Normally when I see the words “springform pan” in a recipe I assume it’s a complicated one. I’m not sure why I infer that – maybe because growing up, the only thing I knew that you could make in a springform pan was my grandmother’s cheesecake recipe, which has about nine pounds of cream cheese in it and takes several days to make. No, I never exaggerate, why do you ask? Ever since I posted about pantry basics, I’ve been thinking about making this cake. I actually had it saved on my bookmarks bar and attempted to make it on three different occasions. On one of those occasions I was in the kitchen lining up my ingredients when I realized I was out of lemons. I have hard, hard life. What I’m getting at here, in a […]

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Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

Maris Callahan — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:00:00 +0000

People like cake. Now, I’m more of a cookie-and-brownie person myself, but even I understand that there’s a reason why we have birthday cake and not birthday brownies or birthday pie. People like cake. There are all kinds of cakes out there – celebration cakes, breakfast cakes – and my personal favorite, ice cream cake – but the best cakes out there are the everyday cakes. Cakes that isn’t too drenched in too-sweet frosting so you can snack on it between meals, cake that you can offer someone for no reason at all. I adapted this from an Ina Garten recipe for blueberry crumb cake, simply because I wanted to make the perfect crumb cake without making a trip to the store for ingredients. I had everything on the list for Ina’s cake except the blueberries, so a blueberry-less cake it would be. Save Print Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake Author: Adapted from Ina Garten Recipe type: Breakfast & Brunch, Sweet Treats Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 40 mins Total time: 1 hour Serves: 12 Ingredients Streusel ¼ cup granulated sugar ⅓ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg ¼ pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, […]

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Orange Almond Yogurt Cake

Maris Callahan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Since I began training for the Couch to 5K running program with Joy and Denise, I’ve been motivated to also adapt to healthier diet. While that doesn’t mean no cake, it does mean new cake: orange almond yogurt cake. Three years ago I lost a considerable amount of weight only to promptly gain 110% of it back. When I was dieting, I ate a lot of fake food: processed cheese slices, high-fructose corn syrup laden breads, sugar-free this, sugar-free that. I’m not against these things but when I have the option, I typically choose not to eat them. Even though I might be a bit heavier than I used to be, I know that my body is healthier. Irregardless of my healthy diet, I do have skinny jeans to fit into, hence the running. Also, hence portion control. It’s no secret (well, now it isn’t) that I can’t be trusted alone in a contained space with chocolate chip cookies. Yes, my apartment counts as a contained space. This is where cake comes in. Cake, unlike cookies, which are so utterly pop-in-your-mouth-able, requires a plate. You have to eat it with a fork (being subjective, here). You need a knife to cut that […]

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Homemade Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Maris Callahan — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:00:00 +0000

I’m a strong supporter of the expression “time flies when you’re having fun.” A lengthy car ride can be excruciating yet a week of beachside vacation seems to be over as quickly as you can blink. This past weekend, my younger brother graduated college. I’m not especially weepy about the event in and of itself – graduations are a blast. The two-hour ceremony (which I correctly predicted would be similar in nature to the car ride I described above) is a small price to pay for a weekend of restaurants, parties and dorky photos of a few thousand cap-and-gowned entrants to the already sparse job market. The part that gets me is the fact that if my little brother is old enough to graduate college than that makes me…well, not old, exactly but older. Older than I was three years ago when I walked across a stage, in the shortest heels I could find to decrease the likelihood of tripping, to receive my own diploma. Graduating is both exciting (a time for celebration) and scary (what comes next?). Luckily, I can’t think of better remedy for nerves or a better way to celebrate than cake. My brother, who in his […]

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