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Milky Way Candy Cake

Mwahahahaha. Welcome to the Halloween candy conundrum. What to do with all the leftover Halloween candy? You’ve paid your kids a penny for each piece of candy they will surrender You’ve dropped off pillowcases full of sticky sweets to the nearest homeless shelter You’ve stolen all the good candy for yourself Yet there are still bite-sized, caramel-filled, nougat-laden, sugar-coated pieces of…
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Old Fashioned Butter Cake

Extravagant love. We talked about extravagant love at home all week. I explained to Littlest how even an Old Fashioned Butter Cake was extravagant — in the not so distant past pure butter was rare making this cake recipe not only delicious but an extravagant gesture of love. We celebrated Sarah’s 2 year anniversary of an extravagant spine surgery savoring…
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Lemon Rosemary Cake

Sometimes dinner can be cozy and intimate. Like the meal Husband and I shared at The Winding Stair in Dublin two weeks ago. (More on this later). Sometimes the table is elaborately spread with homemade goodness and shared with strangers helping those with unexpected loss and need. Like the Austin Bakes bake sale for West, Texas last weekend. It’s good…
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Happy Birthday!

This my friends is the breakfast of  birthday champions. As soon as the light of day breaks through the windows, the Littles will enjoy a nutritious, hearty helping of birthday cake. All before 8 am. Cake for the Littles, coffee for the mama. Nine years ago on my 33rd birthday, our second Little and first daughter made her way into…
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