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Homemade Red Velvet Cake

By: like black butterflies August 7, 2018March 1, 2020

Losebaking, cooking, Journey to 30, recipes, test kitchen1 Comment

I’ve been trying to find the perfect red velvet cake recipe that doesn’t involve food coloring, and still tastes chocolate-y. I found this beautiful looking recipe on pinterest a few years ago, that involved a goat cheese and thyme frosting instead of your typical cream cheese and beets for the redness. It had some mixed…

When life give you lemons…make curd…and then make a pie

By: like black butterflies January 10, 2017March 1, 2020

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A fellow dancer brought two large boxes of citrus to one of our last rehearsals of 2016: meyer lemons and oranges. I’m not a huge citrus fan; my husband on the other hand will eat 2-3 oranges at a time, and since he was sick at the time, I loaded my bag with oranges. I…

In the words of Ice Cube, Today was a good day…

By: like black butterflies July 16, 2014May 4, 2020

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Life has become complicated lately. A frustrating congregation of stressful events and one infuriatingly stagnant process. But today was a good day. A GREAT day. It started off with that gross feeling of not getting enough peaceful sleep–that achey, sore-eyed feeling that not even 2 cups of coffee can fix. It progressed into being somewhat…

Kitchen Experiments: GF Loquat Crisp

By: like black butterflies April 27, 2014March 1, 2020

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1) Maker’s Mark Bourbon soaked loquats, picked from the tree in my backyard, tossed in honey and vanilla extract topped with 2) garbanzo bean flour, rolled oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter placed in a 350ºF oven for about 30 minutes no measurements, just yum!