recipe index: Special Occasion Cakes
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  1. Noshtalgia: The Ho Ho/Yodel
    Reminiscing is a slippery slope for me right now. I’m no Gwyneth Paltrow with  her “conscious uncoupling”  of a divorce, though I’m trying. I’m meditating.… MORE »
    Noshtalgia: The Ho Ho/Yodel
  2. Chocolate Babka
    Babka is good.  If you have a piece of the crumbly, yeasty, cinnamon-y bread/pastry you might think, “oh, it’s kind of like an oversized Rugalach… MORE »
    Chocolate Babka
  3. Boston Creme Pie Cupcakes
    The phone rings on a sunny Sunday morning. The caller ID reads the name of a hospital. You know the moment the woman at the… MORE »
    Boston Creme Pie Cupcakes
  4. Gingerbread Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake (and Giveaway!)
    I’ve got a million things to do before my family descends on Sunday, so this may be brief, but it will be festive because I… MORE »
    Gingerbread Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake (and Giveaway!)
  5. maker’s mark ice cream and guinness stout cake
    If you think I’m doing a whiskey-and-beer-infused recipe in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, you are obviously under the influence of stereotypical thinking that associates… MORE »
    maker’s mark ice cream and guinness stout cake