Raisins

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

November 29, 2010 |

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As you can tell from the picture, that trifle doesn’t exactly look like a cake. This was one of those “when life gives you lemons you make lemonade” situations. I was planning to make this carrot cake recipe for Thanksgiving dessert, to go along with the pumpkin pies that my great aunt was planning on [...]

Gingered Carrot Cake Cookies

September 2, 2010 |

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A couple of weekends ago while we were traipsing about in the Outer Banks, I ordered a piece of carrot cake for dessert the first night we were there (I talked about it in my food and restaurant review of the Outer Banks). It was outrageous in all sorts of good ways… it was massive [...]

Cinnamon Raisin Walnut Bread

May 4, 2010 |

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I absolutely adore baking bread from scratch, but sometimes I go through a bit of a drought. I get caught up in chocolate and cheesecakes and cookies and then the weather starts to get warm, and fresh bread doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves. I am determined to put a stop to that and [...]

Raisin Bran Muffins

April 27, 2010 |

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A favorite cereal in a breakfast muffin? As Ina Garten might say, “How great is that?” Now you all know I don’t claim to be a health nut (in fact, far from it), but for some reason Raisin Bran has always been a favorite cereal of mine. Something about those slightly sweetened flakes and sugary [...]

Old-Fashioned Spice Cake

June 15, 2009 |

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This spice cake is a recipe that my great Aunt has been making for as long as I can remember. It’s her “signature dish”. Well, one of a few. She also makes a killer Jello that has baby food in it (secret ingredient!) and a mean broccoli casserole. But as far as desserts go, this [...]

Cinnamon Raisin Bagels

June 1, 2009 |

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I love bagels and I was in the mood to do some baking. Since I had already made the original bagel recipe in The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, I decided to use this opportunity to make the cinnamon raisin variation provided by Peter Reinhart. The only differences are an increase in yeast and the addition of [...]

World Bread Day ’07 ~ Brown Sugar Raisin Bread

October 17, 2007 |

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I am probably the last person that needs a reason to bake a loaf of bread, but since today, October 16th, is World Bread Day, I figured it was a perfect day to celebrate those carbs and try another bread recipe! Thank you to Zorra for hosting this event and giving us all a reason [...]