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Week 44: Black Forest Cake
November 3, 2021November 12, 2021

Week 44: Black Forest Cake

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Black Forest Cake We are making a lot of cakes right now and, as I have said before, I’m not […]

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Week 43: Hot Fudge Pudding Cake
October 27, 2021November 12, 2021

Week 43: Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

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Hot Fudge Pudding Cake Today was supposed to be lava cake but we wanted to feed several people today so […]

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Week 42: Chess Pie
October 20, 2021November 14, 2021

Week 42: Chess Pie

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Chess Pie This is a pie that made it on Aubrey’s wish list. I thought it was weird since she […]

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Week 41: Boston Cream Pie
October 8, 2021October 24, 2021

Week 41: Boston Cream Pie

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Boston Cream Pie If you know anything about Boston Cream Pie, you know it’s not a pie at all, it’s […]

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Week 40: Galette
October 6, 2021October 24, 2021

Week 40: Galette

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Galette Just when I thought we were done with the fruit desserts (it is fall after all), along comes the […]

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Week 39: Gateau Breton
September 29, 2021September 27, 2021

Week 39: Gateau Breton

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Gateau Breton Well, we found this recipe somewhere in our cook books or magazines when we made our list, but […]

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Week 38: Italian Cream Cake
September 15, 2021September 26, 2021

Week 38: Italian Cream Cake

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Italian Cream Cake Well, if you have been reading any of these blogs, you know that we discarded this recipe […]

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Week 37: Cream Puffs & Eclairs
September 15, 2021September 26, 2021

Week 37: Cream Puffs & Eclairs

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Cream Puffs and Eclairs This is another dessert that I have made but Aubrey hadn’t and she really wanted to […]

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Week 35: Chocolate Soufflé
September 1, 2021August 29, 2021

Week 35: Chocolate Soufflé

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Chocolate Soufflé It shouldn’t be difficult to know who put this item on our list. It’s chocolate and there is […]

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Week 34: Sticky Toffee Pudding
August 25, 2021August 29, 2021

Week 34: Sticky Toffee Pudding

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Sticky Toffee Pudding We have yet another traditional British dessert this week. We saw this once on The Great British […]

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Week 33: Lemon Mascarpone Mini Tarts
August 18, 2021August 15, 2021

Week 33: Lemon Mascarpone Mini Tarts

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Lemon Mascarpone Mini Tarts It was bound to happen! When we embarked upon this journey, we knew there would be […]

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Week 32: Limoncello Cake
August 12, 2021August 13, 2021

Week 32: Limoncello Cake

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Limoncello Cake This week we were supposed to make Italian Cream Cake but after looking at the recipe, we decided […]

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Week 31: Popovers
August 4, 2021August 8, 2021

Week 31: Popovers

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Popovers The first time I ever heard the word “popover” was when I was in college. I was working at […]

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Week 30: Banoffee Pie
July 28, 2021July 25, 2021

Week 30: Banoffee Pie

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Banoffee Pie Here we go again! What the heck, Pam? Banoffee pie?? Banoffee pie is a real thing and, yes, […]

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Week 29: Soft Pretzels
July 14, 2021July 25, 2021

Week 29: Soft Pretzels

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Soft Pretzels This might be the only thing we will bake this year that isn’t a dessert. We made the […]

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Week 28: Pumpkin Bread
July 10, 2021July 24, 2021

Week 28: Pumpkin Bread

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Pumpkin Bread Pumpkin bread?? In the middle of the summer? Why not? I’ve always wondered why pumpkin has to be […]

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Week 22: Peach Cobbler
June 2, 2021June 4, 2021

Week 22: Peach Cobbler

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Peach Cobbler When we made our list before the beginning of the year, we decided that we would try to […]

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Week 18: Tarte Tatin
May 5, 2021May 26, 2021

Week 18: Tarte Tatin

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Tarte Tatin The tarte Tatin (tart tat-tan) sounds really fancy. This is another bake that we wanted to try after […]

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Week 17: Banana Cream Pie
April 28, 2021April 28, 2021

Week 17: Banana Cream Pie

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Banana Cream Pie I’m going to start by saying I love banana flavored stuff. I have banana yogurt nearly every […]

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Week 16: Pavlova
April 21, 2021April 22, 2021

Week 16: Pavlova

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Pavlova This week we made an item that we aren’t exactly sure why it made it on our list. Chances […]

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Week 15: Shoofly Pie
April 14, 2021May 11, 2021

Week 15: Shoofly Pie

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Shoofly Pie What on earth made us put this on the list you ask? Well, it certainly wasn’t Aubrey’s idea. […]

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Week 14: Kransekake
April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

Week 14: Kransekake

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Kransekake This was one of the “bakes” I was looking forward to making since we started this journey. I had […]

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Week 13: Blondies
April 1, 2021April 1, 2021

Week 13: Blondies

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Blondies We do a lot of baking at our house and as difficult as it is to believe, we have […]

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Week 9: Scottish Shortbread
March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

Week 9: Scottish Shortbread

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Scottish Shortbread This was a dessert that made our list while perusing through my favorite dessert cookbook, Mom’s Best Desserts (see the […]

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Week 8: Crème Caramel
February 24, 2021February 22, 2021

Week 8: Crème Caramel

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Traditional Crème Caramel This week was definitely inspired by The Great British Baking Show. I’m not sure which season it […]

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Week 7: King Cake
February 17, 2021February 19, 2021

Week 7: King Cake

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King Cake Oddly enough, we didn’t really want to dive into breads this year because they are a year of […]

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Week 6: Babka
February 10, 2021March 5, 2021

Week 6: Babka

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Babka – Chocolate & Cinnamon When we started on this journey, we made a list of things we wanted to […]

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Week 3 – Baked Cake Doughnuts
January 21, 2021March 5, 2021

Week 3 – Baked Cake Doughnuts

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After our marathon bake last week, we had a much simpler task this week. This was also Aubrey’s first week […]

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Week 2: Napoleons
January 13, 2021March 5, 2021

Week 2: Napoleons

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Napoleons With Chocolate Glaze Once again, you might be asking, what the heck is a napoleon? (No, it’s not the […]

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Week 1: Bakewell Tart
January 7, 2021March 5, 2021

Week 1: Bakewell Tart

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Mary Berry’s Bakewell Tart For our first baking experience of the year, we decided we wanted to try a bakewell […]

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