Showing posts with label cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cake. Show all posts
Saturday, October 24, 2026

Vanilla Texas Sheetcake

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Sun 18 Oct . The raucous reunion of RoHo regulars last Sunday night required a dessertish denouement, and I figured a sizable soup serving ...
Friday, October 2, 2026

Meal No. 4207: Bacon Gruyère and Caramelized Onion Quiche

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Dateline: Sat 19 Sept . It was a second night in a row for a reunion of UNC Tar Heels around the table, back on Saturday the 19th. Fellow al...
Monday, September 28, 2026

Carrot Cake, Eggnog Ice Cream, and Big Mama's Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

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A couple of weekends ago, we wrapped up our days off with a birthday gathering , which was perfect for bringing out a hearty celebratory des...
Saturday, September 5, 2026

Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

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Dateline: Sat 22 Aug . It was a Saturday night special a couple of weeks ago to have Amy on hand, and I was ready to celebrate her return wi...
Sunday, August 9, 2026

White Wine Coffee Cake

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Dateline: Sun 26 July . Intentionally timed to be the final meal’s dessert before my brother-in-law wrapped up his summer visit, on the last...
Saturday, August 1, 2026

Vanilla Bean Pudding Cake

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Dateline: Mon 20 July . With the latest visit of fellow Tar Heel Chris late last month, some dessert was called for, and I went with the ma...
Sunday, July 12, 2026

Sumner's 10th Birthday Cake

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Dateline: Sat 27 June . Between the gastric distress afflicting both pups and the storm-driven power outage on Sumner’s official 10th birthd...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Vanilla Texas Sheet Cake & Chocolate Frosty Ice Cream

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As May wrapped up, the Roediger House found itself in a celebratory mood with all of its favorite locals on hand for a movie-watching extrav...
Monday, June 1, 2026

Copycat J. Alexander's Carrot Cake

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When UNC buddy Chris was here for an evening visit on Saturday a week ago, dessert was included to help make the reunion complete. On that o...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

No Doubt: Thomases Hit the RoHo!

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You'd have to harken back to those halcyon glory days of college life at Carolina to trace the roots of my friendship with Tim Thomas. W...
Friday, May 8, 2026

Lemon Texas Sheet Cake

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After supper last Tuesday night, I had a dessert ready to be served: lemon Texas sheet cake. I'd never made this before and feel like I ...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Texas Sheet Cake

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Last weekend's birthday gathering had cake, but not what one might normally think of as "birthday cake." Instead, we went wit...
Friday, April 24, 2026

Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting

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We've been taking it easy on the dessert regimen lately...seems like there'd been more of it than good sense would call for. But whe...
Friday, March 6, 2026

Copycat J. Alexander's Carrot Cake

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It seems to me that the only J. Alexander’s Restaurant I’ve ever encountered was up in Winchester, VA, and I might have eaten there two or t...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Coffee Cake

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Last week's Monday evening dinner of burgers still allowed for a fun little dessert to be served, and that night I went with an old-fash...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Valentine's Day Red Velvet Cake

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It's been over two years since I made the rock-solid RockRecipes.com version of red velvet layer cake, and this past Valentine's Da...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Meal No. 4040: Spaghetti with Homemade Beef Sauce

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Just before leaving town to work a stretch of days in southeast Georgia, I needed to knock out some items from the fridge, and that helped s...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Speculoos Mousse in Carrot Cake Shells

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When National Carrot Cake Day rolled around Tuesday a week ago, I knew I didn't need to make a whole layer cake...even though we do enjo...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

Meal No. 4026: The 2026 Chili Cook-Off

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When I was on faculty at Wake Forest University, I built into the calendar each year a series of events that were simply reasons to gather: ...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Vanilla Snacking Cake with Dark Chocolate Whipped Ganache

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Last Wednesday evening's weekly gathering with Amy on hand featured a new dessert, a take on a less-sweet snacking cake with a dark choc...