August 2010

My First Daring Bakers Challenge

August 27, 2010
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I can’t believe my first blog post on Building a Tractor Cake was one year ago. I still feel like this blogging thing is so new to me and am only just getting the hang of it. If you are returning reader, then thank you for sticking with me. If this is your first time [...]

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Cocoa Nibs Challenge and a Recipe

August 23, 2010
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What are they? Have you ever eaten cocoa nibs? They are basically the essence of chocolate. They are bits of dried, roasted and crushed cocoa beans. It’s what your favorite chocolate bar looks like before it is completely ground to smoothness and mixed with sugar, milk and possibly other flavoring. They don’t really taste that [...]

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Chocolate Burfi for Raksha Bandhan

August 21, 2010
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August 24th is Raksha Bandhan. This is a Hindu festival celebrating the bond between a brother and a sister. In short, the holiday is marked by the tying of a thread (rakhi) by the sister on the brother’s wrist and an offering of sweets. In return, the brother promises to continue to look after her and [...]

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Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

August 12, 2010
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Last weekend’s visit to Vanilla Bake Shop in Santa Monica left me thinking about dark chocolate cupcakes. I love the summer and all the fresh fruit that comes with it but I’ve been missing my chocolate. I was looking to create a decadent dark chocolate super moist cupcake. I think I may just have hit [...]

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Vanilla Bake Shop, Santa Monica, CA

August 11, 2010
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This past weekend we were out in Santa Monica for a friend’s wedding.   In between catching up with friends and the wedding event, I tried to squeeze in some time at the local dessert venues. Sadly, we were only out there for three days and I only had time to visit one place.  We made it to Vanilla Bake Shop [...]

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