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Molasses Chocolate Cake (egg & dairy-free)
This easy molasses chocolate cake recipe is delicious and practical. It's dairy and egg-free, makes a 9"x 13" cake or two 8" cakes for layering, and stays moist, even after a few days. A good chocolate cake recipe is a kitchen staple. Chocolate cake suits all seasons an read more
Garlic Sweet and Sour Meatballs
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Butter Tart Muffins Are Actually a Thing
Butter tart muffins have that characteristic caramel flavour we love in true butter tarts, with lots of raisins and walnuts. This is a sweet muffin, but not as sweet as the real deal (of course). Less sweet than a slice of cake -- more like a tea bread. The title of this re read more
Top 10 Molasses Recipes of 2015
Can you guess any of the top 10 molasses recipes of 2015? I love the beginning of a new year and the feeling that anything is possible, but I also enjoy reflecting on the year that has just passed. With this blog that means thinking about all of the molasses recipes I creat read more
Easy Edible Gifts You Can Make in a Jiffy
Swap baking for shopping with these four homemade gift ideas: I was at a Yankee Swap the other night and the gift that I would have loved to take home was full of homemade goodies: a cute cable knit hat, homemade apple butter and homemade granola. It was the gift my frien read more
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (loaded with healthy stuff)
"Cookie" is not a bad word A school in my area has a cookie ban in place. I get the motivation behind the ban. Teaching kids and parents about healthy eating is important stuff. But what goes in the cookies (and muffins) is what’s important. And as my mom says: “Everything read more
Gingersnaps Sandwiched with Fudgy Chocolate Sauce
Icebox gingersnaps, and old fashioned spicy molasses cookie recipe with a crispy snap. I love gingersnaps. I love the spiciness and the crunch, the size and the not-too-sweet of them. They’re simple looking, may be even a bit boring, but there’s a lot going on in a good, read more
Raisin Spice Cake
Raisin Spice Cake Ingredients: ½ cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar ½ cup Fancy Molasses 2 eggs ¾ cup sour milk ½ cup walnuts 2¾ cups sifted flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp cloves 1 cup seeded raisins D read more