bakeolution – Notes From a Messy Kitchen

Slovenia: Prekmurska Gibanica {Bakeolution}

Cooking Time: 2.5 hours + 4 hours to chill

Slovenia

Funny story. Friday afternoon, my friend Sarah chatted me to remind me to bake for Bakeolution. I would bake, I told her, but I was going to make something easy. I’d hoped to make a Swedish princess cake, but no way would I have the time or energy for layers...

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Australia: Lamingtons

Cooking Time: 90 minutes

Australia

Welcome to the Outback! After giving New Zealand credit for the Pavlova, I figured I better smooth out diplomatic relations. Plus, after our little boy president had a tantrum and hung up on their Prime Minister, the least I can do is give a nod to a sweet treat that is...

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Georgia: Khachapuri

Cooking Time: 90 minutes, including time for dough to rise

Asia
Europe

Georgian

Georgian khachapuri has been on my to-do list for some time now, which is kind of ironic because I’d never actually had it before. I think I first saw Compass Rose‘s khachapuri on a D.C. food blog. It’s gotten much accolades – they apparently served 10,000 of them during their...

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Black Forest Yule Stump Cake with Chocolate Pinecone Truffles {Bakeolution}

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Since it was the last Bakeolution of the year, I decided I should go out with style. Festive style, that is! After considering sparkling cranberries, peppermint meringue kisses, and edible snow globes (!!!) I decided on this beautiful, rustic black forest yule stump cake. Instead of meringue mushrooms, I went...

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Campbell’s Tomato Soup Cake {Bakeolution}

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I am innately intrigued by the unusual, especially when it comes to dessert. Last week, a coworker had to talk me off the cliff as I was about to order foie gras crème brûlée, and really it’s only for my pants sake that I’m grateful (seriously, you can’t tell me you’re...

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Strawberry Shortcake Cheese Cake {Bakeolution, Ice Cream Truck Edition}

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I’ll start by saying this cake really isn’t my style. I’m more of a cook than a baker, and when I do bake my style tends to be rustic and simple (galettes are just such an easy crowdpleaser!) Boxed cake mix??? Artificial coloring! FOUR high maintenance layers?!? But the whole point of Bakeolution is to...

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Baking Fails and My Week of Pie (Watermelon Cream Pie)

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In cooking, accidentally adding an extra stick of butter is pretty consistently a delicious mistake. In baking? Well, it turns out that’s not the case. Ridiculous that any hobby should be so precise if you ask me… but let’s take a couple of steps back. Last time we chatted, I talked...

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Classic Carrot Cake with Tahini Cream Cheese Frosting {Bakeolution}

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Good Friday to you all! This is perhaps the first day in the history of working adulthood that Courtney has a day off that I don’t. Ah, now I know the sting of getting ready for work while your S.O. sits on the couch in their underwear. Life’s not fair....

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(Not)Baked-o-lution Raw Vegan Chocolate Banana Cream Pie

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Having skipped Bake-o-lution last month while doing the Whole30, I was excited to bring something to the counter this time around. However, I wasn’t quite ready to launch back into pastry flour and cream cheese icing. Instead, I decided it would be fun to see what my colleagues would think of a raw vegan dessert. While...

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My First Bake-O-lution! Momofuku Milkbar Cornflake Cookie Sandwiches Filled with Cereal Milk Buttercream

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On my first day at my new job, the whole office gathered for an afternoon break featuring more than half a dozen cakes. While I’d like to say this was all to welcome me to the office, it was actually a fun monthly tradition we have at Share Our Strength: Bake-O-lution....

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