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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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Chocolate Fudge Zucchini Cake with Candied Pistachios.

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Zucchini is in season all summer. You’ll find it fresh at your farmers market’s, at your local grocer, in your CSA. Luckily, there are innumerable ways to use it. Sub it for noodles (zoodles!), stuff it like enchiladas, grate it for patties, or throw it in your muffins... but it’s also surprisingly good...

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A Near Catastrophe and Vegan Fudge Topped Chai Bars

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I had a big scare last night. I almost had to seriously change my routine. My fitness routine, none-the-less! (You know how I feel about my routines, especially my fitness routines!) When I got this e-mail informing me that the gym I’ve been going to for six years (and which I *may...

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Bourbon Chocolate Mousse Pie in a Pretzel Crust Topped with Candied Bacon and Dark Chocolate Ganache

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I’ve got a little collection of recipes I’ve been meaning to share with you, but since I’m in Louisville, Kentucky this week it only seemed appropriate that this one skip to the front of the line. So it’s from the Bourbon Capital that I bring you this absurdly delicious pie....

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Ugly But Delicious: Flourless Double Dark Chocolate Avocado Cookies

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Have you ever made something that you intended to share with a group and had it come out so unpresentable that you decided to hold off, but then when you tasted it discovered that it’s actually really delicious and you’re kind of glad you didn’t have to share it anyways?...

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Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Mousse Cake

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Last week I volunteered to make a birthday treat to celebrate one of my coworkers. I’m still getting to know folks, but I was tipped off that she likes peanut butter and chocolate. “And she’s a vegan?” you’re probably assuming. Well, actually no, and obviously neither am I. This just happened...

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Chocolate Covered Coffee Cream Bars {Raw, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Paleo)

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I have always been a sucker for frozen desserts. In my memory, the summers of my youth were spent making daily trips to Piazza with my grandparents and walking around the lake to the market to pick up a pint of sorbet after a couple of goes on the rope swing....

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Dark Chocolate Blackberry Brownies {Leftovers Club}

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Despite being someone who is meticulously organized, I must admit that I’ve always had a tendency to procrastinate. Whether it was designing a board game in middle school, writing a book report in high school or finishing that final fifty page research paper my senior year of college, I always...

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No Bake Tahini Almond Fudge Squares {Leftovers Club!}

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I apologize in advance for the horrible quality of the photos in this post. What can I say, my camera is as jet lagged as I am. The poor thing has been slinking around the streets of Seoul in a vintage Dooney & Bourke that can hardly pass as a...

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Coconut Chai Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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On snow days you’ll usually find me baking, and the most recent one was no exception. I’d been to the gym, I’d written a blog post, I’d watched a full news cycle… what else was there to do but messy up the kitchen!? God knows I’ll do anything to avoid...

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