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a cake of a different feather…

On December 17, 2010 By

Look at this beautiful cake. So pretty. So elegant. What a perfect dinner.

Now, before you think I’m on a path straight to Type 2 diabetes, let me assure you that we have not digressed to eating cake for dinner (as tempting as it may often be). Several weeks ago, I was […]

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how do you cocoa?

On December 2, 2010 By

Well, slowly but surely we’re getting settled into our new space (hence my absence from the end of MoFo. FAIL). My new kitchen is HUGE, with tons of counter space and natural light, two things I have been sorely lacking for years, so I’m very excited to start churning out holiday goodies in this lovely […]

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less space, more stuff!

On November 22, 2010 By

I like to think that I have a very well-equipped kitchen. From utensils and gadgets to pans and hardware, I have a lot of really solid tools for my trade. Some might say I have too many kitchen toys… The things is, as you all know, finding places to put all this stuff. Storage! That […]

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hagrid’s (not horrible) rock cakes

On November 2, 2010 By

The following is a lesson that Harry Potter might have learned at Hogwarts. If they studied baking. And had baking related sex ed.

When a scone and a cookie love each other, sometimes they decide to have the seckts. In doing so, they create offspring: the rock cake.

Rock cakes are not common treats in […]

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it’s the great pumpkin… harry potter!

On October 26, 2010 By

I have discovered a new-to-me baking blog, and I’m having a bit of a love affair with it. Joy the Baker is charming and funny, very creative and dabbles in vegan baking from time to time.

As a whole, I rarely use other people’s recipes for baking, but while cruising on her site last […]

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dark magic… and chocolate

On October 22, 2010 By

Okay, HP fans! Here is another Harry Potter themed treat that Potterheads and Potterhaters alike will love to eat.

Before I get going, I wanted to draw some attention to this awesome vegan Harry Potter blog: Dumbledore’s Vegan Army. Fun stuff!

So, first, I wanted to work with that Trader Joe’s peanut flour again, […]

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a gryffindork bakes…

On October 19, 2010 By

Today is October 19th. For those of you who are “in the know”, November 19th marks the opening night in the US for part one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. One month to go!

So excited!

To mark the occasion, I will be posting some HP inspired treats from the book series. […]

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the veginator

On September 22, 2009 By

I’m sure most of you have been subjected to the disgusting commercials that Carl’s Jr./Hardees puts out. When they aren’t exploiting/abusing cows or using explicit sexual images to sell their food, they end them by slopping down the burger at the end of the commercial. A huge, cardiac arrest-inducing burger drops from the […]

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