December 24th is my Brother In Law’s birthday. There’s a long standing family tradition of him getting a giant chocolate chip cookie cake for his birthday. This year he requested something different, a cheesecake, but he still wanted chocolate chop…
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Friendsgiving Babkas
This past weekend my wife and I attended a potluck friendsgiving brunch. Of course I decided to bake something, and babka seemed like the obvious choice. I originally intended to just make Breads Bakery’s Chocolate Babka recipe. When I said…
Father's Day Bakes
I did a couple of father’s day bakes. My dad is no longer with us, but my father in law had a request – a coconut cake. I also baked a bread because I never go to the inlaws without…
Lemon Chai Bundt Cake
This week was my brother in law’s college graduation, and I chose a lemon chai bundt cake to celebrate. Having had good luck with bundt cakes recently, I figured I might as well make another. I started with a base…
Easter Surprise Lemon Bundt Cake
For Easter I baked a lemon bundt cake with a rainbow surprise. I used a recipe I found on the blog The Pudge Factor. They in turn adapted it from the King Arthur Flour Lemon Bliss Cake recipe. It took…