Apr 26
Almond Cream Cheese Pound Cake
The email came from Tricia, but it was similar to many I have received in the last month. How to prepare a favorite Cake Mix Doctor recipe – in this case, the Almond Cream Cheese Pound Cake – with the smaller cake mixes now on store shelves? “Do I need to cut back on [...]
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Apr 06
Last-Minute Coconut Cake
At our house the regal coconut cake is anticipated two times a year – Christmas and Easter. Any other times it makes an appearance means someone who loves coconut cake is coming to dinner or mom must have a photo shoot coming up soon! Seriously, we love coconut cake but bake it far too infrequently. [...]
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Mar 14
Even Cake Mix Doctors Love Pie
Today wasn’t a major holiday or the scene of a potluck supper – occasions when I bake and bring pie. And of course it wasn’t summertime when the good South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia peaches start falling off trees and coming into our markets. Then we can’t think of anything but those fat, ripe, juicy [...]
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Welcome to my kitchen, where you’re as likely to find a caramel cake cooling on the counter as you are my son’s homework, folded laundry, and the makings for dinner. My life in Nashville is busy with three children, a husband, dog and a cat, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’ve been writing about food for 30 years, first in Atlanta and now through the Cake Mix Doctor and Dinner Doctor cookbooks. I love to eat well - burgers grilled over charcoal, roasted butternut squash soup, and that caramel cake – but I also rely on good shortcuts to make dinner happen. So come cook and bake with me as I share secrets and simply delicious recipes, some from scratch and some not.
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The Books
The Cake Mix Doctor
The Cake Mix Doctor is in! And the prescription is simple: By doctoring up packaged cake mix with just the right extras, even the least experienced baker can turn out luscious signature desserts, time after time.
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Anne’s Deep Dark Chocolate Cake Mix
Chocolate cake - warm fudgy layers topped with a creamy frosting - this is the cake I love most of all.
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