Anne’s Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

Feb 20

Anne’s Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

Cinnamon coffee cakes were something I grew up with as my mother loved to entertain and bake a fresh coffee cake to share with friends. Or she would bake a sour cream coffee cake to have on hand during the holidays. That cake, as I recall, was delicious – but it was so heavy! You [...]

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Easy Brownie Cookies

Feb 14

Easy Brownie Cookies

Some recipes are just so easy, they are no-brainers. This is such a recipe. In the recent newsletter, I listed some of my favorite chocolate and baking things this time of year. I mentioned you could make an amazing cookie out of a brownie mix. I dropped the hint to add a little flour to [...]

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John’s Chocolate Sauce

Feb 13

John’s Chocolate Sauce

My husband John makes a mean chocolate sauce. He does other recipes very well, too, but this chocolate sauce is legendary. Story has it, John perfected this sauce recipe during his bachelor days. But I really don’t want to know all those details. I will stick to the culinary side of this sauce recipe. True [...]

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My Chicken Chili

Jan 16

My Chicken Chili

Obviously I wasn’t the only one cooking up a pot of chili the night of the college football championship game. Thinking my guys would think me a hero if I made my chicken chili with all the toppings – cheese, sour cream, cilantro, avocado – I strolled into the supermarket at 5 to get last-minute [...]

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Scarlet’s Red Velvet Cupcakes

Dec 13

Scarlet’s Red Velvet Cupcakes

Being a redhead, I seldom wore the color red growing up – lots of green dresses, but I won’t dwell on that here. Now that my hair has softened in color and looks more blond (Mother Nature, I promise!) I bought my first red dress. I had no idea how on-stage you are in red. [...]

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The Books

The Cake Mix Doctor Returns!

The Cake Mix Doctor Returns!

What could be better than a phenomenon? The return of a phenomenon. Ten years ago Anne Byrn's The Cake Mix Doctor began its extraordinary run as one of the most popular baking books of all time. Now Anne Byrn is back with the all-new Cake Mix Doctor Returns!

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Anne's Cake Mix

Anne’s Deep Dark Chocolate Cake Mix

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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