Archive for: ‘News’
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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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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Apr 14
Hummingbird Cake
The first time I heard of Hummingbird Cake I was a young food writer working for the Atlanta Journal. A reader called the newspaper office and asked for a recipe for Hummingbird Cake. Naturally, I thought this was some sort of crank call along the lines of Prince Albert in the can and all those [...]
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Feb 12
Making Whoopie Pies!
Ok, is there a better Valentine’s cookie than the Whoopie Pie? Well, maybe a heart-shaped one – easy to do if you use a heart-shape cookie cutter to shape the dough on the baking sheet instead of baking the rounds balls. Whoopie pies are this year’s version of the cupcake. I saw them in miniature [...]
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Jan 07
Gotta Love Greens
The ritual of eating turnip greens on the first day of the new year is one that goes back generations in my family. I can remember as a child being coerced into trying one bite of those bitter, sharp turnip greens in January, their bite as fierce as the winter wind. And I remember thinking anything that tasted [...]
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Dec 31
Happy New Year and Homemade Hamburger Buns
“Do not follow where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” – Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s a day to revel in all things good from 2010 and look hopefully to the future. I was not an English major, but I can relate to the words of the [...]
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Dec 20
Cake Mix Doctor on Good Morning America
I love New York. No matter how many times I fly into La Guardia or go on set at Good Morning America, it always feels like the first time. Thursday morning I will be on GMA preparing a gluten-free Old-Fashioned Chocolate Pound Cake, from my book The Cake Mix Doctor Bakes Gluten-Free. It’s a fun [...]
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Dec 15
My Gluten-Free Tour Has Begun
The faces of these gluten-free gingerbread boys tell it all. Most are all smiles, but one has that “oh, no” look! That’s how I feel when I embark on a new book tour. I am mostly all smiles, but a small part of me is reluctant to leave home. Once I get in the rhythm [...]
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Dec 07
Welcome to the new Cake Mix Doctor website!
Welcome to the new and improved Cake Mix Doctor website! I hope you love the new look as much as I do. It feels bright and energized, perfect for this busy time of year when we need inspiration for cooking and baking. What I love about this new look is the easy navigation, warm colors, [...]
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Nov 14
Gluten-Free Cake Mix Doctor on QVC
My readers asked for a gluten-free Cake Mix Doctor, and the book arrives in stores very soon! To launch this fun new book with about 90 recipes for cakes, cupcakes, bars, brownies, cookies, and more using just yellow or chocolate gluten-free cake mixes, I will be on QVC with David Venable Wednesday, Nov. 17 at [...]
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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 Old-Fashioned Yellow Cake Mix
Put on your favorite apron, plug in the mixer, and get ready to bake some memories. I've dreamed of creating a yellow cake mix that gets its color from butter and eggs, not artificial colors, and its scent from Madagascar vanilla.
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