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Aug 10

Fresh Peach Tart

Frozen puff pastry is easily found in the supermarket freezer section. For fun variations to this recipe, substitute 1 cup fresh blueberries for 1 cup of the peaches. Or sprinkle ¼ cup finely chopped pecans on top of the tart before baking. Or, sprinkle ¼ cup fresh raspberries and another 1 tablespoon sugar on top [...]

Jul 27

Chocolate Mint Ice Cream Cake

Nothing soothes the summer palate better than ice cream. And nothing is more in sync with summer’s relaxed approach to baking than a do-ahead ice cream cake you stash in the freezer for up to a week before serving. We love Chocolate Mint Ice Cream Cake, but if you’re not a fan of mint use [...]

Jul 22

Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho

Gazpacho may be stored in the fridge, but for best flavor serve it at room temperature. Choose ripe, locally grown tomatoes. These local, heirloom tomatoes, such as Cherokee Purple, begin dark green with more chlorophyll and ripen into splotchy red tomatoes that are sweeter, have more flavor, and contain more oxidant-fighting carotenoids, says DiscoveryNews.com, than perfectly [...]

Jun 21

Lemon Poke Cake

Perfect for summertime baking, this lemon cake can be baked the night before when the kitchen is cooler or at the last-minute. We like it with fresh raspberries and blackberries or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. It is loved by all ages. This recipe calls for my Old-Fashioned Yellow Mix. You can buy the [...]

Dec 31

Homemade Hamburger Buns

Prep: 15 minutes Rising time: 2 hours Bake: 15 to 20 minutes Suit this recipe to your taste by adding the flour you like best – white, wheat, unbleached, or bleached flour. Or a blend of white and wheat. The higher protein the flour the less cakey in texture these rolls will be. This recipe makes about [...]

Jun 08

Strawberry Blueberry Refrigerator Cake

I look at this cake and see the Fourth of July, backyard parties, celebrations – all that is right in this world. Use whatever ripe and delicious fruit is on hand. This recipe may be found in The Cake Mix Doctor Returns! I substituted blueberries for some of the strawberries in this variation.

Jun 08

Fresh Strawberry Cake

Who would dream this strawberry-packed cake begins with my yellow cake mix? This makes one very impressive strawberry cake or 24 big and beautiful strawberry cupcakes.

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Potlucks and picnics, dinner parties and church socials, fundraisers, toasts to the teacher, reunions, cookouts—it's the busy age of shared meals, which means with every invitation comes the question: "What can I bring?"

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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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