Tag Archives: baking cakes

Upside-down Pineapple Cake Blues

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

Here’s another archived post from Virginia’s first month of blogging (11 July 2011) Last weekend I experienced a bad case of upside-down pineapple cake blues. After checking the baking progress of a carefully constructed pineapple upside-down cake, it looked done … Continue reading →

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MaRmALaDe CaKe (ORANGE!)

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

If Orange Marmalade Cake reminds you of the beloved Mitford book series by Jan Karon (& all the deliciously delightful visions of food therein : )  – guess what!?!  ‘Tis THAT cake… the one Father Tim adores (!) that Esther … Continue reading →

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…on baking cakes (& smoke-filled kitchens)

Posted on August 20, 2012 by

Ok, so last month my older brother had his birthday & Virginia The Baker got busy making a cake for his celebratory visit. His choice: a chocolate layer cake with our Mama’s Icing (a yummy it- takes-a-long-time-to-make white icing from … Continue reading →

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