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Condensed Milk Pound Cake

Condensed Milk Pound Cake

As you well know, condensed milk makes a lot of stuff taste better. Condensed milk on toast, condensed milk drizzled on top of shaved ice, condensed milk in tapioca milk tea. At the end of last week I was browsing Pinterest ( Me on Pinterest – So Strange!) and I came across a recipe for a condensed milk pound cake that caught my attention. I’ve always liked the flavor of condensed milk. This Pound Cake with Condensed milk will sweeten your life in more ways than one, and Pound cake doesn’t get much easier – or tastier, than this.

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Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Cream Frosting

Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Cream Frosting

You didn’t think that two strawberry recipes were all I was going to do during my strawberry kick, did you!? I hope not, because I definitely have more coming your way! A sensational vanilla cake recipe from Bon Appetit Magazine (May 2009 ) , with layers of moist vanilla cake, lashings of strawberry cream cheese frosting and strawberry jam this gorgeous cake tastes as good as it looks. A must try for strawberry fans….and cream cheese fans too….and cake fans.

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Melting Moments Cookies

Melting Moments Cookies

Nothing — nothing really beats homemade cookies. It’s such a guilty pleasure. The wonderful aroma of baking followed by these warm, soft, melt in your mouth cookies is so comforting. I always wondered what it was that made this particular type of cookie have a melting-away sensation, but now I know what it is: cornstarch. So whether you are looking for something to nibble with your afternoon tea, follow Stephanie’s recipe from Joy of Baking food blog, these melt- in-your-mouth classics would be a hit for sure !

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Salted Caramel Butter Bars

Salted Caramel Butter Bars

Hold on. One second.
I’m just licking the caramel from my fingers and brushing off cookie crumbs from the computer so I can try to describe how perfect these cookie bars are. Is it even possible for someone to not like caramel? That sounds like some sort of illness, and anyone who doesn’t like caramel should see their doctor immediately 🙂 Caramel is one of my many, many weakenesses and these Salted Caramel Butter bars from Cookies and cups look too good to resist!

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