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    Easy Baking, Desserts + Vintage recipes

    As a baker for over 30 years, I encourage you to get in the kitchen, bake away, and have fun! I'm mostly self-taught, which means I made all the mistakes and now have tips and tricks to share with you. That's what this place is all about: easy recipes with simple ingredients and detailed instructions.

    • Cut lemon pound cake on wooden board, leaves around
      Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake
    • Several plain fudgy Brownie squares on white surface
      Easy Fudgy Brownies (one bowl)

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      Ricotta Cheesecake
    • Overview of white plate with a pile of iced bunny sugar cookies on a white tray with beige hearts.
      Easy Bunny Cookies

    • Frosted carrot pineapple cake square sprinkled with walnuts on a white plate with a fork. More cake in the white background.
      Carrot Pineapple Cake
    • An Easter brunch table with a pie on a green stand, cookies, braided breads, a pie, a cup of tea.
      Easter Brunch Recipe Ideas
    • Tight cluster of hot cross buns. Close up image.
      Hot Cross Buns
    • Lifting a spoon full of lemon curd from a white bowl. Colorful cloth as background.
      Homemade Lemon Curd
    • Several almond crinkled cookies piled on a white and blue kitchen towel.
      Italian Amaretti Cookies
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      Pineapple Dump Cake

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      Crustless Quiche Recipe (any flavor!)
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      Crustless Ricotta Cheesecake

    • A single slice of savory ricotta lattice pie on a white plate. Striped cloth and rest of pie in the background.
      Pizza Rustica (savory ricotta pie)
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      Chocolate Crumb Cake
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      Lemon Blondies
    • Close up of four raspberry muffins on linen napkin and grey wooden surface
      Easy Raspberry Muffins
    • White plate with two slices of lemon poppy seed cake, a silver fork, grey background.
      Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake
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      Hot Cross Buns

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      The Best Alfajores Recipe
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      No-Knead Baguette Recipe
    • Pumpkin pie slice, bitten, topped with whipped cream, on a white plate
      Pumpkin Pie with Graham Cracker Crust
    • Close-up of peanut butter brownie square on gold wire rack, white surface
      Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies (with video!)

    • Hands lining pie pan with Unbaked sweet shortcrust pastry
      Pâte Sucrée (Sweet Shortcrust Pastry)
    • A single golden muffin on a white surface, open paper liner
      Best Oatmeal Muffins (easy recipe)
    • Glazed white chocolate raspberry bundt cake on white plate, grey background
      White Chocolate Raspberry Bundt Cake
    • Single slice of ricotta pie on parchment over wooden table, with book, pan in background
      The Best Ricotta Pie (Italian recipe)
    • Several oatmeal cookies heaped together on grey surface, color dotted white linen in background.
      Easy Oatmeal Walnut Cookies
    • White bowl with serving of pear cobbler, white cloth
      Easy Fresh Pear Cobbler

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      Red Velvet Bundt Cake
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    • Grey background with loaf of bread with sliced on a wooden board.
      Semolina Bread Recipe
    • White plate with lentil cheeseburger on a bun on a wooden board.
      Easy Lentil Burgers

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    • Close up image of bitten oatmeal cookie on white paper on a black wire rack with whole cookies behind.
      The Best Chewy Oatmeal Cookies (video!)
    • Close up of glazed strawberry jam thumbprint cookies on a wire rack.
      Strawberry Jam Cookies
    • Brownie cookies in a pile on a white surface. Close up image.
      Brownie Cookies
    • Green wood board with stack and individual lemon glazed cookies
      Lemon Shortbread Cookies
    • Bitten chocolate peppermint cookie on a pink surface with chips and crushed candy around.
      Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
    • Rows of glazed pistachio cookies on a wire rack.
      Pistachio Cookies

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    Vintage Recipes

    • A pile of chocolate muffins in paper liners on a white surface with a pink background.
      Chocolate Muffins
    • Jar of lemonade with lemon slices being stirred on a light wooden table.
      Homemade Lemonade
    • White and pink surface with chocolate walnut cookies, whole and half
      Chocolate Walnut Cookies
    • Top view of whole glazed walnut bundt cake on a white plate, gold forks, and light-colored cloth.
      Maple Walnut Cake
    • Round wire rack with slices and half loaf of soda bread; green and white kitchen towel in the background.
      Easy Irish Soda Bread (4 ingredients!)
    • Close up of metal plate with piled chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Green cloth beneath it. Light peach surface.
      Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

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    Pies & Tarts

    • A slice of cheesecake pie on grey plate, bite of cheesecake on a silver fork.
      Easy Cheesecake Pie
    • Homemade Graham Cracker Crust (with video!)
    • Partial view of strawberry tart on white surface, mint leaves and fork beside
      Fresh Strawberry Cream Pie
    • On a white plate and surface, an eaten slice of sweet potato pie with pecans, a silver fork
      Sweet Potato Pie with Condensed Milk
    • Front view of cherry tart on white cake stand, grey background
      Easiest EVER Cherry Tart
    • Slice of lime pie and fork on colorful plate
      Easy Margarita Pie

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    All the Chocolate

    • White plate with chocolate peanut clusters on pink surface, peanuts around
      Chocolate Peanut Clusters (super easy!)
    • Shiny dollop of chocolate frosting on a wire whisk, bowl with more mixture below
      Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting (5 minutes!)
    • A pile of chocolate muffins in paper liners on a white surface with a pink background.
      Chocolate Muffins
    • A berry topped chocolate torte on a pink cake stand with one slice being removed. Grey and white background.
      Chocolate Torte
    • Hand pouring chocolate sauce on brownie squares in white plate on wooden table
      Best Homemade Brownies
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      Homemade Oreo Cookies

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    Cakes & Cheesecake

    • Whitish background and plate with eaten slice of jam covered cheesecake with a silver fork.
      Best Sour Cream Cheesecake (with video!)
    • Front view of cut pound cake with strawberries and pink glaze; white background
      Fresh Strawberry Pound Cake
    • Single slice of Oreo cheesecake being lifted on a metal cake server. Whole cheesecake below. Grey and white background.
      The Best Oreo Cheesecake (with video!)
    • Eaten slice of filled and frosted carrot cake on stack of white plates, pecans and silver fork.
      Super Moist Carrot Cake
    • Lemon bundt cake with glaze and cut slice on white cake stand, beige background
      Easy Lemon Bundt Cake
    • White pinkish background and plate with eaten slice of double chocolate cake, silver fork
      Double Chocolate Layer Cake

    >More Cake & Cheesecake

    Heritage recipes

    From travels around the world and well-kept family recipes.

    • Top view of glass jar with chimichurri sauce and silver spoon, white surface
      Chimichurri Sauce (authentic recipe)
    • Homemade Dulce de Leche Recipe - BEST tips & video
    • On white marble a white ramekin with lentil stew. Grey cloth beside it.
      Lentil Stew
    • Scoops of strawberry ice cream in white bowl, more strawberries around, white surface, grey background
      No-churn Strawberry Ice Cream Recipe
    • Grey plate with single serving of chocolate flan with dollop of cream and a silver spoon.
      Easy Chocolate Flan
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      Pastel Azteca (Mexican chicken casserole)

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      Easy Apple Crumb Bars

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