Spinach tart, repurposed from a spinach casserole. I added an egg, ricotta, parm and prosciutto. The egg gave it a nice rise, it puffed up and was very pleasant to eat.
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Same here
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Happy happy! Hope you celebrated early with Lulu too!
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Happy Birthday!!
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Happy birthday!!!
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You’re not an oddball here. I’d say it has become quite common to see declared that oil is superior to butter in chocolate cakes, so you’re in the majority, if anything. I tend to think chocolate cakes having a stronger flavor are more tolerable than other oil-based cakes, but I just really didn’t like this one, and it’s a pretty standard chocolate cake. The crumb really didn’t help it, either.
This is a mostly oil-based chocolate cake that I really like, but it still has some butter, which keeps it from tasting of oil:
Happy birthday!
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Her school is on the quarter system, and she’s home the whole month of December. Very happy!
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Happy birthday to you both! What a nice coincidence!
You (and Lady Berkeley) must be thrilled to have Lulu home!
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Those look wonderful. No baking here. My oven needs a new igniter. My neighbor who owns an appliance service company says it might take a while because we are having a postal strike here and couriers are extremely busy. Oh well, cleaning the house it is.
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He also told me never self clean the oven before Christmas. He has so many calls just before Christmas. I did a self clean at the beginning of November.
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Oh no, what a time for an oven not to function! So sorry for that, I hope it won’t give you a problem regarding Christmas cookies!
Self cleaning ovens, of which I have, are marvelous but they do have their own problems , unfortunately. Here’s hoping for a quick turnaround!!
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Well its so nice to have a next door neighbour who can fix appliances. I phoned him this morning and he came late afternoon after his calls. I know he will try to get the part as soon as he can plus he never charges full service.
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And I bet he gets to sample some of your sweets! Nice to have such a good neighbor.
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That’s the ideal neighbor.
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LFG! Trial run with the stollen pound cake from “Nature’s Candy.” Home-made candied pears and cranberries taking an overnight soak with golden raisins and slivered almonds 
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I love stollen pound cake so much that it made me consider not bothering making stollen again. 
I’ve only ever made it with boozy dried fruit, though. This version sounds extra luxe!
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Erika Council’s Angel Biscuits from Still We Rise. I’ve made it a couple of times now. Probably the best biscuit recipe I’ve ever made.
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Happy Birthday!
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Thank you! I have the “Still We Rise” book and made the butter swim biscuits once with mixed results. I’ll try this one soon…they are beautiful.
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