Chocolate orange cake with yogurt, cocoa and finely diced orange chocolate bar. The cake also has the zest of an orange added to the sugar and a little orange extract. For the glaze, I juiced and strained an orange and added chocolate, sliver of butter and a drop of Lyles. A little crème fraîche and strawberries from FM were a nice addition.This was adapted from Emma Duckworth’s “ Chocolate Orange Loaf” , which was originally in a 9 x 5 loaf, halved it fit perfectly in the 5 cup Lotus mold.
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How are you still getting FM strawberries in October in the Northeast? (Having grown up in California, the long growing seasons were the thing I really missed while living on the east coast.)
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This showed up in my instagram feed yesterday and I made it for a quick desert last night. My family liked it,
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They were also available last year . The weather has been mild and the farm is near the Delaware River which probably contributes to a more temperate climate. They also happen to be very good and I really enjoy small strawberries. We will see if there are any next time! They are most likely Day Neutral Strawberries.
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Here in SE PA there’s also been a trend of very late-season strawbs; they were avail via multiple farmers at the farmers market until about three weeks ago. I’m picky about strawberries and I still found them worth buying.
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I got some good everbearing strawberries at the Farmer’s market here in toronto on October 4th )…
That lotus mold really makes it look like a fancy dessert.
Every cake I bake in it turns out pretty. I frequently make Rachel Roddy’s Marmalade Cake which has 3T marmalade or jam and 1T marmalade brushed on the outside with a dusting of confectionery sugar. It “glams” the simple cake up rather than the loaf pan as suggested.
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Pecan Sandies from The Perfect Cookie, ATK. this is a slice and bake cookie. The texture is of a buttery shortbread. I bake cookies almoxt every week and have started freezing part of the bake for Christmas. Hopefully that will set some time to vake a few specialties.
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My Trader Joe’s had the caramel chips this week!
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Rstuart, if you don’t have access to a Trader Joe’s and would like a couple bags, let me know. Happy to help.
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Thank you!! 
I am going to NYC at the end of the months, will check there
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If there’s any concern they’ll be out of stock by then, I’d also be glad to get and hold them for you (I’m in nyc).
I do also see other brands — Target has nestle butterscotch chips and Kraft caramel bits.
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It’s only 2 weeks from now so I hope that they will stick around? But thank you!!
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I made caramel apple cookies from Buttermilk by Sam for a fundraiser for one of my student’s with cancer. They are fun and different and I think they will be very well received at the sale tomorrow! My husband, my forever taste-tester, gave them high marks. My only gripe is that it makes a small batch.
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Do they last long (I mean around the house after they been baked)? What a nice thing to do, a support team is so essential.
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Nothing fancy, but a sour cream apple coffee cake hit the right notes. Used 1-1/2 very large Macouns I picked up in Maine last weekend, and served with a scoop of Tillamook Waffle Cone Swirl ice cream alongside.
I made this in a 9×9" pan vs her suggested 13x9" pan. Came out just fine at 40 minutes baking time.
Ignore the unfortunately named (IMO) blog name. 
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Yum.
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