Hershey’s has a recipe called “Perfectly Chocolate” Chocolate Cake.
Trust me, the name is spot on.

We first made this recipe for my birthday when we were hunkered down in QingDao waiting for Selah’s arrival. (Hence the tea light birthday candle.)

The recipe was so memorable, I had to bake it for Sianna’s 2nd birthday.

Dare I say, I’ll

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In our world of blogs, tweets, e-mails and Skype, doesn’t the written word seem precious? I came across this hand written recipe from my Mom quite some time ago. In our family, the Nanamaw is known for making the best banana pudding.

INGREDIENTS
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
2 eggs
2 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons butter or margarine

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This summer, one of our visitors had a birthday while in China. Through her classmates, we learned that her favorite cake was Red Velvet Cake. I’ve never eaten any red velvet cake – much less made one from scratch, but thanks to the wonder that is the internet I found a recipe that I could

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We made these cupcakes for Schäfer’s preschool class on his 3rd birthday. They were absolutely perfect – even with the yogurt substitution. Since our blender decided to take a break from blending the sugar into a fine powdered sugar, we ended up boiling the icing at the last minute. Yum! I can’t wait for my

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Our Chinese friends requested a real American apple pie for Thanksgiving. Even though it’s not a traditional Thanksgiving food, it was anticipated, appreciated, admired and attacked.

Hubs can’t stop talking about this apple pie.

INGREDIENTS

Pastry for 9 inch single crust pie
10 c. sliced apple
1 c. white sugar
1 tbsp. corn starch
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
Dash of salt
2 tbsp.

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