I was looking through my Recipe Index the other day and realized I had done something unforgivable for a baking blog — I was missing a really good brownie recipe. I’ve tried making brownies at high altitude before, but I haven’t really had much luck. There’s always been something a little off about their texture. The first […]
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Hummingbird Bakery Peaches and Cream Cupcakes Recipe (Adapted for High-Altitude)
“A classic summer combination — using fresh peaches makes the recipe work so much better. Other fruits in season could be substituted.” – The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook —
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Hummingbird Bakery Peaches and Cream Cupcakes, High-Altitude Style
Guys, this is the last Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook I will adapt for high-altitude. After this recipe, I will have cooked through all the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook cupcake recipes that I’m actually interested in. How does it feel, to be so close to my goal? To be honest, I expected to feel more accomplished. Instead, I […]
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Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Lace Florentines
One of my biggest grievances about Colorado is that the state does not have any Trader Joe’s supermarkets. I basically lived off of Trader Joe’s frozen food in college… well, okay, definitely for several years after college too. But perhaps nothing could match my love for their plastic buckets filled with snacks. Trader Joe’s Chocolate […]
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Hummingbird Bakery Green Tea Cupcakes Recipe (Adapted for High-Altitude)
“Green tea-flavored desserts are very popular in Japan. Green tea works so well in cakes, combined with either vanilla or chocolate. It’s important to use green tea powder called ‘matcha’.” – The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook —
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Hummingbird Bakery Green Tea Cupcakes, High-Altitude Style
I’m not a big tea drinker. Blasphemous, I know. So many of my good friends are such big tea aficionados, downing 2-3 mugs of tea per day. One friend of mine even brought her own tea to a weekend wedding. But me, personally? Nah. My boyfriend has been trying to convince me to start drinking green […]
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