Maurine Dashney

Red Velvet Cake or Cupcakes

February 14, 2014

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Today I thought I’d share my red velvet cake recipe—one I’m finally happy with after I-can’t-even-remember-how-many attempts. It rises well and has a nice density to it without being too dense. And as always, this cake recipe works for both cake and cupcakes. This pairs traditionally with cream cheese frosting, by the way. Red Velvet Cake or Cupcakes Makes 14–15 cupcakes or just over enough batter for one 9″ round cake pan. Remember that you need…

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DIY Hot Chocolate Stir Sticks

February 10, 2014

Mmm, have you ever tried these? They’re so simple to use—heat up some milk, stir for a couple of minutes, bam. Hot chocolate with melted chocolate. And what’s great is hot chocolate stir sticks are really easy to make and customize to your own liking. You can use whatever type of chocolate you like and add a myriad of mix-ins like crushed candy canes, marshmallows, and extracts. Annnd they happen to make for some pretty sweet gifts. Literally. (Ha! Couldn’t…

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Coconut Pecan Frosting

January 31, 2014

Coconut pecan frosting—this frosting is a little different but pairs perfectly with the German Chocolate cake recipe I showed you on Wednesday. In fact, it’s actually the traditional frosting you pair with German chocolate cake. Here’s how to make it! Coconut Pecan Frosting Makes enough for 18 cupcakes or for half of a standard double-layer 9″ round cake. Ingredients 1/2 can evaporated milk 3/4 stick butter 3/4 cup white or brown sugar 2 egg yolks 1 tsp vanilla 1 1/4…

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German Chocolate Cake or Cupcakes

January 29, 2014

German Chocolate Cake, unsurprisingly enough, is not actually German. The name comes from a man named Sam German, who created a special type of dark baking chocolate in 1852 for Baker’s Chocolate Company. This chocolate was sold as Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate in honor of him, and later on in the 1950s, one woman created the famous cake recipe using this chocolate. Hence, German’s Chocolate Cake. We simply dropped the ‘s after a while. Anyhow, German Chocolate Cake is really…

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I’m In A Magazine (Yay!)

January 27, 2014

Heh, I thought I should mention this before the magazine stops going on sale this Thursday. Now, don’t get too excited. I’m not getting featured in a magazine or anything. But an awesomely talented friend of mine named Brittany did get featured, and I happened to be a part of the photo shoot that they shared in the feature. Yay, how fun! Since this doesn’t happen to me very often, I thought I’d share it 🙂 These photos, by the…

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My Kindergarten Teacher Ruled.

January 24, 2014

Not too long ago I was going through some of my old things and found a journal from when I was in kindergarten. We basically wrote an entry every few days—and by “wrote” I mean we drew a picture and then attempted to write a sentence to go with it by scribbling some letters. Then our teacher came by and asked us what we’d drawn, adding a caption so that we could go back and read it later. Anyhow, I…

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