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Raw Cashew Mango Cabbage Wraps

April 11, 2018 Leave a Comment

Raw Cashew Mango Cabbage Wraps.

Talk about eating the rainbow! I have a new favorite raw meal with these cool and crisp wraps. I’m so excited for summer foods. I’m ready…right now! I do love my soup season, but eating light summer meals is definitely my favorite time of year. My local Wholefoods has been selling mangos by the case! I have been putting mangos on and in everything. I love the sweetness mangos give my raw cashew mango cabbage wraps.

I decided to use small purple cabbage leaves to create my wrap. The cabbage has the perfect crunch and holds up to a lot of fillings without falling apart.

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High Altitude Vanilla Bean Cake

March 26, 2018 4 Comments

Finally! Success with High Altitude Vanilla Bean Cake iced with velvety strawberry rose swiss meringue buttercream.

My greatest baking failure in the kitchen has to be a basic white vanilla cake. I have lost count as to how many times I have failed. Each one I bake sinks in the middle. They were heavy and greasy. I used to think that I could bake any cake that Martha Stewart created. Nope. I had considered myself a baking failure. Thanks, Martha. Until I discovered the dreaded “altitude” effect. It became necessary to create a High Altitude Vanilla Bean Cake.

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Spring Mint Chip Ice Cream

March 16, 2018 Leave a Comment

This Spring mint chip ice cream is my first attempt at begging spring to come. Peppermint is beginning to sprout in my garden and I can’t wait for fresh herbs. I’m ushering in Spring and St. Patrick’s Day with this naturally green and refreshing ice cream.

Fresh mint was steeped into the milk and cream mixture for a pure peppermint flavor in my Spring mint chip ice cream….

Devil’s Food Chocolate Birthday Cake

March 8, 2018 By Janet Barton 2 Comments

Hello March. Every March 1st I bake this Devil’s food chocolate birthday cake to celebrate my Grandmother. She is famous for her moist chocolate cake with chocolate icing always topped with chopped walnuts. I am fortunate to share her birth month and her name. Cecile Stephens Dearden is one of my greatest inspirations in the kitchen…

No Knead Brioche Morning Buns

March 6, 2018 By Janet Barton 8 Comments

Whenever I walk into my favorite bakery, I ALWAYS buy a Morning Bun. I love the lightly scented orange flavor combined with the cinnamon and sugar rolled into a buttery croissant dough. Heaven! No Knead Brioche Morning Buns are simple to make and do not require laminating the dough. The base dough recipe for no…

Buttered Hazelnut Chocolate Brownies

February 17, 2018 By Janet Barton 6 Comments

New addiction! Imagine moist, chewy brownies topped with a thick layer of gianduja (chocolate and hazelnut paste) and sprinkled with buttery, toasted hazelnuts. Move over other brownie recipes because buttered hazelnut chocolate brownies are my new fav. These babies are extremely moist and the addition of hazelnut paste creates another layer of flavor. The salty,…

Dark Chocolate Covered Raspberries

February 8, 2018 By Janet Barton Leave a Comment

Dark chocolate covered raspberries and Valentines Day. Tradition. Salt Lake City has a famous chocolate company that makes dark chocolate covered raspberries, milk chocolate strawberries, and grapes. I generally request all of them for Valentines Day. My husband has waited in lines out the door just to make me happy. Bless his heart. This year…