Tag: molasses

• healthier chocolate cake

  

  This chocolate cake has a few unusual things about it: There is a fair amount of oat bran in it. It also uses two apples that you puree with some molasses and coffee first. Lastly, there are a few healthier substitutions that keep it from being too decadent: whole wheat flour instead of cake flour,…

  Dave G

  January 24, 2021

  60% cacao, baked goods, baking, bittersweet chocolate, cakes, chocolate, chocolate cake, cocoa, dairy-free, dessert, food blogging, healthy, low sugar, snack, snack cakes, whole wheat

  heart-healthy chocolate cake, low-sugar chocolate cake, molasses, oat bran chocolate cake, olive oil chocolate cake, stevia, truvia, whole wheat flour, yes-chocolate cake!

• morning glory muffins

  

  Lately I’ve been attracted to make simple, familiar things that aren’t too complicated. I think it’s probably in response to the complicated world we now live in, and a yearning for simple and homey things that remind me of a simpler time. This was a recipe I tried several years ago, and this time I…

  Dave G

  May 31, 2020

  baked goods, baking, dairy free, dairy-free, food blogging, muffins, pecans, quickbread, snack

  breakfast, dates, dried pineapple, molasses, morning glory muffins, muffins, pecans, quick bread

• cherry rye hot cross buns

  

  This is based on 101 cookbooks’ recipe for Black Bread, substituting the carrots and caraway seeds with dried sour cherries. This came about because I’ve been wanting to make hot cross buns, but also wanting to use more rye and whole grains in my bread baking, so this is the culmination of those two goals. I…

  Dave G

  April 9, 2017

  baked goods, baking, berries, bread, buns, cocoa, food blogging, healthy, low-fat, snack, yeast breads

  buns, cherries, cherry bread, cherry rye hot cross buns, cocoa powder, easter, hot cross buns, molasses, rolls, rye bread, rye buns, rye hot cross buns, whole wheat flour

• Whiskey Love

  

    Sometimes you just want something that is what it says it is. This IS a Whiskey Cake. This is a straightforward recipe that you can put together and get baking in no time. And the reward on your investment is definitely there. You will taste the whiskey in this. Mise en place.* …and voilà!…

  Dave G

  October 11, 2013

  baked goods, cakes, dessert

  coffee cake, jack daniel’s, molasses, quickbread, tennessee whiskey, whiskey

• pumpkin burnt sugar cake with butterscotch pecan filling and chocolate molasses glaze

  

  I need to figure out how to name things without feeling like I have to include every single ingredient in the title. I guess I could just call this the Pumpkin BS Cake with Molasses Glaze. But I guess that wouldn’t really work, would it? I found a recipe for burnt sugar cake in the…

  Dave G

  October 6, 2013

  baked goods, cakes, dessert

  50s, baking, betty crocker, burnt sugar cake, butterscotch, cake, chocolate glaze, dessert, drizzle, molasses, pecans, pumpkin, whiskey