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Cranberry and Cornmeal Ricotta Cake
This is a rustic cake inspired by Zoe Nathan of the Rustic Canyon restaurants in Santa Monica, California, This cake has the...
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Hawaiian Chantilly Cake
Chantilly cake is uniquely Hawaiian. It originated in the 1950's, in Oahu, at a bakery called Liliha Bakery. It is a chocolate cake with...
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John Egerton's Pound Cake
John Edgerton wrote a cookbook in 1987 called Southern Food. He was a Southern scholar of history, civil rights, race, and food. He...
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Robert Redford Cake
"In the late 1970's, when actor Robert Redford was in New York and dining in Hisae's restaurant in Greenwich Village, he supposedly was...
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Ocracoke Fig Cake
Fig preserves are special on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, especially Ocracoke Island. "This is where figs grow prolifically, where...
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Mother Ann's Birthday Cake
"The inspiration for this cake recipe was Ann Lee, or Mother Ann, the founder of the American Shaker religious movement who emigrated...
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Lois's Original Plum Torte
In the 1980's, Marian Burros shared her recipe for the Plum Torte in the New York Times. It became one of the most requested recipes, so...
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Chocolate Earthquake Cake 1980-1999
This is a flourless chocolate cake that rises in the oven due to the beaten egg whites, and then falls and cracks as it cools. In the...
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Silver Palate Carrot Cake
One of the first printed recipes for carrot cake in America, was in Portland Oregon, in 1912, by the Council of Jewish Women. Carrot Cake...
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Moosewood Cardamom Coffee Cake
A Cornell student, named Mollie Katzen, helped to start a mostly vegetarian restaurant, in Ithaca New York, in 1973. They focused on...