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From: , NY

Joined: January 9th, 2010

Favorite cookbook: Cake Bible

Favorite recipe: Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake

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March 24th, 2010

Lemon Poppy Seed-Sour Cream Cake from Rose's Heavenly Cakes

This is Rose's signature cake ( and mine) made larger and more flavorful. This version adds sour cream to the recipe, that gives it a wonderful mouthfeel. It has a rich buttery flavor, perfumed with lemon... read more >

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At Home with Michael Chiarello: Easy Entertaining

By Michael Chiarello, Karl Petzke
Chronicle Books - 2005

January 26th, 2010

This a beautiful book with many pictures of the finished dishes. The chapters are divided by courses with clear and concise directions. There are also cooking notes, entertaining notes and wine notes for most of the recipes. The last chapter is entertaining 101, information to make you a great host at your next party.