It has been a crazy couple of weeks over here in the Cake Pants household. Final exams (both to study for and to grade), term papers to write, a wedding to attend on the opposite side of the country, a two-day professional workshop, and up next, another trip across the country for a graduation ceremony, and then a set of PhD exams at the end of the month…whew! Anyhow, it’s always difficult to plan ...
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Peanut Butter Carrot Cake for Dogs
Last week, we celebrated Phoebe's first "adoptiversary," and I baked her a little cake of her very own. I know it might seem a bit silly, since of course, she has no concept of any given date being of special significance, but I've always had a knack for remembering certain days as the anniversaries of big moments. Adopting a puppy was a huge step for me, and one that I had been looking ...
Chocolate Hazelnut Truffles
The first time I made truffles was about two and a half years ago. It did not go so well. They tasted fantastic, but it was a rather time-consuming and frustrating experience and only about three of them looked even semi-presentable. ...
Sweet Potato Dog Biscuits with Peanut Butter Banana “Icing”
I was beginning to feel really guilty about cooking and baking all sorts of things and constantly telling the puppy that none of it was for her, so I finally got around to making her some baked goods of her very own. While I’d like to think that she enjoys these exponentially more than she enjoys pre-packaged store-bought biscuits and that she can taste my love for her baked into them, in reality, ...
Asian Peanut Noodle Stir-Fry
My brother is allergic to peanuts, so until he was away at college, my family had to avoid cooking with them. During the summer between my junior and senior years in college, when I first genuinely became interested in teaching myself to cook, I came across a recipe for noodles with peanut sauce in one of my dad’s cookbooks. With some tweaking and additions, this quickly became a family favorite ...