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Angel Food Cake

If you are left with extra egg whites after making a custard or a creme pie, Angel Food Cake can come to your rescue, but since it contains about 11 egg whites, you’ll likely then have to make more custard! There could be worse things…

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Spiced Molasses Cookies

These are an old fashioned cookie with no fancy mix-ins. You can use your choice of regular or black strap molasses. The latter will result in a stronger molasses flavor.

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

This chocolate buttercream is rich, chocolatey, and not too sweet. Use a 1M cake decorating tip to make fun chocolate cupcakes or smoothly spread on a chocolate layer cake for a classy celebration.

Chocolate Cake

My go-to recipe for chocolate cupcakes, this recipe also makes a fine chocolate layer cake. Whatever shape or form, frost with this Chocolate Buttercream Frosting.

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

For a fancy cupcake shop finish, use this buttercream to top these favorite Vanilla Cupcakes using a size 1M cake decorating tip.

Vanilla Cupcakes

A simple, rich vanilla cupcake. Top with a swirl of Vanilla Buttercream. To make it extra special in the springtime, garnish with fresh spring berries.

Chantilly Cream

Here’s a little something extra for topping your dessert that makes plain whipped cream seem, well, plain. Your pumpkin pie deserves this.

Whipped Cream

This is the basic recipe for whipped cream to serve with fresh strawberries, make ice cream into a sundae, or to simply top your pie or hot chocolate. We like to add vanilla to our whipped cream, but you can also leave it unflavored if you prefer.

Meyer Lemon Curd

While regular lemons make a fine lemon curd, there is something special about curd made with Meyer lemons, with a perfect balance of tart and sweet. Enjoy on biscuits or scones, on pancakes or sponge cake, or by the spoonful.

Apple Pie

Apple Pie

There’s nothing as all-American as apple pie, but don’t be tempted to make this for your 4th of July celebration, because if you do, you’ll most certainly be using apples shipped all the way from the Southern Hemisphere. Apples are not in season in North America until late summer and fall.

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