buttermilk onion rings

When I look back at old family photos of me as a small child, I can’t help but notice that my family and I always appear to take all of our photos around the dining room table. Maybe it’s that there was always some type of cake, pastry, or junk food that lured us to the table, or it’s just that we all love our sweets… Whatever it was, everyone’s habits haven’t changed as our dining room tables have changed throughout the years. Family photos are still taken around the dining table, near some type of food.

After a few photos are taken of our family, we always dig-in. Within minutes. No- within seconds (that sounds about right), food disappears from the table. Right before anyone can say anything, someone rushes out of the kitchen right on time, ready to replenish the food that disappeared. It’s like a perfectly planned magic act that never goes wrong. My family loves food.

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sweet & sour cherry slab pie

If only I could show you our kitchen after pitting nine cups of cherries! Let’s just say that our kitchen looked like a crime scene- my hands and white t-shirt were stained with sweet, red cherry juice, and I now regret persuading myself into not getting a cherry pitter when I was at Macy’s last weekend. Regardless of the huge mess I made with the tip from my piping bag to pit all of the cherries with, I can say that the cherry stains were well worth it!

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chocolate strawberry layer cake

Today, dear readers, you will thank me for sharing one of the best (THE BEST!) chocolate cake recipes in existence- the last chocolate cake recipe you will ever need. Let’s not argue over who’s chocolate cake is best, or what bakery makes the best chocolate cake, or who’s mom, aunt, or grandma has the best chocolate cake recipe known to mankind, or better yet- which famous company has the most delicious chocolate cake mix you’ve whipped together (we’ll talk about boxed cake mixes in another post). Argument is not needed after taking a bite out of this cake. I promise!

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