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Cardboard Tube Christmas Tree
It’s a fact. I can’t wrap presents to save my life. I cut the paper all crooked, the scotch tape always gets stuck in my hair (that's after using it on my nose like a Biore strip) and just try writing...
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Santa's Balls
We're down to the final posts for Caker Cooking and if you take anything away from this blog, I hope it’s this: cakers love balls. I’ve featured more ball-shaped food on here than any other shape....
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Caker Christmas 2014
As the Irish Rovers say, “Wasn’t that a party?”I held my annual Caker Christmas party the other night where I asked Eye-talians to make and eat caker food. This year, I told my guests that I wouldn’t...
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Best and Worst Caker Recipes of All Time
This is it, folks. The last post for Caker Cooking. I can't think of a better way to wrap things up than by featuring the best and worst caker recipes OF ALL TIME!Which dishes shone brightly? (Or...
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JELL-O Pudding Eggs
Tough times call for good eating. And with everything going on in the world right now, who couldn’t use some comfort food? So, after shutting down this blog six years ago, I’ve decided to resurrect...
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Scalloped Potatoes
When it comes to times of stress and hardship, few things provide comfort like the combination of cheese and potatoes. How else can you explain Wendy's Bacon Cheese Baked Potato, O'Grady's Au Gratin...
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Tortilla Pizza
With everyone self-isolating, many parents are dealing with kids at home 24/7. And parenting is a lot harder than when I was growing up in the '70s. The main difference being that, these days, parents...
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Miracle Whip Muffins
There was a point in time when muffins were considered health food. Then one of those journalism TV shows did an investigative report (likely Dateline) and everyone lost their minds when they found out...
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Beanie-Weenie Bake
Every year since the dawn of time (or so it seems), I host an annual Caker Christmas party. I force invite Italians to make – and eat – caker dishes. At the end of the night, I ask them to vote for the...
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The "Best" Easiest Square
What's up with these people talking about all the “down” time they have during self-isolation? I don’t know about you, but I barely have enough hours in the day. Between panically tearing through the...
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Hamburg Casserole
Let’s face it – cakers aren’t exactly poets when it comes to naming our food. Over the years, I’ve featured recipes for Pink Thing, White Stuff and Corn Ring on this blog. Names like that don’t exactly...
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Tang Dessert
When I revived Caker Cooking last month, I promised dieticians across the country it would only be for a limited time. And I’m a caker of my word. With things starting to get back to normal (Kinda?...
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Chicken Mousse
Well, we made it. The final recipe of my Caker Cooking 2020 revival. And what a revival it’s been! We’d laid a few eggs, munched on some wieners and chowed down on damp muffins. It’s been a lot of work...
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It’s November 2021. Sadly, it looks like church bazaars won’t be happening for the second year in a row. (Goshdarn you, COVID-19!) But I’m here to the rescue. I’m resurrecting Caker Cooking for the...
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Pretzel Christmas Ornaments
Even though bazaars aren’t happening this year, Caker Cooking is back! Every week throughout November, I’ll post a bazaar craft that you can make at home. I’ll also pair it with one of my favourite...
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Pill Bottle Ornaments
Bazaars may be cancelled this month, but Caker Cooking is here to the rescue with bazaar craft ideas and classic recipes to celebrate the holiday season.This week’s craft idea comes from the book...
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Paper Bag Holiday Cards
Bazaars may be cancelled for another year, but I’m keeping the spirit alive with bazaar crafts and classic recipes all month long!When did greeting cards get so expensive? The other day, I was buying a...
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Edibles Christmas Angel
With bazaars cancelled again this year, I’ve been serving up bazaar craft ideas and classic recipes all month long. Sadly, we’ve arrived at the final post. But I’m leaving on a high note.When I was...
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Macaroni Salad Taste Test
Recently, I was on CBC Radio's The Next Chapter. The host, Shelagh Rogers, mentioned a macaroni taste-test I conducted. You can can out my investigative report by visiting my author site. While you're...
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Bazaar-o-Rama 2022
It’s been a long two years, but I’m happy to say that bazaars are back, baby!I can’t tell you the joy I felt the other day, stepping into my first church basement since COVID, and smelling that...
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Bazaar-o-Rama 2022 Week 2
This weekend, I drove three hours to a bazaar. But I had a good reason. My hometown church was having its annual bazaar. This is the OG bazaar that started it all for me. I hadn’t been back in years...
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Bazaar-o-Rama 2022 Week 3
Well, it wasn’t quite the bazaar bonanza I was hoping for this week. I’ve had some problems finding bazaar listings online. Someone needs to start a website devoted to bazaar listings. And that...
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Fruit Cake Taste Test
Do you love fruitcake as much as I do?(insert cricket FX)Well, for the three people that do, I recently did a fruitcake taste test. I sampled 7 commercial brands plus 2 homemade versions - including...
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Best Macaroni and Cheese
When I was growing up, macaroni and cheese was considered one of the four food groups. The other three being ketchup, grape Kool Aid and Rice-a-Roni. Kraft Dinner has been the leader of the mac pack...
View ArticleWelcome to Caker Cooking!
Do you like casseroles? Is Cream of Mushroom soup a vegetable in your world? Do you consider JELL-O a side dish? Then this site is for you!Although my arteries forced me to stop blogging at the end of...
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