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Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

Valentine's Day Cupcakes at 1840 Farm

There’s something about the flavor combination of chocolate and strawberry that seems perfect for Valentine’s Day,   We do our best to eat seasonally here at 1840 Farm.  Eating seasonally during February in New England dictates that fresh strawberries are not on our dessert plates. Luckily, we preserve pounds of fresh strawberries during berry season here …

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Chocolate Butter Cookies with Stout Buttercream Frosting

Stout Buttercream Frosting at 1840 Farm

What can I say about a chocolate butter cookie topped with buttercream frosting infused with the flavor of a great stout beer?  The word delicious comes immediately to mind.  In the end, maybe I don’t need to say anything.  Maybe I just need to share the recipe! Chocolate Butter Cookies with Stout Buttercream makes 18-24 …

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Pumpkin Bars with Dark Chocolate Chips

1840 Farm Pumpkin Bars with Dark Chocolate Chips

Every year, we celebrate the arrival of autumn by bringing our favorite fall foods back into the regular rotation on our kitchen menu board.  Mushrooms, sweet potatoes, and New England Cheese squash begin to dominate the dinner recipes.  Pumpkin takes center stage where desserts are concerned. As a child, I didn’t eat pumpkin very often.  …

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Chocolate Malt Cupcakes with Malted Buttercream Frosting

Every birthday celebrated at 1840 Farm depends on these cupcakes to mark the occasion as special. They are a wonderful combination of chocolate, vanilla, and malt flavors that merge to provide a depth of flavor not usually found in a standard chocolate cupcake. The flavor of the cake is slightly tangy and reminiscent of red …

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Chocolate Chip Gooey Butter Cake

Chocolate Chip Gooey Butter Cake at 1840 Farm

Last month, I shared  my recipe for blueberry gooey butter cake.  We were right in the heart of blueberry season here at 1840 Farm.  Adding fresh berries to our family favorite gooey butter cake was a natural way to celebrate our best blueberry season ever. For me, there are certain ingredients that never go out …

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Nesting Instinct

The Easter table at 1840 Farm will have a touch of whimsy this year:  at least for a few moments.  I know that my son’s white chocolate nest place card with candy coated eggs won’t stand a chance.  The eggs will be history in a matter of seconds.  Then the nest will fall prey to …

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Strawberry Jam Meringue Cookies

Happy Valentine’s Day! In case you’re looking for a little baking inspiration today, give my recipe for Strawberry Jam Meringue Cookies on Foodie.com a try.  They can be piped into beautiful hearts and dipped in chocolate just in time for sharing with your Valentine! Pin It

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Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies

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I should be tired of cookies.  Tired of baking them, tired of eating them.  It hasn’t happened in spite of the fact that December has been chock full of them here at 1840 Farm.  I don’t think that there has been a day during this entire month when there wasn’t a freshly baked cookie available …

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Cookie Memories

We have been baking a lot of cookies lately.  No one here at 1840 Farm seems to mind.  So far we’ve had chocolate crinkles, chocolate mint meltaways, oatmeal white chocolate chip, coconut macaroons, espresso chocolate chip shortbread, and Mr.1840 Farm’s famous chocolate chip.  When I mentioned in my last post that December would be a …

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Michel Rostang’s Double Chocolate Mousse Cake

        Welcome to the third French Friday of January 2011.  It has been a very good run for my family’s Bistro Night this past month.  We started off with Paris Mushroom Soup and then discovered the beauty that is Gnocchi a la Parisienne.  They were both sublime, decadent, and warming Winter dishes.  I told you it was …

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