Cedar Writes

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  • Carrot Cake

    Carrot Cake

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    This recipe is a variant, loosely, on the Splendid Spice Cake recipe. With… changes.  For one thing, I reduced the overall sugar just a touch. And I took the liqud back a bit, to allow for the addition of carrots. I customized the spice blend to favor carrot’s innate flavors, which included the addition of…

  • Orange Blossoms

    Orange Blossoms

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    by

    Cedar Sanderson
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    I’m a child of the North. I’ve never walked through an orchard of orange trees, with their heady perfume, but I’ve read about it. Perhaps some day. I do know that it is nothing like the same sort of stroll through a blooming apple orchard. Apple blossoms, fleeting delicate petals that begin to fall almost…