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gateau a l'orange (orange sponge cake)

Happy 2nd birthday littleclove!

It’s been two years this month since my very first post on littleclove and that means it’s time to celebrate!

No I didn’t have a glass of fancy liqueur to celebrate with (I thought about it, though). I bought it to add to the butter cream frosting of this very special cake that I [...]

buttery banana bread

Butter.

One whole stick, right into the bread.  Yes, a whole stick!

This recipe was created by a woman who loves butter so much that she actually makes deep fried butter balls. No, not me, but the Queen of Butter herself, Food Network star and author, Paula Deen. And because of that whole stick of butter that’s added, [...]

eyeballs, spiders and breaded steak

October is a busy month for us.

Birthday parties, soccer tournaments, Halloween, Mom always comes to visit for two weeks and it’s one of my busiest months at work. So this is why, as you may have noticed, I haven’t been posting as much. But, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been cooking! I have to find time [...]

biscotti for raffle

This past Saturday, my brother Phill held his annual End of the Summer Picnic. It’s an all-day event, and so much fun!

He’s been throwing this picnic for 16 years, for old friends and new friends and each year it gets bigger and bigger…

and curiously enough, simultaneously year after year….

so does Phill’s facial hair!

He’s really handsome [...]

can't get enough of this caramel corn

It started out innocently enough.

The contest was titled, Your Best Meatball Recipe. Entering couldn’t have been easier. I had just made Mama’s meatballs last month, I had the recipe written down and had taken some photos, too. I sat down at my computer at 11pm on a Friday night and dedicated the next hour to entering. [...]