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Close to perfect, and with adjustments I think this will be my go to pie crust. Ran out of shortening and used 1:4 ratio of shortening to unsalted butter. Easy to work with, but would reduce water for flakier crust. Used food processor and might have overmixed before adding water; still had pea-sized lumps of fat, but I always find with food processor pie-crust, it's better to leave larger chunks of fat before adding the water, as the blades reduce the fat lumps during mixing. I think a 1:1 ratio of shortening to butter would result in best balance of flake and flavor. Really delicious and pretty flaky regardless.

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Hungarian Flourless Hazelnut Cake

Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2010

This recipe was NOT for me. Tasted like healthfood and was very bland-a non-spicey spice cake. Thought it would pack more nut flavor.

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Chocolate Pudding Cake III

Reviewed: Jun. 27, 2009

Made these as cupcakes despite the problems described by the cupcake reviewer. Used stand mixer for all ingredients except the cocoa, brown sugar, choc chips and hot water (used part water part 1/2 & 1/2). They rose nicely and even crowned a little with a nice 'pudding' on the bottom. The cake had an excellent texture--I was surprised by the moistness and nice crumb though they contained no eggs. I docked one star for flavor, but it's a personal preference: the taste was a bit cocoa powder-floury, and I prefer my cake a bit more chocolatey.

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Bodega Bay Cioppino

Reviewed: Jun. 3, 2009

Best.

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Caramel Frosting V

Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2009

Great tasting recipe. I followed a tip left in another review and made the frosting the day before then refrigerated it overnight. Because I didn't mix in the butter at the hot stage, I had trouble incorporating it into the mix and had butter lumps; no problem: after a lot of mixing (stand mixer with paddle on high) the lumps whipped out. Shiny, fluffy frosting. However, I didn't use it right away and a couple of hours later (at room temp), when I piped it, the frosting didn't hold it's shape well. Not sure how it would have held up if I'd used it immediately; used this recipe for a decorate-your-own-cupcake party.

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