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You didn’t think that two strawberry recipes were all I was going to do during my strawberry kick, did you!? I hope not, because I definitely have more coming your way! Perhaps the most impressive of the strawberry things I’ve made during this obsessive run is this layer cake, which I made to celebrate my mother’s (much too brief) visit to the states earlier this month. The recipe in Bon Appetit calls this “Vanilla Cake with Strawberry Frosting,” but in my head I call this “Strawberry Layer Cake.” Which do you like better?

This was only my second layer cake ever, so I feel like a bit of an impostor posting it here as if I know what I’m doing. After all, I’m no Deb of Smitten Kitchen, whose blog is absolutely full of perfect-looking layer cakes! So keep that in mind when you read on past the jump and see that this cake was actually a bit lopsided . . .

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Strawberry Gelato

June 12, 2009
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Continuing with the strawberry theme and touching on one of my absolute favorite things to make at home, I tried making Strawberry Gelato for the first time last week. I used this recipe from Bon Appetit, which is actually for ice cream sandwich cookies which look absolutely divine. I intended [...]

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Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

June 9, 2009
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Here’s another winning recipe from Martha Stewart: Strawberry Shortcake Cookies! When this landed in my inbox on Sunday, I knew I was going to make these first chance I got! Strawberries are easily my favorite fruit, and now that they’re in season I can’t seem to stay away from them. [...]

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