serves 10
You might need to buy:
  • chopped pecans or 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • cold water
  • cooking oil
  • amber rum or 1/2 cup 1873 rum
  • Glaze
  • water
  • amber rum or 1/2 cup 1873 rum
serves 40
You might need to buy:
  • granulated sugar
  • water
  • vegetable oil
  • real vanilla
  • almond extract
  • sour cream
  • large egg whites
serves 20
You might need to buy:
  • flour
  • milk
  • vegetable oil
  • vanilla extract
ready in about an hour and 15 minutes; serves 2
You might need to buy:
  • melted butter
  • brown sugar OR honey
  • vanilla extract
  • zest of 1 orange
  • whole wheat flour
  • white flour
  • salt
  • baking soda
  • baking powder
  • nutmeg
  • ground cinnamon
Belongs to taraagacayak Banana Bread 
ready in about an hour and 15 minutes; serves 1
You might need to buy:
  • flour
  • sugar
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • sunflower or corn oil
  • milk
  • egg
  • chocolate chips
ready in about an hour and 20 minutes; serves 16
You might need to buy:
  • eggs
  • applesauce
  • molasses
  • ground cinnamon
  • ground nutmeg
  • ground cloves
  • finely shredded orange peel

Please do test different times out for your own microwave – there’s a scale that goes something like:

cake goop → self-saucing pudding → delicious cake! → heavy, not-so-good cake → stale, crunchy “cake” → dear lord what have we done?

(The last three are pretty much guaranteed to leave you unhappy.)

ready in about 5 minutes; serves 2
You might need to buy:
  • cocoa
serves 14
You might need to buy:
  • kirsch or 2 tablespoons hot water
  • cake flour
  • vanilla extract
  • almond extract
You might need to buy:
  • half and half
  • sugar
  • margarine or butter
  • semisweet chocolate chips
  • vanilla
  • eggs
serves 12
You might need to buy:
  • Chocolate Cake:
  • brown sugar
  • vegetable shortening
  • buttermilk
  • sifted all-purpose flour
  • Hot Fudge Sauce:
  • unsweetened chocolate
  • unsalted butter or 8 tablespoons unsalted margarine
  • powdered sugar
  • evaporated milk