It’s On! 2012 Makes-Me-Wanna SHOUT! Baking Challenge

By On December 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Cake Recipes, Contests, Washington, DC

The entry form is live and the contest begins for the best chocolate layer cake in the DC metropolitan region. Church Lady Cake Diaries is now a media sponsor for the Makes-Me-Wanna SHOUT! Baking Challege. Additional sponsors for the challenge include Eatonville Restaurant (who will feature the winning cake on their menu), King […]

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This one’s for chocolate lovers

By On October 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Contests, Culture and Community

Another Makes-Me-Wanna SHOUT! Cake Challenge is coming up. CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE is the 2012 choice. Church Lady Cake Diaries will post news about the events, but the main ingredients (information, entry forms, rules) will be posted on a new site — www.shoutbakingchallenge.com. Eatonville Restaurant is back as a co-presenter ISO another delicious […]

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The Sound of Baking

By On September 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Arts, Cake Recipes, Literature, Music, People

Ever since I opened Bryant Terry’s Vegan Soul Kitchen cookbook, which includes recipes as well as recommended soundtracks for cooking, I’ve been adding my own soundtracks to my baking. This past summer, I knocked out two pound cakes from the recipe taken from the Reynolds Wrap The Way Mama Cooked It contest […]

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Why Miriam’s Kitchen

By On July 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Contests, Culture and Community, People, Washington, DC

Creating Community Around Food – Scott Schenkelberg of Miriam’s Kitchen from Michon Boston on Vimeo.

Scott Schenkelberg makes sure Miriam’s Kitchen honors its mission to provide outstanding caseworker services and nutritious and tasty meals to homeless men and women in the DC area each week. I find the Miriam’s Kitchen […]

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