Sunday, December 3, 2017

Welcome guest author Paige Shelton w/ book #giveaway!





After moving many times during her childhood, Paige finally settled in Salt Lake City, where she got married and raised a son. Once the son was off to college, she and her husband moved to Arizona, where they’re having a great time. For more about Paige and her books, see: www.paigeshelton.com.



Take it away, Paige! GIVEAWAY below! 

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Happy Holidays! There’s so much I love about this time of year, but one thing that sits high at the top of my list is a good rolled up cake. I first discovered cake rolls only a few years ago when I made the recipe on the Libby’s can for the pumpkin roll. I believe I uttered something like, ‘Oh cake rolls, where have you been all my life?’ when I tasted it. 

Over the years I’ve experimented with a few different recipes, but until this year I haven’t found something worthy of that first pumpkin roll delight. This year, I decided to create something with one of my favorite holiday flavor combinations: chocolate and orange. Yum. 



Side note – this recipe has nothing to do with my December book, COMIC SANS MURDER, but I’ll add a little blurb about it at the end. For now, it’s all about the cake roll.

Ingredients:

Cake:
3 eggs, separated
½ cup plus 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated white sugar
½ cup All-Purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1/3 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cake roll pan (cookie sheet with sides) 10 ½ X 15 X 1

- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease the pan then line with parchment paper and grease the paper too.  


- Beat egg yolks in small bowl, gradually adding ½ cup sugar. Beat until light and lemon colored.

- In another bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, 1/3 cup sugar, baking soda and salt.

- Add flour mixture, alternating with water and vanilla, to egg mixture, beat on low speed until smooth.

CLEAN YOUR BEATERS

- With clean beaters, beat egg whites until foamy, gradually adding one tablespoon sugar. Beat until stiff peaks form.

- Carefully, fold beaten egg whites into batter.



- Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.

- Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until top springs back when lightly touched.

Here’s where I think I’m different from most cake roll bakers. If you have a preferred method for removing the cake and then rolling it to cool, feel free to do it that way. I like to flip the cake directly onto some wax paper that I put on top of a clean dish towel, then I remove the parchment paper on the back before I gently roll the cake (wax paper included but NOT dish towel) up to cool. It needs to cool completely before you add the filling or frosting.




Filling:

This is the good stuff. You will have enough to cover your cake in an thin, even layer, but thin layers are okay because it’s a roll and there’s cake and filling layers in every bite.

Ingredients:
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
1 to 3 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar)
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ teaspoons orange extract
1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest
3 tablespoons fresh orange juice

- In a bowl, combine the butter, 3 cups of confectioners’ sugar, vanilla extract, and orange extract and mix on medium speed until blended.

- Add the orange zest and orange juice. Beat until smooth and creamy. 

Once your cake has cooled all the way, carefully unroll it. Spread the filling evenly over the cake and the re-roll it. (Note that in picture, my filling is not spread evenly. I forgot to take a final picture of the evenly spread filling.) 



Last step is the frosting. My favorite is this chocolate whipped cream frosting. 

Ingredients: - 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 8-oz. package of cold cream cheese
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Sanding sugar to sprinkle on the outside. Orange if you can find it, but clear is fine too.

- In a large bowl, stir together the cocoa powder with a couple spoon fulls of the cream until it forms a creamy paste.
- Add cream cheese to the bowl and beat until softened and mixing in with the cocoa mixture. About 30 seconds.
- Add sugar, salt, and vanilla. Continue beating until fully combined. You can pinch some with your fingers to make sure sugar has “melted” enough and there is no grit.
- Slowly drizzle the rest of the cream down the sides of the bowl while continuing to beat (I use a hand mixer and it works just fine). Beat until the mixture is combined and forms stiff peaks.

Frost the outside of your cake roll immediately, sprinkle sanding sugar over it, and store remaining frosting and cake in the refrigerator.

Enjoy!




Okay, about the book. COMIC SANS MURDER is the third book in my Dangerous Type series. The series takes place in Star City, Utah, which is a lot like Park City, Utah. Clare Henry and her grandfather own and operate The Rescued Word, a shop on Bygone alley, where typewriters and books go to be repaired and stationery from all over the world is sold. The mystery in COMIC SANS MURDER is revolved around Clare’s old high school friends, some extremely valuable old typewriters called Hoovens, and a disembodied foot found in an abandoned ski boot on the slopes.

Thanks to everyone at Mystery Lovers Kitchen and everyone stopping by today. Wishing you all the best, and may your holidays be filled with family, friends, peace, and lots of good books.


Giveaway

Paige is giving away to one winner  - all three books in the series: TO HELVETICA AND BACK, BOOKMAN DEAD STYLE, and COMIC SANS MURDER.  Answer this question: what is your favorite holiday dessert?
Remember to include your email should you win!


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88 comments:

  1. My all time favorite dessert is Key Lime Pie. I have my own personal baker for this item. He's a C.I.A. Graduate Baker and an extended member of the family.

    NoraAdrienne (at) gmail (dot) com

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  2. My all time favorite dessert is my mom's chocolate meringue pie. She's offered many times to give me the recipe, but I always decline. If I learned to make them, I'd eat the whole pie by myself. It's best I only get them when I see her every few years! My address is booknerdcat@gmail.com

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  3. Fabulous pumpkin roll! My favorite holiday dessert is gingerbread blondies with white chocolate chips. EMS591@aol.com

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  4. I like pecan pie; I look forward to it every year.
    jslbrown2009 at aol dot com

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  5. My favorite holiday dessert is pumpkin pie. cking78503(at)aol(dot)com

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  7. I love peppermint bark bars that are available this time of year. Bleakney750@yahoodotcom

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  8. My favorite dessert is chocolate cake roll with vanilla fudge ice cream for filling, my grandkids look forward to it every Christmas jcook22@yahoo,com

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  9. My favorite was my Grandmother's blackberry cobbler. Golden brown crust and it would melt in your mouth...everything was from scratch including the pie crust...yummy...
    Marilyn ewatvess@yahoo.com

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  11. My favourite holiday dessert is almond stollen. I used to bake my own (with dried currants and apricots) and give them out as gifts. They are less sweet than a fruitcake. Adding email this time.
    grace dot koshida at gmail dot com

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  12. My favorite is gingerbread. I like both the cookies and the quick bread served warm with a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
    Steelers4Sandi(at)Yahoo(dot)com
    I am looking forward to reading this new series. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  13. Our favorite dessert is anything pumpkin. But especially Pumpkin Pie with Real whipped cream. Thanks for the recipe. And the chance to get the books. Would love to read them. Della at deepotter (at) peoplepc (dot) com

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  14. I love Pumpkin Rolls! I make 15 at Thanksgiving and 30 at Christmas for our family and friends. I have been doing this for over 10 years and I haven't gotten tired of seeing everyone's smiles when I hand them over with a plate of cookies.
    baysagechef (at) (gmail) (dot) (com)

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  15. I love all the different cookies and candies that are made this time of the year, which no one takes the time to make at any other time. dbahn(at)iw(dot)net

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  16. My favorite holiday dessert is also a rolled cake. My cake is sweet potato (very similar to the pumpkin cake) and my filling is a brown sugar and cranberry cream. Smells and tastes like the holidays.

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  17. During the holidays my family takes the time for homemade candies. Plain chocolate fudge is my favorite.
    suzyhubert at gmail dot com.

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  18. Pumpkin Pie with whipped cream, luckily my husband hates it so I can just eat the filling and not the crust and no one gets upset with me. I also make fudge because he loves it.

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  19. Thanks for visiting Mystery Lovers' Kitchen and sharing a recipe. My favorite holiday dessert is Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake. Your cake roll looks scrumptious! Happy Holidays! bobandcelia@sbcglobal.net

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  20. My favorite is peanut butter fudge.
    im2early4u(at)gmail(dot)com

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  21. Red velvet cake💖
    Johnnabooks(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  22. Tough question. My favorite cake is probably the spice cake my mom made, St. James Coffee Cake. This cake roll recipe looks delishious. Rootseller55@gmail.com

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  23. My favorite is decorated sugar cookies and chocolate fudge. Thank you for the giveaway! crossxjo(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  24. My favorite would be the cookies my mom made. She called them "Gilbert" cookies - I only ate the ones without the nuts. hannnah03(at)bellsouth(dot)net

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    1. Kristi, you've won this giveaway by random selector. Paige will be in touch! :) ~ Daryl

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  25. A friend makes a pumpkin roll and a nut roll that are out of this world. Unfortunately she lives a few states up and over so it's been a while since I've sampled any. Darn it. Your chocolate orange roll looks delicious!
    patdupuy@yahoo.com

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  26. I have to confess & say that I love all desserts & cookies. No way can I only choose one. LOL doward1952(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  27. So many favorite recipes...but I loved my mother's Death by Chocolate cake...sinful but so good!
    cmeier2001@live.com

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  28. My favorite is my mom's poppy seed cake. She was an amazing cook, but didn't bake a lot; that was left to me. But she did make this cake and it was always delicious. Every time I make it and use her stained recipe card it brings me warm memories.

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  29. My favorite is pumpkin custard---it's basically a jazzed up version of pumpkin pie without the crust since I seem to be incapable of making an edible pie crust.
    suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

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  30. My favorite holiday desert is cheese cake! Or maybe apple pie. ..no, um...cookies... lol mommatoodle at msn dot com

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  31. Apple cake is a favorite.
    judytucker1947atgmaildotcom

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  32. For the Christmas season it's cookies. I do love cake rolls but I've never made one and no one in my family does either, which I feel is kind of odd now that I think about it. Merry Christmas Paige! I can't wait for my copy!
    Awilcox1182@gmail.com

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  33. I'm Scandinavian so we have lots of Swedish and Norwegian holiday cookies. One of my favories is kumkake. Reminds me of my childhood. anajs95 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  34. My favorite holiday dessert, believe it or not, is fruitcake. My grandmother, and then my mother and aunt, made a wonderful rich, spicy fruitcake that I have never been able to duplicate. I would love to have that cake just once more. malynn@hotmail.com

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  35. My favorite holiday dessert is a cranberry orange nut bundt cake that I make every year. It's simple but oh-so-good. Thanks for the giveaway and Happy Book Birthday! aut1063(at)gmail(dot)com

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  36. My favorite holiday (or any day) dessert is homemade cherry pie! My grandmother always made it for me, then I've always made it for my kids and family and now my youngest daughter makes it.What a true delight for me! Thank-you for your recipe (my daughter & i make cake rolls too!) and the give-away. Happy book day and Blessed Christmas! nani_geplcs@yahoo.com

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  37. My favorite pie is Pumpkin Pie from my mom's recipe.My mom used the label from Libby's canned pumpkin on a file card but she noted add an extra egg.I'm 83 and my DIL has taken over the pie baking but she uses my file too. Love this series. Ruth Nixon ruthenixon@sbcglobal.net

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  38. I make a chocolate roll with German chocolate frosting filling then frost it to look a log with holly decorations. It has been my favorite for years. Bessert57@gmail.com

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  39. Thanks for the article & story on the yule cake. My mother & I would make this for Christmas. It helped her remember her french roots & I have some wonderful memories. I really good Yule clake made with butter (yeah, not so good for you) is one of my favorite Christmas desserts.

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  40. I would say one of two is Cheese cake with strawberries drizzled on top & Pumpkin Pie with cool whip on top. Thanks so much for your great generosity. lindamay4852@yahoo.com

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  41. My favorite is pumpkin pie. lkish77123 at gmail dot com

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  42. My mom pecan pie and just a plain pound cake. Pound cake is good for breakfast with coffee.
    lkrussell127@gmail.com

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  43. Thanks for all the comments, everyone! You're making me hungry. :)

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  44. My favorite is rum cake, but could you send me some of this one to compare?
    browninggloria(at) hotmail(dot) com

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  45. I'm intrigued. What role does the towel serve if it's the waxed paper that that does the rolling?
    libbydodd at comcast dot net

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  46. I love my sil's pumpkin roll. This recipe looks delish too! barbie17(at)gmail(dot)com

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  47. Anything Peppermint or Gingerbread is my jam. I just made peppermint whoppie pies for an event and I'm already obsessed with the filling. As an aside, I love this series. Typewriters fascinate me! Nasselin2004@hotmail.com

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  48. Growing up I loved helping my mom in the kitchen anytime of the year. At Christmas my all time favorite holiday dessert would be these Snowman cookies we would make together, a tea cake cookie, white frosting and red hots for his eyes/buttons. After my mom passed away 26 years ago my siblings and I have continued to make the cookies. The Snowman cookies are a wonderful memory of our childhood and our mother.
    bcollin981 at gmail dot com

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  49. My favorite holiday dessert is pumpkin pie. Thanks, legallyblonde1961@yahoo.com

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  50. My all time favorite holiday dessert is pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Thanks for the chance. Kellyreece@hotmail.com

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  51. Gingerbread cookies or maybe peanut butter fudge. I'm really picky about my gingerbread though; must be soft and have cloves. rachaelpatton(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  52. Cornflake cookies. They're not really a holiday dessert, but we always make them at Christmas.
    turtle6422(at)gmail(dot)com

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  53. My favorite holiday dessert is a pumpkin roll.

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  54. My favorite holiday dessert is anything sweet I can buy and serve, lol. Not a big baker. This does look good, but I am pretty sure I am not going to make it. I do not need to be entered since I loved the first two and will be reading the latest book soon!!

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  55. Sweet Potato Pie

    Hrhcole(at)gmail(dot)com

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  56. My all time favorite dessert is my mom's chocolate cream pie. Lisamil46@gmail.com

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  58. My favorite dessert is Italian Cookies and Cannolies. Piogkm19@aol.com

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  59. Mine is chocolate caramel cake! rockergoddess2002 at yahoo dot com

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  60. My favorite dessert is chocolate cake with chocolate icing.Candykennedy45@gmail.com

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  61. My favorite dessert is banana nut cake with cream cheese frosting.

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  62. My favorite holiday dessert is a pecan pie.
    donnaing1@gmail.com

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  63. My favorite holiday dessert is gingerbread.

    jtcgc at yahoo dot com

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  64. My sister carried on the tradition of making Greek butter cookies called koulorakia (sp?). Love those
    Mapyourmystery at gmail dot com

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  65. My favorite, would have to be frosted Christmas cookies! They are so festive, you can use different color options, and different toppings! They just shout Christmas.
    Meg85242 at gmail dot com

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  66. My favorite is pecan pie!
    cecilialyoung at gmail dot com

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  67. My favorite dessert is tapioca pudding home made. There is nothing better than home made tapioca pudding.

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  68. Hi Paige!!! My favorite holiday dessert is to eat Fudge! cocanvaz@gmail.com

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  69. deep dish apple crumb pie! baileybounce2@att.net

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  70. If I must choose a favorite, I think I would have to go with a cake plate drizzled with a raspberry or orange sauce, topped with a slice of flourless chocolate cake, served with a finger of lightly sweetened whipped cream piped next to the cake.
    little lamb lst at yahoo dot com

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  71. My favorite holiday dessert is English Apple Pie.
    diannekc8(at)gmail(dot)com

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  72. I love the white chocolate covered oreos that come out this time of year. centraleast2 at gmail dot com

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  73. My favorite holiday dessert has to be the Three Day Coconut Cake!

    It literally is the easiest thing to make. You can make it way ahead of time to free yourself for other things. Then when it’s eaten, everyone will rave (including yourself) and want the recipe. They won’t believe you when you give it to them either. To top that, it will never dry out and the older it gets the better it is.

    Here’s the recipe:
    Ingredients
    1 box of Duncan Hines Butter Cake mix
    3 pkgs of the fresh frozen coconut (freezer section at WalMart) thawed
    8 ounces of sour cream
    2 cups sugar
    Directions
    Prepare cake mix according to package directions.
    Recipe calls for 3 layers – this gal used the 9 X 13” pan and then just split the cooled cake into two layers.
    Cool 10 minutes and then cool on racks.
    While cake is baking make the icing.
    Mix the sour cream and sugar stirring until sugar dissolves – DO NOT BEAT.
    Then stir in the thawed coconut and place in refrigerator until ready to ice cake.
    When cake has cooled spread icing onto cake already on cake plate that has a sealed cover like Tupperware. Top with layer(s) and finish icing. Cover with lid, seal and place in refrigerator for a minimum of three day before eating. I check once a day and if any liquid comes off cake I spoon back to top of cake.

    After three days, you will never know there is sour cream in the icing and it’s the best moistest cake you will eat. It will just continue to get better. It will never dry out. The longer it sits the better it gets IF you can have it last long enough to find that out. It also freezes very well.

    Thank you so very much for the chance to win all three books in the series: TO HELVETICA AND BACK, BOOKMAN DEAD STYLE, and COMIC SANS MURDER!

    Kay
    2clowns at arkansas dot net


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  74. Normally, I would have just said Eggnog ice cream as my favorite holiday dessert, but I was just at the Cheesecake Factory and their December cheesecake is a Peppermint Cheesecake in a chocolate cookie crust. New Favorite
    annefitza (at) yahoo dot et

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  75. Persimmon pudding with rum hard sauce. It is like a plum pudding not like chocolate pudding.
    seffichinchilla@outlook.com

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  76. My favorite is a Coconut Cake like my mother used to make.... I can't wait to read this one!
    aliciafarage (at) gmail.com

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  77. I love anything with chocolate and caramel. My mother-in-law make a really good pie called Fruit Pie and it is delicious!
    clarksrfun at gmail dot com

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  78. Kristi G, you won this giveaway by random selector. Paige will be in touch. Congrats! ~ Daryl

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  79. Chocolate chip cheesecake with an oreo cookie crust.

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  80. Kate Rock. Katerock70 @ gmail dot comDecember 9, 2017 at 7:47 PM

    Key lime pie, believe it or not.

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  81. Anything made with chocolate and nuts!

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  82. Cranberry bread. Veronica Boudreau, vboudreau57@gmail.com

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