Gifts Wedding Recipes

"A fruit cake that can be served immediately! From Company's Coming Cakes cook book. After lining pan with foil, I greased it using recipe #78579. I chopped the pecan halves for the batter, and garnished the top of the batter with additional pecan halves and additional glaced cherries cut in half before baking. Very easy to make. You could use raisins..."

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Ingredients: candied pineapple slices, dates...

"Found on vegweb.com. These cookies are a vegan adaptation of a recipe by the author's grandmother. Posted for ZWT6 so that the vegans in the tour have some recipe options :) The preparation time includes the chilling time."

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Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, vegan margarine...

"A wonderful addition to any cook's pantry, this lavender infused vinegar is easy to make and adds a certain j' nés quoi to any savoury dish. Use it in my Lavender Mayonnaise or to flavour a salad dressing – all the lavender taste but not the chewy lavender buds! This vinegar retains not only the flavour of the lavender, but also the fragrance..."

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Ingredients: lavender, white wine vinegar...

"A simple and beautiful syrup that is easy to make and gives amazing results. My front garden is covered in little sweet violets every spring and although I crystallise them or cut them for the spring dinner table, I recently found this old recipe for making violet syrup, which is fabulous. So, I have been busy making Sweet Violet Syrup this year! The..."

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Ingredients: violets, white sugar...

"The English summer is thought to start when the elder blossoms end and the berries ripen. The citrus aroma floating down country lanes also heralds a bountiful harvest for the forager and home-brewer. Elderflower cordial costs more as the bottles get smarter and it’s seen as a luxury, which seems ludicrous to me, as I know that you can make it for..."

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Ingredients: citric acid, lemons...

"I worked at a pastry shop for a few years and became addicted to their hand rolled truffles. I prefer dark chocolate, although they could be done with milk or white. This is a very versatile recipe. I love the basic chocolate, but adding your favorite liquor or flavoring makes for a great batch of truffles too. These truffles have a soft rich center,..."

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Ingredients: cocoa powder, chocolate candy bars...

"I like this recipe because it is very flexible allowing you to be very creative in how pretty you make the mints and design the mints to fit the occasion. My sister got this recipe from a friend."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, dipping chocolate...

"These caramels are so good that we gave them away as Christmas gifts each year for about 5 years in a row and have been harassed ever since for not taking the time to make them as often. This recipe came from a very old Ball (as in Ball Canning Jars and Lids) cookbook my mom had, but I have added MANY tips to help you be successful right out of the..."

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Ingredients: dipping chocolate, heavy whipping cream...

"Also called Russian Tea Cakes, but they're cookies. or mini cakes! They melt in your mouth!"

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Ingredients: cornstarch, powdered sugar...

"Who doesn't love turtles, with a twist! muffins that come out like mini molten cakes, serve while warm with ice cream and heaven!"

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Ingredients: eggs, pecan halves, pecans...

"My daughter Hannah based this recipe on one she found in a book entitled Teens Cook Dessert. She had a friend sleep over and they made it together. Even better, they shared it with all the girls in their youth group that night. Everyone loved it. We can't wait to make it again. Although the recipe instructs to let them sit overnight, we found they..."

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Ingredients: cornstarch, food coloring...