Dozen Flours

Ava's Cheerleading Birthday Party

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:54:00 +0000

Oh how delighted I am to share photos from Ava's 6th birthday party! Isn't it just delightful? Ava's theme was cheerleading and some cheerleaders from the local high school came to teach all the...

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Konrad's Biplane Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:31:00 +0000

I've gotten a bit behind on my blog posts. I hope you can forgive me! I was going through my photos, when I realized that I never posted this charmer. Last year on an extremely warm and sunny...

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The Serendipitous Proposal

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:08:00 +0000

In the spring of 2010, I was visiting San Francisco for the first time. I only had three days in the city and I made the most out of every single second I was there. I have a lot of tremendous...

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Chocolate Glazed Hazelnut Espresso Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:27:00 +0000

I spoiled my coworkers with a choice of six Bundt cakes to help make a mundane meeting taste a little sweeter. Out of the six cakes that I made, this one was devoured the fastest. Folks made a...

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Mikey's Monster 1st Birthday: Vegan Banana Apple Cake & Vegan Buttercream

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:11:00 +0000

Monsters have invaded my kitchen but don't worry, they don't bite. Instead you get to bite them! Last year I was asked to make a baby shower cake, cupcakes and cake pops for Mikey's...

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Linkyn's Stacky Ring Cake: Yellow Sour Cream Butter Layer Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:21:00 +0000

I've wanted to make this cake for a very long time. One afternoon while I was shopping for for a baby shower gift basket I was putting together, I grabbed a ring stack toy (officially it's...

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Those Sound Sweet! Cracker Cookies

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:16:00 +0000

A few weeks ago I was contacted by the great people over at Solo Foods to enter their Sweetest 16 Baking Recipe Contest. They sent me a box chock full of almond paste and several of their pastry and...

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Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake: Browned Butter Pumpkin Cake with Vanilla Latte Swiss Meringue Buttercream

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:18:00 +0000

Doesn't it seem like pumpkin is everywhere? It's as though the clock strikes midnight on October first and all references to summer suddenly shift to pumpkin. Not only are pumpkins literally outside...

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Beverly Hills Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:06:00 +0000

My neighbor Tracy ordered these fancy schmancy cupcakes for our neighbor Cindy who loves Beverly Hills.She especially adores Tom Ford the designer. The black and gold zipper, the brown purse and the...

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Easy Peasy Reese's Pieces Blondies

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Several years ago, back when I first started blogging, I came up with a recipe for Snickerdoodle Blondies for one of my coworkers. This little recipe has been one of the my most popular, only...

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Say Hi to Vera!

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:55:00 +0000

By the way, have you noticed my new logo on the site? I call her Vera and I just adore her! She was conceived and designed by the incredibly talented Jon...

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Oh, Baby! Oh, Otomi!

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:23:00 +0000

This past Saturday I attended a baby shower for my dear friend Noella. It seems like it was just last month that she went to Kaua'i for vacation and came back married to her best friend John. My how...

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A Taste of Summer: Strawberry Lemonade Cheesecake

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:05:00 +0000

Don't you just love summer? I sure do. Around Seattle, summer only lasts about eight weeks with a few weeks in July (if we're lucky), most August, and a few weeks into September. Although I do love...

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Sunshine On A Stick- Cake Pop Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:25:00 +0000

A few months ago, on an unusually stormy and humid afternoon in June, I had a cake order due for a pool party themed birthday party. Samantha was turning ten and she was having a big party to...

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Monkey Freckles Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:56:00 +0000

Each quarter at work we have a big meeting that we refer to as the "Town Hall". The meetings are informative, entertaining and full of creative videos that keep everyone rapt with attention (and...

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The Cake That Crossed The Atlantic (Well, almost): Chocolate Espresso Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:25:00 +0000

One seemingly normal February day, I received a friendly email and a cake order inquiry from Val, a fellow baker. While this does happen from time to time, this one was rather peculiar because Val...

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Inspiration In The Thread Count: Chocolate Stout Cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream Cream Cheese Frosting

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:21:00 +0000

Shortly after I completed the Happy Bee Day cake, my client Shauna was so delighted with her order she asked me if I would be interested in helping her with another baby shower. I was immediately...

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R2D2 Much Fun

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:51:00 +0000

Sometimes all you really need is a little pomp and circumstance to make a cake great. I made this little R2D2 for my friend's son, Luke's fifth birthday party. He might only be five but he's a huge...

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Happy Bee Day: Vanilla Malt-Ball Cake & Homemade Dulce de Leche

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:32:00 +0000

Hi everyone! It's been a long, long time since I've make a cake like this one (or blogged in general...my apologies for that). So long, in fact, that I had to read up on some of my techniques for...

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Juanita's Space-Time ContinuYum Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake & Classic Chocolate Frosting

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:00:00 +0000

It has been months since I made this cake but it was a recipe that I really wanted to blog about. For one, it tastes fan-freaking-tastic and I don't even like chocolate cake. But, more importantly,...

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I'm still here

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:06:00 +0000

Hi. I bet you've been wondering where I've been since October. I'm still here, lurking about. On November 4th I lost my dad, without warning, a month and a day shy of his 76th birthday. He...

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Sam & Tyler's Cherries Jubilee Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:13:00 +0000

First let me take a moment to express my deepest, most sincere thanks to everyone for sending me their heartfelt comments and emails. They have meant a great deal to me and I cannot thank you all...

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Blissful Berry Buckle

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:19:00 +0000

Many of you are probably wondering why my blog posts have become so infrequent. For months now I’ve been struggling with what to do with the blog as it has become a bit of a love-hate relationship....

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Pretty Flower Cupcake Tower: Southern Red Velvet Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:19:00 +0000

This year is flying by, hasn't it? It seems like February was just a week ago and here it is almost June. Well in spite of the fact that I seem to be living in a time warp, I have been one busy bee!...

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The King of Cakes: Baumkuchen

noreply@blogger.com (Julia from Dozen Flours) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:29:00 +0000

Several years ago, back before I started this blog, I used to work at a small software company in Seattle. When I first started there it was a definitely a startup environment: we worked a lot of...

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