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Almond Pound Cake

January 21, 2026

Before the allergic or otherwise nut-averse click away, know that an almond-free variation of this recipe lives at the bottom of the post. Below: Swan’s Market, in downtown Oakland. Unrelated but pretty filler. You should also know the “almond” in this almond pound cake is almond paste. But “almond paste…

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Summer Fruit Tarts

June 7, 2017

Much as the IK would love to blame her recent internet silence on European travel or a fancy sea voyage, she’s been here all along, living her workaday if extremely annoying life. A life which has conspired, at every moment, to prevent her from posting. Rather than detail these piddling…

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