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KARACOOKS
KARACOOKS
Good Food · Honest History · Strong Opinions
  • A round gluten-free layer cake frosted in pale violet American buttercream and decorated with fresh blackberries arranged in a circle around the top with a small cluster in the center, photographed at a 3/4 angle on a wooden cake turntable on an oak dining table. Piped buttercream stars edge the top border. The frosting has a visibly textured, hand-applied, rustic finish.

    Lavender Blackberry Cake – Or Why I’m a Cook, Not a Baker

    ByKara May 26May 21 Kitchen Disasters, Recipes

    Adapting Sally’s lavender blackberry cake to gluten-free taught me what cream cheese does structurally. A redeemed disaster, plus the recipe I should have made.

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  • Category title card: the karacooks pepper mark above the words "Kitchen Disasters" in forest green Cinzel on a cream background.

    Kitchen Disasters: A Section Under Construction (Because I Keep Doing Dumb Things)

    ByKara January 1June 1 Kitchen Disasters

    Every food blog shows you the perfect version. That’s a lie of omission. This is the section for when it doesn’t work, because the lesson is in the failure.

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KaraCooks is written, cooked, photographed, and gardened by one person in Johns Creek, Georgia.

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