Jackie's Delectable Delights

Photography, baked goods, and other creations.

Brooklyn Blackout Cake

Brooklyn blackout cake is a chocolate cake characterized by its rich pudding-frosting and its coat of chocolate cake crumbs. This cake took me a couple tries to get just right, because the pudding has to be thick enough to hold the cake together ...
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GF Cinnamon Cake + “A Modern Way to Cook” Review

This recipe has been in storage for a while, mostly because it’s the first video I have made for this blog and it took me a while to put it all together. Luckily, I had good footage and an amazing baking assistant (thanks Morgan!!), so hopefully ...
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Oreo Brownies

I experiment a lot in the kitchen and it’s not too rare an occurrence that my creations don’t turn out as expected or that my flavor combinations are too different to be properly enjoyed. But with six other eaters in my house, I ...
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Madeleines

When someone requests a French dessert, I normally reach for my madeleine recipe before any other. They require relatively few and simple ingredients, they bake quickly, and they are a melt-in-your-mouth kind of amazing!  You can call a ...
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My beginnings

The summer I turned 15, I studied abroad in France and took courses in culture & cuisine and photography. For this experience, I bought my first dSLR camera and formally learned to cook and I haven’t stopped with either hobby since. ...
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Sugar Cookie Bars

Sugar cookies, when made right, are amazing and beautiful and colorful, but they take foreverrrrr to make. Especially if you are making a big batch and you want to decorate each one individually. These, at least, were my thoughts Thursday night ...
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