Doing a Little Hippie Era Baking Today✌️🌸

Published about 1 year ago • 1 min read

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The Hippie generation's contribution to our food culture is often forgotten ~ whole grains, granola, brown rice, miso, sprouts...and these glorious muffins!

Morning Glory Muffins

Morning Glory muffins are a child of the 1970s. They was created by Pam McKinstry, who owned the Morning Glory Café on Nantucket Island. After the recipe was published in 1981 in Gourmet magazine it exploded in popularity (it was later selected as one of the magazine’s 25 favorite recipes from the past 50 years!) The Morning Glory craze faded by the 2000s, but these chunky muffins are too good to be lost to history. (I love these muffins so much I turned them into a cake, too!)

Morning Glory Cake

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Spectacular! My Brooklyn-born and raised mom has been talking about her fond memories of Ebinger’s blackout cake for ages, so it was only fitting that I make her this cake for her birthday. She loved it! I knew it would be delicious because every component on its own was amazing – the cake, the pudding, the frosting. They came together for a rich, super-chocolatey, decadent delight. Thank you for this recipe!!

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I love to make delicious food, photograph it, and write about it, but mostly, I just love to EAT. Isn’t that what it’s all about? My recipes are bold and vibrant, but totally approachable ~ and my philosophy? We should all have the tools to feed ourselves well, and the confidence to cut loose a little in the kitchen. Food should be fun!

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