What’s in the box? Gold? Power? The pinky finger of my precious princess? I’ll never know unless I collect and unlock them all. Some days, it feels like my life is nothing but weaving through mazes, gathering coins for her ransom and collecting boxes full of ransom notes and secret […]
Tag: Pound Cake
Hobbit Week: Shire Seed Cake
Many modern readers imagine seed cake to be chock full of sunflower or pumpkin seeds, but it turns out Tolkien grew up on a decadently buttery version of pound cake full of caraway seeds. They have a sweet, licorice flavor reminiscent of a milder, earthier version of anise seeds. You […]