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    Home baked recipes for a sweet day!

    Whip up something sweet with these easy, home baker-approved recipes. Whether you're looking for cakes, cookies, pies, or breakfasts, you're sure to find something that tastes like home.

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    Norwegian gingerbread cookies on a silver cooling rack.
    Pineapple carrot cake garnished with small pink flowers and chopped nuts on a marble cake stand with a light wood base. Plates, silverware and a bouquet of white flowers are in the background.

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    The latest recipes and tutorials - fresh out the oven. Here you'll find everything from sweet treats to baking basics.

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    I'm Claire, the baker, blogger and all-around sprinkle enthusiast, behind The Simple, Sweet Life. I started this blog as a homesick twenty-something living abroad, looking for a (sweet) taste of home. Let me show you how to make some of my favorite treats, including a few I learned from working in a Norwegian bakery.

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    I'm Claire, the baker, blogger, and general sprinkle enthusiast behind The Simple, Sweet Life. Whether you like simple sweets, comfort (baked) foods, or works of sugar art, you're sure to find something here to sweeten your day!

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