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  • Plated crab cake with roasted asparagus and sour cream sauce, served with beer
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    Crab Cakes & Career Girl’s Delight, a tribute to Virginia Roeder

    ByKara December 24, 2025April 20, 2026

    I once referred to Virginia Roeder as “Baltimore’s own Martha Stewart.” The statement is a little out of character for me, but I wanted to convey my impression of Roeder’s business savvy, the way her “immaculate home” was described in the Sun, her reputation for culinary acumen, and the sense that Roeder was one of…

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  • Peach cake with caramelized fruit topping and crumbly base on parchment paper.
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    Baltimore Peach Cake

    ByKara September 9, 2018April 5, 2026

    NOTE:  For a better at-home Baltimore Peach Cake recipe click here Baltimore Peach Cake seems to be the bane of local recipe writers. By 1966, Evening Sun food columnist Virginia Roeder was exasperatedly telling readers “as for peach cake, I have published the recipe several times.” In 1958, she wrote about how she was bombarded…

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