My daughter, who is 28, loves minions and really wanted a minion cake for her birthday. We discussed several options and because she’s not a fan of fondant and absolutely loves my “birthday cake frosting” I decided to go old …
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Goldmine Coffee Cake
I absolutely love this coffee cake. A beautiful moist cake with chocolate, golden raisins and nuts. No wonder they call it a gold mine with all that yummy goodness to be found inside. Goldmine Coffee Cake 1/2 cup shortening 3/4 …
Marble Brownies with Mint Chocolate Chips and Baileys
These are seriously decadent! The few weeks before St. Patrick’s Day our local grocery store started carrying Hershey’s Mint Chocolate Chips. I don’t know if it’s the same elsewhere around the country but it’s about the only time you can …
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Jungle Themed Baby Shower Cake
I worked on this cute little cake this weekend. The cake was a boxed Funfetti cake….by request. Which makes things way easier sometimes, a lot less work baking at least. The frosting was a chocolate buttercream and vanilla buttercream. I …
Cinnamon Rolls
Mmmm, there’s nothing better than the smell of fresh bread baking and if it’s cinnamon rolls, even better! These are my favorite cinnamon rolls to make. They really are worth the time and effort to make from scratch. Big, soft, …
December in Review
Holy cow how December has flown! I didn’t realize that my last blog post was December 3rd. Where in the world has the time gone? I’ve been a busy little bee this month and thought I would just wrap it …
Apples, Apples, and more Apples equals Applesauce
Two large market bags full of apples! These were actually picked several weeks ago and I’m finally getting around to posting how I used these beauties up. I decided applesauce was the way to go. These weren’t the sweetest apples …
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Peanut Butter Cookies
Is there another cookie, other than Chocolate Chip, that brings you back to your childhood more than Peanut Butter Cookies? As soon as I see the little criss-crosses on the top of the cookie I can’t wait to bite into …
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yep, it’s another Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. Everyone has one and everyone says theirs is the best. I don’t know if mine is the best or not but they are dang tasty. This chocolate chip cookie dough is a great …
Finally! The wedding desserts.
So if you haven’t noticed I’ve been practicing a few desserts for a friend’s wedding dessert table. She asked me to do six dozen chocolate cupcakes, six dozen French macarons and a small, cake topper size, wedding cake for cutting …
Banana Bread
Oh how I love my banana bread. There isn’t anything better than watching your bananas getting brown spots and knowing that they will soon become banana bread. I think this is the best recipe I have ever tried. I know …
My French Macarons were a success
If you’ve read through my blog you may have noticed one or two posts regarding me attempting to make delicious macarons. I finally found a great recipe that turns out consistent macarons. I made some for a bridal shower this …
The Perfect Chocolate Cupcake Continued
In this post I mentioned my horrible experience making and finding the perfect chocolate cupcake recipe. I tried three different ones and none were perfect. One of the things I noticed was the amount of grease that soaked through the …
In Search of the Perfect Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
It doesn’t exist! Really, I don’t believe there is a Perfect Chocolate Cupcake Recipe. Either that or my baking mojo is gone. I have never, ever had so many problems baking in my life. I absolutely have to find the …
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Halloween Eyeball Cupcakes
So my son asked me last week if I would make something for his Halloween pot luck at work and of course I told him I would and promptly put it out of my head. So last night at 5 …
A Little of This and a Little of That 