Lemon White Chocolate Lava Cakes
Oh, yes. We’re going there. This dessert combines lemon, which I adore, and white chocolate, which my mom loves. The white chocolate taste was actually my biggest concern, since white chocolate really...
View ArticleCitrus Cake with Citrus Marmalade Filling & Orange-Lemon Icing
“Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” ~ Ernestine Ulmer This was only my second foray into layer cakes. My first (a lemon poppyseed cake, my very first post) was…well, delicious but quite tilty...
View ArticleFresh Apple Cake with Honey Glaze
My sister made this cake for us while they were visiting, and we LOVED it! It kind of feels like a tease to post this recipe during the Days of Unleavened Bread, since I can’t make it or eat it. But...
View ArticleEasy Chocolate Lava Cakes
It’s Mother’s Day here in the States, and I’d planned to do a post on my mom’s coffee cake recipe, which is the best thing ever and perfect for Mother’s Day brunch or breakfast in bed. Alas, I’m still...
View ArticleReese’s Peanut Butter Bars
These bars may change your life. No, really. They’re the best thing ever. This recipe has been in my family for as long as I can remember. It’s the perfect chocolate-peanut butter-graham cracker combo....
View ArticleLemon Zucchini Bread
Yeah, I know, it’s weird. We have regular zucchini bread. We have chocolate zucchini bread (seriously, it’s awesome!). But lemon? Color me intrigued… My love affair with lemon is legendary and...
View ArticleGluten-Free Chocolate Financiers
As someone who loves all things gluten-y (I did grow up on a wheat farm, after all), the whole idea of gluten-free makes me sad. But the reality of gluten-free baking makes me even sadder. And it’s a...
View ArticleNovember Cakes a.k.a. Gooey Delicious Orange Buns
Have you ever read a piece of fiction that describes some kind of food in such rich, real detail that the food becomes real to you? It’s a talent, writing about completely made-up food in a way that’s...
View ArticleCaramel-Glazed Apple Bread
It’s weird. As a self-proclaimed caramel hater (okay, maybe “hate” is strong, but “non-lover”), I somehow made two different awesome recipes within a couple weeks back in November where caramel was the...
View ArticleSmitten Kitchen’s Whole Lemon Tart…Birthday Celebration Part 1
A few years ago I decided that, for my birthday, I’d make myself a dessert that’s just a little fancier than normal. Something I’ve been lusting after but required more time or effort than I’m...
View ArticlePear Cake with Honey Glaze
Isn’t it great that breakfast means you can have all kinds of dessert-y things but it’s totally fine because it’s breakfast? Like, people would find you weird if you ate chocolate cake for breakfast,...
View ArticlePioneer Woman’s Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Frosting
“Life is too short for self-hatred and celery sticks.” ~ Marilyn Wann That quote basically encapsulates my struggle right now. I love food. I don’t believe in diets, because I think that permanently...
View ArticleDutch Baby (or German Pancake)
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been so long since I posted last! Things have been nuts with work, and some travel as well. While I haven’t cooked much, I actually have a backlog of recipes that I just...
View ArticleApple Pie Scones
I had other things I planned on posting this weekend, but I just couldn’t keep this recipe from you for a minute longer. This recipe needs shared IMMEDIATELY. I spent almost a week home with the...
View ArticleDark Chocolate Puppy Chow with Sea Salt
In general, puppy chow is at the top of the list of “foods I’m never, ever allowed to have in my house”. Because I will eat it ALL—I love it. But I think this specific recipe may literally be my...
View ArticleBanana Cake with Caramel Frosting
It’s kind of crazy that I’ve never made banana cake before, because it’s something that my extended family made quite a bit when I was growing up. But it was always with cream cheese frosting, and then...
View ArticleLemon Cupcakes with Raspberry Frosting
I think I’ve found my new favorite cupcake recipe. These are as close to a perfect texture and taste as any cake or cupcake I’ve ever made. Someone described them as “bomb-ass”, and I’m not going to...
View ArticleBirthday Vanilla Spice Coke Cake with Salted Peanut Butter Frosting
Every year (minus last year), I make myself a special birthday cake. I try to pick something that’s really captured my imagination, that seems a bit fancy and more complex than I’d usually convince...
View ArticleSmitten Kitchen’s Whole Lemon Tart…Birthday Celebration Part 1
A few years ago I decided that, for my birthday, I’d make myself a dessert that’s just a little fancier than normal. Something I’ve been lusting after but required more time or effort than I’m...
View ArticlePear Cake with Honey Glaze
Isn’t it great that breakfast means you can have all kinds of dessert-y things but it’s totally fine because it’s breakfast? Like, people would find you weird if you ate chocolate cake for breakfast,...
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