It’s birthday time…bring on the candles, cake, balloons and everyone to our house!!! Oh, it’s not my birthday, but that kind of makes it more special because it’s time to make a cake! And not just any cake, but a piece of chocolate heaven, layered with more chocolate and then topped with…you guessed it…chocolate. Oh,…
Category: Desserts
Spiced Pumpkin Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
My big Thanksgiving feast last year only added to my inspiration for creating the website. The table looked wonderful, my cooking skills had improved enough to conquer a big meal and somewhere in the back of my mind, I think I knew these recipes would make it out for the for the rest of the world…
Halloween Treats
The desire to decorate around each holiday is growing by the year for me and that desire is not limited to decor around the house. I wanted some thing tasty to eat that brings out the fun of Halloween and dressing up. I ended up taking to stand bys and creating a fun holiday plate that…
Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream
When talking about things that compliment each other, many people say …It goes together like peanut butter and jelly. Well, I say…It goes together like peanut butter and chocolate. What a grand combination and when done right, you most likely will get a tummy ache because you don’t want to stop eating it. This ice…
Key Lime Cupcakes
Once upon a time there was an adorable cookbook dedicated solely to making cupcakes. Enter an excited and ambitious young man ready to make something new and bake! Adorable kid in swim goggles chose KEY LIME CUPCAKES!!!There were three sets of ingredients for the three separate components to the final dessert…the simple…
Peanut Butter Cookies
In talking with someone recently about Gwyneth Paltrow’s cookbook, they made the comment, ‘what makes her qualified to write a cookbook?’ It’s a fair question, since she is a well known actress, is very talented and has her own singing chops …and now we find out that she can cook, too?! Is that really fair?!…
Rhubarb Crisp
There are just some times of the year that you feel that you cannot get everything done. That there is so much to do and so much to be excited about and OH MY GOD…there’s so much to do. Holidays bring that out in a lot of people and I have to say that I’m…
Home Made Strawberry Ice Cream
There is nothing like home made ice cream. Until about a month ago, I would not have been able to tell you the difference. I recently purchased an ice cream maker for the house and what a difference that makes. Besides the fact that I know all the ingredients that are going into my food,…
Experiment with Fondant
The desire to play with fondant had been growing and the thought of decorating a beautiful or fun or funky cake was almost too exciting to stop thinking about. My usual perusal through foodie websites and flipping through shows like Cake Boss and Extreme Challenge on TV only encouraged this desire. As everyone knows, I…
Green & Gold Cupcakes
Work pot lucks always brings out the creativity in me. I know that there are show stopping items that are quick and always are a big hit — like Katie’s Taco Dip (not me Katie, another Katie)…and I will be putting that on here some day. But this particular Sunday was the Superbowl and I…
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