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Coconut Macaroon Nests
Coconut Macaroon Nests will totally be on the table at Easter brunch next weekend. Although they're a bit messy to make, they look adorable and taste great. Feel free to […]
Fudge Buckeye Cake
Fudge Buckeye Cake combines dense chocolate cake with sweet, squishy peanut butter filling. A great option for Father's Day, you can substitute 9 inch round cake pans for the fancy rectangular ones. […]
Creamy Coconut Cheesecake
Confession time. We made 3 of these in a week. Although we only ate 1 at home, the other 2 went into work because the office had a cheesecake emergency and […]
White Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
While chocolate is not technically chocolate. It has cocoa butter, sugar and milk but no cocoa solids (aka cocoa powder). Feel free to share this bit of knowledge to annoy […]
Yellow Snack Cakes with Vanilla Cream Filling
I got a Twinkie pan for Christmas! Technically, it's a "cream canoe pan," although I have no idea what cream canoes are exactly. This recipe can be made as cupcakes […]
Salted Espresso Oatmeal Cookies
I just got back from a trip to the east coast. We visited multiple states, fun restaurants, local bakeries, hole-in-the-wall eateries and historical attractions. One of my favorites encounters was meeting Mama […]
Halloween Spider Cookies
Happy Halloween! These cute little guys make a great addition to a fall bake sale or harvest celebration. Be sure to allow time to the peanut butter cup in the […]
Pumpkin Spice Cake with Brown Butter Frosting and Hazelnut Brittle
It's been a busy few weeks. Between being out of town for work and juggling the rest of my life, blogging sometimes gets shuffled to the back burner (pun intended). […]
Copycat Vanilla Bean Scones
This is a copycat recipe for vanilla bean scones found at an enormously popular coffee shop. These might just even be better... be sure to make them with fresh vanilla […]
Night Sky Cookies
Night Sky cookies have super dark chocolate and a dash of sea salt. A friend named them, she said the salt looked like stars on the almost black cookie. Family, […]