Month: October 2020

Brownies + peanut butter cheesecake + chocolate ganache = Heaven! Throw in peanut butter M&Ms, peanut butter chips and Reese’s miniatures and it’s a super-indulgent sweet treat. I first made …

I used to get a Starbucks hot chocolate nearly everyday in winter when I worked my high school job. I’d walk right by it and since it was freezing …

I associate oranges with Christmas because every year my mom puts one in our stockings. This citrus glazed pound cake is dense, moist, sweet and tangy! The addition of …

I first had these in church when a Sunday School teacher brought in these oh-so delicious chocolate cookies to share. It’s a very simple, chewy, chocolate shortbread cookie with …

For those of you who have read Harry Potter (or just seen the movies – you should really read the books though, they’re much better), know that butterbeer is …

I was hired to make two types of cupcakes for a Latin/Mexican themed baby shower – Key Lime Pie and Tres Leches. They were serving tacos with three kinds …

I first made this cake in 2012 as my sister’s wedding cake; red velvet was (is?) my brother-in-law’s favorite cake flavor. I tested a few different recipes and adapted …

With Cinco de Mayo coming up in a few days, I wanted to share this cupcake version of my Tres Leches Cake. Like the cake, these cupcakes feature a light, fluffy …

You can thank my co-worker who casually mentioned having recently eaten a really good strawberry scone – soft not hard – and more or less said that if I …

A little over a year ago, my sister Katherine asked me to re-create a Nutella and coconut cake she’d had in Italy. She had a sample picture and described …