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We hosted Easter this year at my new condo I just bought! We had people over for “prosecco and snacks” and though it turned into a full meal of ham, pork, potatoes etc I wanted to keep dessert simple—but impressive looking. Meringue baskets with homemade lemon curd was the perfect answer. Meringue is very easy…
When family and friends are in town it is good to have a stocked kitchen. Pumpkin scones are what my peeps will be munching on each morning for the next few days! These are easy “grab” food which means they can grab them whenever they want and there is no cooking involved! I like having…
Have a summer barbeque party coming up? Or maybe you are looking for a Father’s Day recipe? Or even starting to look for 4th of July? This strawberry chiffon shortcake is the dessert for you. The pictures show how delicious and summery this dessert looks! With a whip cream frosting the prep time is quicker…
I love baking for Easter! This year I made carrot cake and cheesecake eggs with shortbread soldiers. These eggs were so cute and were delicious. I hope everyone had a great day yesterday! Carrot cake recipe Mascarpone frosting recipe Cheesecake eggs and shortbread soldier recipe I don’t want to read your post, what should I…
The month of February was a busy baking month due to all the birthdays of those near and dear to my heart. I found myself at least once a week up at 6 am before work to bake and found myself again carrying a cake on a plane. Below are all my creations! And please…
I am a sucker around the holidays for classic flavors—when its fall I’m pumpkin and when its winter I’m gingerbread. I was making a cake to take to my boyfriend’s family for Christmas day and my gingerbread cake got vetoed and carrot cake was suggested. I was very hesitant but I accepted his suggestion and found…
What do you do when there is a December birthday? You make apple and pear crisp that is what! I made Ina Garten’s crisp this past weekend and it was amazing! It was easy to make with not many ingredients and was a lovely addition to the chill evening! This is a definitely a recipe where…
I am at the age where my friends are having babies. I am also at the age where I finally had to buy a tv so I feel like I have been adulting very hard lately—scary. This was a sprinkle not a baby shower because it is for the third baby. I was so excited…
I am finally out of my food/drinking coma and want to share what my Thanksgiving table looked like. Dessert pictures really were forgotten because at that point brain function had slowed way down so for this post you only get a before photo of the apple pie cookies I made from Smitten Kitchen and my…
This weekend I decided to go hard in the kitchen, let me explain. The first labor intensive task was these awesome sticky buns pictured. The second was mincing 24 garlic cloves by hand; I learned the value of a garlic press really quickly. The positive part though was enjoying these lovely buns Saturday morning! Though they…