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We are exactly one week from Bird Day. To clarify I mean Thanksgiving. There are two types of cooks out there right now: those who prepared, and those who are reading this post and just now realized that Thanksgiving is in a week and are freaking out. I am here to help the latter of…
Sometimes in life you need a post that is just about cake; today is that day. This is a pumpkin spice cake with a pumpkin cream cheese and orange frosting. Great to cheer anyone up or perfect for the Thanksgiving table. Pumpkin Spice Cake Pumpkin cream cheese and orange frosting
It is National Hot Dog day people! If you are an avid follower of mine you know that I LOVE hot dogs. Below are a few pictures/video to honor the day! -Hot Dogs in Madrid- -Hot Dogs in Vienna- -Hot Dogs at a Denver Nuggets Game-
For the evening of July 4th we went to a friend’s apartment that has an amazing view of the city! We could see all the fireworks! I wanted to make a very fun holiday dessert so I made snow cone cupcakes! They were so cute and perfect for the 4th. Cupcake recipe Frosting recipe I used…
Tonight we ate as Irish as we could; Irish onion soup and corned beef and cabbage. It was fabulous! This past Saturday I drank as Irish as I could in Chicago; Guinness, Baileys, and Jameson. I would hope the Irish are proud. Irish onion soup recipe
Christmas Day in Denver began with snow lightly dusting the city to give us a beautiful white Christmas! Over Christmas Eve and Day we had our traditional pierogis and borscht with apps and then ham with roasted rainbow carrots and garlic mashed potatoes. What is not pictured this year is the pierogies, chocolate torte, gingerbread whoopie…
Christmas is almost here and you might be looking for something different to bake than the usual gingerbread anything or fruitcake. Well the wait is over, I give you cannoli pound cake. It has a rich flavor and it seems like a fancier bread but it has pretty basic ingredients. Once you put this in the oven…
This year I decided to go with a classic flag cake for my 4th of July dessert. This is a Barefoot Contessa’s recipe. (I cut the recipe in half and used a pyrex glass pan instead of a sheet pan.) I am going camping so I hope this cake makes the trip! Happy 4th of July!
We finished our day off with this raspberry and blueberry galette!
I hope everyone had an great Easter! I went to sunrise service with my sister and brother-in-law at Red Rocks and it was beautiful. We left at 5:15 AM and did not get parked till about 6:30 AM; the drive should normally take 25 minuets. We had to park 1.1 miles away because the lots…