Dessert is my favorite topic when it comes to food. I’ve been baking for nearly 40 years – serving not only my family, but multitudes of friends and customers of my baking business. A homemade treat is a gift of love for sure. After all, who doesn’t like a little something sweet at the end of a meal? Or for no reason at all! Dessert should be both beautiful and delicious. It should appeal to your visual sense, and the smell should be nothing less than heavenly! This is my goal when I create my amazing cakes, cupcakes, tarts, and more decadent sweet treats. Dessert is made for sharing. I invite you to try these recipes, and create your own precious memories!
Citrus curds are amazing components for so many dessert items. They are bursting with intense flavor – so they go really nicely in layered desserts, as a cupcake filling, served with fresh fruit and whipped cream, served with cakes (such as a strawberry yogurt cake), as a cake filling, or […]
I love an opportunity to “create” a cake. I was asked to make a birthday cake for a party at work, and the birthday girl just asked for “something lemon”. So that was my inspiration – and this is what I came up with! A vanilla cake – of course […]
My grand babies provide inspiration for a lot of my baking projects. Natalie, Hunter, and Zoe – they are so easy to please! My 5 yr old Natalie will evaluate a new cupcake that I make, and let me know if it has the “moist” texture that she loves! Can […]
Chocolate and peanut butter are kind of a match made in heaven. Their flavors are combined in an endless list that includes Reese’s peanut butter cups – cookies – cakes and cheesecakes! For this recipe, I started with my chocolate chocolate chip muffin recipe, but added a decadent peanut butter […]
The combination of chocolate and salted caramel is the ultimate blend of sweet and savory. I love the two together. I wanted to try making my standard tart crust, into a chocolate tart crust. It was pretty simple really – I just replaced some of the flour with cocoa powder, […]
I LOVE individual desserts. They allow you to have something really special, all to yourself! I love TARTS in particular. They are such an elegant dessert. This recipe is an extension of a full-sized strawberry tart that I’ve made many times. So I used the yummy, buttery crust recipe that […]
I’ve been waiting for fall, to introduce this pumpkin bundt cake my Mom used to make. As with many of her desserts, this one was always quite plain in it’s presentation. No glaze or decoration, just CAKE. That is certainly not to take away from the delicious taste, texture, and […]
Red wine, raspberry, and chocolate. Now that sounds like a match made in heaven to me! I’ve been researching baking a chocolate cake, using red wine. Seems simple enough – but I wanted something more than just the flavor of red wine. I tend to like sweeter wines, and I […]
A birthday is certainly a reason to celebrate with cake!! There is just something about cake, that makes everyone very happy! I know it makes me happy to make cake – for pretty much any occasion. I made these jumbo hydrangea chocolate cupcakes, and brought them in to the office […]
This is another grand-baby-inspired treat, for sure! Ice cream cone cupcakes! I wanted them to look as much like ice cream cones as possible. I used my favorite King Arthur Flour’s Golden Vanilla cake mix. I split the batter in 1/2, and added 1/4 c sifted cocoa powder to 1/2. […]
My Mom made a “church social” type of dessert that she called a “4 layer dessert”. It was made and served in a 13″ by 9″ pan. It had 4 layers starting with a butter-pecan crust, followed by a cream cheese layer, chocolate pudding layer, and finally a whipped cream […]
I was looking through my Mom’s recipe book yesterday. There are recipes in there that I’m pretty sure she never made. Perhaps she was a bit of a “recipe hoarder” – but then so am I! Recipes are such a part of someone’s “story”! We food lovers tend to collect […]
I was wondering if I could turn my Mom’s sugar cookies into “funfetti” sugar cookies. And guess what? I did it!! I used 1/4 cup of the sprinkles commonly used on an ice cream sundae – they are slightly “longer” sprinkles, rather than the small round non-pariel type sprinkles. These […]
I’m not a big fan of “cake pops”. Just not into smashed up cake and frosting on a stick – although my grand babies love them! But take that idea, and make it out of cheesecake?? I’m all over that! I’ve posted a key lime cake, and key lime cupcakes. […]
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