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!
Yes, this is yet another recipe from the archives of Yvonne’s recipe files. Apple walnut cake was a staple in my house – one of the many desserts that came out of her kitchen while I was growing up. It was both a very “moist” cake, and a “crunchy” cake, […]
I started with a snickerdoodle recipe, and stuffed some homemade apple pie filling inside, to make this a delicious fall dessert. Recipe for APPLE PIE SNICKERDOODLE BARS Ingredients: * 2 1/3 c all purpose flour * 1 1/4 tsp baking powder * 1/2 tsp salt * 3/4 c unsalted butter, […]
While I love baking, I probably love TEACHING others how to bake and create a piece of art even more! It’s the best way I know to pass on a tradition so meaningful to me. My 7 year old grand daughter spent the weekend with me. She wanted to learn […]
The title really says it all. I’ve been making fried doughnuts for a while now – and they are delicious! The thought of a cinnamon roll doughnut sounded amazing – but what I needed to figure out was how to keep it from unwinding while frying! If the cinnamon/sugar filling […]
I’ve had this Zucchini Bread recipe for so long – I’ve forgotten where it came from! Well, kudos to whoever it was, since this is a really delicious recipe – worthy of being passed on for sure. It was originally written to make 2 loaves. However – I quite love […]
This cake embodies the heart of what I love to do – take a simple idea, then turn it into my own cake design. A Margarita is a delicious AND beautiful cocktail. So why not make it into a cake that both looks like and tastes like a Margarita? I […]
I love going out for ice cream – when I do, I pick the fancy cones that are available on the counter. Chocolate dipped, with either sprinkles or nuts or chocolate chips around the edges. The are all so pretty! Well – they are actually pretty easy to make yourself! […]
My Mom baked the dessert items in our house most of the time – practically every other day as I recall. They didn’t last long – in a house with 4 growing kids! There was a place for store-bought snack cakes in my childhood, however, and that was in our […]
A sugar cookie cheesecake can be made with any cheesecake recipe – by just incorporating this delicious homemade sugar cookie crust. This is my Mom’s tried and true sugar cookie recipe, which I grew up on. I have turned it into funfetti cookies, chocolate cookies, game day cookies, fall leaf […]
I grew up eating pop tarts – out of the toaster some days, and out of the box other days. Little did I know then how easy they are to make, and how much better a homemade pop tart tastes! I started with my favorite pie dough recipe – since […]
Credit for this delicious Lemon Bread goes to my biggest mentor, Ina Garten. Her “Lemon Cake” recipe comes from the Barefoot Contessa “Parties” book, published in 2001. It packs a PUNCH of lemon flavor, which makes it the best lemon bread I’ve ever had. It is baked with lemon zest […]
The first time I ever experienced rhubarb, was in its raw form. Surprisingly, it is not a fruit at all, but rather a vegetable. It’s often mistaken for a fruit, since it is used in cobblers, pies, and jams. The texture is very much like a celery stalk – it’s […]
These Funfetti biscotti are so pretty! They can be made by adding just 1/2 c of jimmie sprinkles to any of my biscotti dough flavors. I made this version vanilla, drizzled them with some melted white chocolate bark, and of course more sprinkles! Search my site for all of my […]
Yes, this is the very same TOFFEE COOKIE recipe that I have been making for years, and posted in the past. Super easy, chewy, and delicious. For this version, I thought about how I could make them EVEN EASIER – by eliminating the need to refrigerate the dough, and form […]
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