These cupcakes were the product of a baking project when my grand daughter spent the weekend with me. 6 yr old Natalie loves to bake with me, so I thought a red velvet cupcake with a cheesecake filling, and whipped cream topping would be perfect. And lets not forget the […]
A cobbler is the perfect answer to leftover fruit in the frig. Today, I had about 7 peaches, and some blueberries and raspberries to work with. Perfect for this Peach and Berry Cobbler! A super-delicious comfort food for sure! It took about 20 minutes to prepare, and an hour to […]
This cake combines both my passion for baking AND my artistic talent. I started drawing and painting at a young age, and started my college education as an art major at UCONN College. I’ve never really lost that creative side of me, and love to incorporate it into my baking […]
When my 6 year old grand daughter asked for “Car Colored Cupcakes” – there was really no question! I was on that idea in a heartbeat! She wanted them to be colored black, red, and white. Well, that describes Lightening McQueen, from the movie CARS. I started looking at pictures […]
This has to be the easiest, yet most impressive idea for a quick breakfast danish. There are just 3 primary ingredients – frozen puff pastry, canned cherry pie filling, and a quick mixture of cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and egg. Once assembled, this makes 2 strudels that bake in just […]
This is my “go-to” brownie recipe – I used it for my Brownie Tart with salted caramel sauce – when I baked for a restaurant for 4 years. It was a big hit every time I made it. The brownie is a rich, “fudgey” type of brownie – which I […]
I’ve been working on a watermelon martini for a while now. It’s not an easy flavor to “create”. After trying several “flavoring syrups” (which taste more like a watermelon Jolly Rancher than actual “watermelon flavor”), a Bai watermelon antioxidant infusion (a very mild watermelon taste), and even a watermelon vodka, […]
I’m often inspired by what I have in my refrigerator. Today, it was 2 pints of fresh blueberries. I thought it would be nice to turn these into a new version of my white chocolate cheesecake. BUT – I wanted a small cheesecake just for the 2 of us. Let’s […]
My daughter Jennifer loved my recent post for a White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake, and asked if I could make it in a KEY LIME version. I thought my creamy, delicious white chocolate cheesecake would be perfect, blended with veins of tart and sweet key lime curd running through it! I […]
One of my favorite cheesecake flavors from the Cheesecake Factory, is their “white chocolate raspberry truffle” cheesecake. I don’t, however, like the 12.95 per slice price tag! My entire cheesecake cost just about this much – so this was a WIN for sure! You will want to make this cake […]
Elegant, understated, beautiful, and most of all utterly delicious! This is how I would describe my version of a Miette cake. I added this “Miette” cookbook to my collection a few years ago – and it has remained one of my favorites. It was written by Meg Ray, and is […]
My sister Julie visited me from Alabama recently, and brought me a jar of her homemade, low sugar blackberry jam. She has a large garden, which feeds her family for much of the year, by canning and freezing. It was such a treat to have a little piece of her […]
My basic scone recipe was turned into a lemon cream scone this morning. So delicious! I added some Organic lemon extract, and fresh lemon zest to flavor these scones with the perfect amount of lemony-goodness! And don’t forget the amazing lemon glaze! I started with my basic scone recipe: Scone […]
If you want to incorporate a “meatless dinner” into your repertoire – you should definitely try a baked eggplant parmesan casserole. Some say it’s the texture you have to get used to – others think that eggplant doesn’t have much flavor. Well, it really doesn’t. But when it’s incorporated into […]
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