I’ll never forget the first time I had pumpkin cupcakes. It was around Christmas several years ago, and my sister-in-law made them. When she told me what kind of cupcakes she made, I grimaced. Pumpkin? That can’t be good. I thought to myself. Boy, I was SO wrong. I couldn’t stop eating them, and haveRead More
A while ago, I gave it a shot to make a Pineapple Upside Down Cake…and was very impressed and happy with how it turned out. So, naturally, when I was looking for more Fall Recipes, I came across this one…and stopped. And since I made Bananas Foster several months ago and will never forget aboutRead More
Well, it’s October…which can only mean one thing. Fall Recipes! So, for the rest of this month and up until Turkey Day, I’ll be diving into as many Fall Recipes as possible. To me, Fall Recipes are when we start moving towards the warm comfort foods, but mostly dealing with apples, pecans, cranberries, cinnamon, caramel,Read More
One day while my cousin and I were chatting on the phone, we were talking about different desserts. Somehow we got on the subject of apple desserts, and she gasped, “Oh, I just LOVE apple desserts. Especially apple dumplings, they’re delicious!” I laughed and said, “What? Apple dumplings?” She explained to me what they were,Read More
Looking for a good way to trick your family into eating some veggies? You’ve found one. Over the past year or so, I’ve been seeing more and more recipes where veggies are masked in recipes. Personally, I’m a HUGE fan of zucchini on its own, but I have family members who don’t share my passionRead More
When I was a teenager, I remember my mom making some chocolate peanut butter bars one time. And honestly, the thought crosses my mind, wondering if that was a really good thing, or a really bad thing. Why? Because I ate the whole batch. In two days. In fact, that may have sparked an argumentRead More
My husband and I took our first trip to the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina back in 2005. We had been dating for a year, and wanted to celebrate by going somewhere that we hadn’t been before. It’s beautiful up there, no doubt about that, but one of the weird little memories that I haveRead More
While I was looking through some recipes one evening, I found one of a s’mores cake. It sounded delicious…graham cracker crumbs baked in with the flour to make an amazing cake. So, then I thought What if I made that into a cookie? I fell asleep that night, dreaming of s’mores cookies, brainstorming of howRead More
One night while I was flipping through one of my three million (at least that what it seems like) recipe books, I came across this recipe. Piece of Cake! is a recipe book with tons of easy from-scratch recipes for homemade cakes. This is actually the blueberry variation of the New York Style Crumb Cake. I’m somewhat pickyRead More
Chocolate and peanut butter are just one of those universal combinations that people seem to go nuts over…which is probably why Reese’s peanut butter cups are so stinkin’ popular. Well, I decided to make this into a cake, for your drooling pleasure. I made this cake for a big family reunion that we recently wentRead More
