My mother in law celebrated a birthday last week and of course I volunteered to bring the cake. (Remember last year’s Coconut Cake with Lime Curd Filling?) Typically, the girls in the family prefer fruitier desserts while the guys are all about chocolate. I am firmly in the fruity cake camp so I knew that [...]
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Blueberry Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
Posted in Cake, Dessert, Fruit, Special Occasion, tagged birthday, birthday cake, blueberries, Cake, Dessert, lemon, summer cake on August 3, 2010 | 7 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Warm Chocolate Raspberry Pudding Cake
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Special Occasion, tagged Cake, Chocolate, chocolate cake, Dessert, Entertaining, gourmet magazine, raspberry on May 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 67 Apologies for my disappearance the last week but I’m back with the final two recipes to wrap up 68 Days of Gourmet. And promises of lots more deliciousness to follow after the project is complete. I also want to point out the newly created 68 Days of Gourmet page [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Pear Cranberry Cake
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Breakfast/Brunch, Cake, Fruit, Holiday, tagged bundt cake, Cake, cranberry, gourmet magazine, holiday baking, pear, winter baking on January 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 33 Greetings from Mema’s house! We arrived last night around 9 and were starving. Lucky for us, Mema had made cabbage rolls “deconstructed,” rice and green beans. So good and comforting – totally hit the spot. Finished dinner off with some ooey gooey bars (which I have had TOO many [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Flourless Chocolate Cake
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Special Occasion, tagged Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, flourless, gluten free, gourmet magazine on November 30, 2009 | 7 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 14 Saturday was my one year blogiversary! On November 28, 2008 I made my blogging debut with my Dad’s chili recipe. To celebrate reaching the one year mark I decided to make the Flourless Chocolate Cake from The Gourmet Cookbook. I thought it would be a nice departure from Thanksgiving [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Fresh Cranberry Coffee Cake
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Bread/Yeast, Breakfast/Brunch, Cake, Fruit, Holiday, Vegetarian, tagged bread, Cake, coffee cake, cranberry, gourmet magazine, holiday baking, recipe, winter baking on November 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 12 I came across this recipe while flipping through the Breakfast/Brunch section of The Gourmet Cookbook. I thought it would be perfect to have on hand during the holidays, as a breakfast treat or an afternoon snack. Brandon and I decided that this bread is definitely less coffee cake and [...]
68 Days of Gourmet: Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake
Posted in 68 days of Gourmet, Blogging Events, Cake, Cheese, Dessert, Holiday, Special Occasion, Tarts and Pies, tagged Dessert, Holiday, pumpkin, cream cheese, gourmet magazine, thanksgiving, cheesecake, bourbon on November 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »
68 Days of Gourmet: Day 10 I just finished sampling a slice of this cheesecake. I love cheesecake and I love pumpkin and this combination didn’t disappoint. Brandon’s first comment was, “I can’t believe how much it tastes like pumpkin pie.” I think what I like best about it is that it’s not too sweet. [...]
Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Posted in Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Special Occasion, Tried and True, tagged baking, Cake, Chocolate, chocolate cake, cream cheese, Dessert, frosting on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I had a three week break between my temporary job with the American Cancer Society and my new full-time job that I started Monday. I’m not going to lie…I must admit that I enjoyed my brief stint as a housewife. The best perks were having plenty of time to work out (daily run and yoga [...]
Apple Cinnamon Cake
Posted in Breakfast/Brunch, Cake, Dessert, Fruit, Holiday, Tried and True, tagged Apples, brunch, Cake, cinnamon, Dessert, fall baking on October 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
One of my all-time favorite cakes is Apple Spice Cake. I loved when my mom baked them growing up. My favorite two desserts that she made were apple cake and banana pudding. I always requested them and my chances that she’d make them got a lot better when I moved away from home . Now [...]
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Posted in Cake, Dessert, Holiday, tagged bake sale, breast cancer, cream cheese, cupcakes, fall baking, frosting, pumpkin on October 3, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Happy October everyone! It’s breast cancer awareness month! Some of you know that Brandon and I recently moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. I accepted a temporary position with the American Cancer Society working on their Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. For the last four months I’ve been recruiting teams for Making Strides and raising [...]