Do you remember the spread I did for John’s birthday? And the peanut butter pie? To die for! Do you remember the 3rd birthday celebration feast and Alex’s monkey cupcakes? I spent forever planning those… Sammy has a fall birthday so you guys have not seen her birthday yet. But anyway, this week it is…
A Streak Comes To An End: Glazed Vanilla Bean Cream Cake
I have had such luck with my Nordic Ware bundt pans that I think the fault is mine for even attempting this cake in a bundt pan. In my defense, I have had other recipes which called for parchment paper in tube pans come out fine in a bundt sans parchment paper, but this time…
Cinnamon Chip Bundt Cake For Playgroup
I have been unable to host yet for my playgroup thanks to our living arrangement—which I know is terrible manners, and so I just keep offering to bring food. My dirty little secret of course is that I love baking for groups of people and am pretty excited for the day when I am able…
A Tornado and A Whole Grain Blueberry Buckle Coffeecake
I am on the verge of getting behind, mostly because of all of the storms we have had here lately. Oy the excitement! I mean I usually like storms, but hiding out (alone mind you since John was at a conference) with 2 toddlers in a seriously icky flooding cellar/basement is NOT my idea of…
Baking At Mom’s House: Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake
Do you do much baking or cooking at other people’s homes? For the most part, I do not, but I do at my mom’s house and at my in-laws’.Probably because these are the 2 locations I am most likely to be hanging out at for a while and pitching in with the cooking, baking and…
Ultra Lemon Bundt Cake
Hi all! Sorry for the wait—this next recipe is, as you will see, not precisely complicated but it was a long one to write, and, well, John is out of town again, this time for 5 days. It’s been a little exhausting to say the least. I made this cake for my playgroup—I was not…
The Frogs Are Back!: Whipped Cream Pound Cake with Chocolate Shavings
In December 2014 I updated this cake with an awesome peppermint variation and also took much better pictures! I promised you another Carole Walter treat, and I am not going to disappoint. But before I get there, let me share something else really exciting (well to us and everyone else north of the Mason Dixon…
Strung out and Baking: Vanilla Bean Pound Cake
I haven’t felt this sick since my second daughter was born. And I think it might be the cure that is killing me—the doctor put me on some meds that have me dizzy, light headed, faint, nauseous and generally very unhappy. (Edited later to add that after going med free for a bit I am…
Leaving You On A Sweet Note: Glazed Lemon Bundt Cake & Nutty For Oats Cookies
Well the recipes continue to stockpile in my head, and unfortunately we leave tomorrow for another week or so. So, before I forget I have 2 recipes to share with you, both of which I have made in the last few days. The first is a tried and true cookie recipe that is (relatively speaking)…