My good friend, Mindy, has been making chia seed pudding for a while now and I have always wanted to try it since her's sounds so good. I have had these gorgeous dark sweet cherries that I've been ...
Summer Desserts
Rustic Plum Galette
So what is a rustic plum galette? Well, it's basically a freeform tart with the flakiest & butteriest pastry filled with a fruit center (in this case, these beautiful plums were in season!). This ...
Fresh Peach Cobbler
Every summer while growing up I would stay at my grandparent's farm. They had the most incredible little peach tree and this peach cobbler brought me right back to the days where we had cobbler every ...
Italian cream cake
This Italian Cream Cake is my MOST requested cake to make. I feel like it is an event when I bring one into work! I researched a lot of Italian Cream Cakes before creating this recipe and I knew I ...
Lemon Poppyseed Cookies
We have all heard of the lemon poppy seed muffins and loaf cakes, but what about lemon poppyseed cookies? A delicious tea biscuit that has a good snap, not too sweet and PACKED with bright lemon ...
black forest cake minis
Cherries and chocolate are one of my all time flavor combos - Cherry Garcia, black forest cake and those boxes chocolate covered cherries that you can get around the holidays for a dollar or two - are ...
cream cheese strawberry scones with whipped coconut cream
It’s pretty hard to eat a scone and not feel fancy. Which is strange because they began with very humble roots in Scotland as a quick bread hundreds of years ago. Now they grace the plates at high ...
chocolate chocolate chip zucchini bread
I went to high school in a small town in Kansas where zucchini bread was a summer staple. People were trying to give the zucchinis that overtook their gardens away in the hundreds. If this is your ...
blackberry mojito cake
Almost a year ago now I was at my best friend’s wedding. They got married in a downtown high-rise with a view of the mountains and city lights that was nothing short of magical. My drink that night ...
strawberry orange poptarts
I have to admit, I am a sugarholic. I could live off of everything sweet and baked. There are only two sugary items I have never really liked - store-bought Poptarts and Circus Peanuts. I have had a ...