Cinnamon & Coconut Crunch Streusel is oh-so yummy and the perfect topping for so many baked goods. And let’s not forget you can make homemade Hostess Crunch Donettes with it. Cinnamon & Coconut Crunch Streusel Streusel can be made up to a few days in advance. Just store in an airtight container or freeze until […]
Some of my best childhood memories are of warm sour cream coffeecake. My parents would take us to a restaurant that offered cornbread muffins with whipped honey butter or sour cream coffee cake choice with breakfast. I could never decide which one I loved best. Some of my best adult moments are being able to make […]
My years spent sleeping on bakery shelves before grade school are paying off for you once again. Today, I share with you the Almond Coffeecake. Almond Coffeecake 5 teaspoons yeast 1/2 cup lukewarm water (110°F or lower) 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 cup instant mashed potatoes stirred together with 3/4 cup lukewarm water 1/4 cup shortening […]
Penuche Coffee Cake. Life is about breaking the rules. Like, who says penuche is only for German Chocolate Cake? For new readers, I worked in one of the Seattle area’s most popular bakeries back in the eighties & nineties. It is where my love of all things small business, all things sugar, all things Scandinavian, […]
Chocolaty Sweet Potato Sour Cream Coffee Cake. Fall. A time for all things, well, you know. Fallish. A time for to be thankful. A time for layers. A time for cashmere and raincoats. A time for blankets and boots. It is time to place the teeny tiny outfits on the top shelf and bring down […]
Banana Coffeecake with Maple Frosting. When I moved into the B&B house, I found a little recipe card tucked away in one of the drawers. I had been looking for this recipe card, quite honestly, for 15 years and it wasn’t even mine. I had been on the lookout for a great – not good […]
Nothing says autumn more than colorful fall leaves and Pumpkin Coffeecake with Cream Cheese swirls and pecans. With the leaves still falling at the inn, I just had to make an autumn breakfast treat for our guests. One mention of it on Facebook and Twitter made for recipe requests. This recipe was just invented last […]
