This Dessert Terrarium With Baileys Irish Cream Pudding is as creative as it is delicious. Dessert Terrarium With Baileys Irish Cream Pudding 1 cup powdered sugar 1/4 cup cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 1/4 cups whole milk 3/4 cup Baileys Irish Cream 4 large egg yolks 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 12 vanilla & chocolate sandwich […]
These Peppermint Patties will please everyone. Whether it be a brunch treat, an addition to this year’s Christmas cookie platter, or for no reason at all, everyone will be coming back for more. Every once and a while nothing will do except for a mint. A peppermint. A chocolate-covered peppermint to be exact. I have just […]
Leprechaun House Cake. Ever wonder where Leprechauns rest after a long day chasing the end of a rainbow? A little log house, of course. Leprechaun House Cake I say when you go big on decorations, there’s no shame in taking it easy on yourself and using a mix for your cake. Here’s a link to […]
How to Make Meringue Mushrooms. These sweet meringues in the shape of mushrooms are perfect for woodland-themed desserts. Meringue Mushrooms Preheat oven to 225°F. 2 tablespoon cocoa powder for dusting 1/2 cup egg whites 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 cup white sugar Dash of salt 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate […]
Irish Lemon Pudding. Who doesn’t love a lemon dessert? Perfect in every way, this pudding is no exception. It’s called a pudding but starts out like a souffle and ends like a cake. Irish Lemon Pudding 1/4 cup butter 2/3 cup sugar 4 eggs, separated 1 cup flour 4 lemons, zest & juice 2 1/2 […]
This Watermelon Ice Cream Dessert is a super fun way to serve ice cream for your summer picnic or watermelon-themed picnic. Watermelon Ice Cream Dessert 1-pint lime sherbet or green pistachio ice cream 1-pint vanilla ice cream 2 pints pink or red ice cream of your choice 1/2 cup chocolate chips Line a round cake pan […]
This delightful Strawberry Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting is nothing short of fabulous. Strawberry Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Strawberry Cake Preheat the oven to 350°F. 1 box Betty Crocker Supermoist White Cake Mix (16.25 ounces) 1 three-ounce box strawberry Jello 4 eggs 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup flour 1 cup strawberries, diced 1 cup […]
Flower Pot Pudding Dessert. Psst. Don’t tell the others, but these flowers are actually hiding dessert. Never mind soil, how about homemade chocolate pudding? That’s garden work even I can get into. Find the prettiest garden shovel you can find and have fun serving up your tricky dessert. These can also be made in mini pots […]
Emoji Cake Pops haz all da feelz for Valentine’s Day. Cake pops + emojis = Valentine’s treats. Nothin’ could be sweeter. Emoji Cake Pops You will want a sturdy styrofoam block or a Wilton Cake Pops Stand before entering the world of cake pops because you will need to prop them up after dipping. Either of […]
Grilled Nectarines With Cream Cheese Filling. This sexy little vixen was featured on New Day Northwest recently. You must try. Like, today. Grilled Nectarines With Cream Cheese Filling Nectarines Olive oil 3 ripe but firm white nectarines Filling 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon lemon juice Garnish (all optional) […]
When I was a little girl, the only thing I would eat at restaurants during breakfast time was strawberry and whipped cream-covered pancakes, waffles, or French toast. I was a picky palate and my grandparents spoke my language. I was their oldest grandchild and used it to my advantage when holding a breakfast menu. Oatmeal? […]
Balsamic Fruit Salad. Fresh starts are a good thing. I’m pretty sure we don’t give ourselves enough of them. Fresh starts are a result of proper grieving. Proper grieving happens not only after big, life-changing moments but also needs to be a part of our every-single-freakin’-day processing. We need to grieve when other drivers are […]
Peanut Butter Pie. This post is simply a classic peanut butter pie presented in a very spectacular mini and high-calorie fashion. But, you know, calories don’t count if the dessert is a mini. And you share it with a friend. And you square dance enough. Mini Peanut Butter & Chocolate Pies With Maple Whipped Cream Peanut […]
Because you can never get enough pancake ideas. Because the weekend is almost here. Because I am on an orange and chocolate kick. I present thee with Orange Chocolate Chip Pancakes With Chocolate Sauce. Fresh and decadent. Healthy and unhealthy – my specialty. You’re welcome. I’m sorry. You’re welcome. Orange Chocolate Chip Pancakes With Chocolate […]
Blueberry Pancakes. I’ve never been one to get into food “holidays”. I mean, who celebrates Bread Machine Month? Please rise. National Pretzel Day? That’s just twisted. National Melba Toast Day? Anyone? Anyone? National Caffeine Awareness Month? Zzzzz. National Kahlua Day? Well, okay. Maybe that one is worth celebrating. But what kind of innkeeper would I […]
Chocolate Frosted Orange Marmalade Doughnut Holes started as just a little bit of innocent Twitter fun. “I’m makin’ doughnuts. What you got?” I said. “I got marmalade.” My friend Mona from the Skagit Valley replied. The Skagit Valley is the home of prettiful tulip fields, little towns you can still ride a bicycle through (wreaking havoc […]
Just when you thought chocolate truffles couldn’t be any better, enter Red Wine Chocolate Truffles. You know, for when you’re feelin’ all fancy-pants. Of course, they can also be enjoyed while drinking Diet Coke and wearing comfortable yoga pants that you just wore to clean house in too. Don’t ask me how I know. I […]
Vanilla Cupcakes With Pink Cream Cheese Frosting… Because I’m really into Valentine’s Day. Because the Seahawks lost and I’ve moved on. Because I’m a fair-weather fan. And because I hadn’t posted a plain vanilla cupcake recipe yet, here they are. Da da da da! These cupcakes are more gorgeous than cotton candy and the frosting […]
I present to thee something legendary Linzer Cookies. Linzer Cookies Makes about 18 sandwich cookies. 1 cup high-quality unsalted butter 2/3 cup sugar 1 tablespoon almond extract 1 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 teaspoon baking powder 2/3 cup almond flour 2 cups flour 2/3 cup raspberry or strawberry jam 1 cup powdered sugar Mix […]
Shortbread Cookies With Pink Frosting are a special treat. A basic shortbread cookie requires no eggs. In fact, in the original Greek translation, “shortbread” means “no eggs”. Okay, not really, I just love to play Balderdash once in and a while off the game board. I also like to talk like Raj from Big Bang […]
Streusel-Topped Banana Bread With Maple Frosting. It’s been a long time since I’ve made banana bread. I keep tossing brown bananas into my freezer for smoothies but it’s been even longer since I’ve made smoothies so the freezer full of bananas. I was simply forced to make banana bread this week. I didn’t really have […]
It is Christmas cookie baking time and thumbprint cookies are the perfect choice. Thumbprints are the gems of the cookie kingdom. Thumbprint Cookies Makes 18 small cookies. Preheat oven to 350°F. 8 ounces unsalted butter, softened 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/3 cup […]
Ever since we were featured in Evening Magazine, these homemade danish pastries have been my most requested recipe. It simply whisked across the screen for 30 seconds and people were in love. I don’t blame them. I figure I’ve frosted 58,923 of these in my life so far. They were popular at Scandia Bakery when […]
Making marzipan candies with my mom is one of my favorite childhood memories. Sometimes things look good for you but they’re not. You know, like Caesar salad and sledding from the back of an SUV. And, now, marzipan treats made to look like fruits and vegetables. I talked my mom into reliving one of my […]
The leaves are almost gone but fear not, for I bring you glad tidings of fallish, mapley joy which shall last you throughout the Christmas cookie season called Maple Leaf Sandwich Cookies. Move over acorns and junipers… it is time for the maple leaf sandwich cookie to shine. Maple Leaf Sandwich Cookies Preheat oven to […]
This Mini Peanutty Chocolate Cheesecakes recipe came from a friend. One of my banking coworkers from the eighties was a saucy belly dancer with motherly love for the twenty-year-old me. She went on to write a few romance novels right after we parted ways, but I remember her for something far more delicious – her […]
Family is over for the weekend and bless-ed Bavarian Cream Doughnuts are the answer. They are, in fact, the answer to more things than one might even think. So while your family piles up on the sectional sofa to re-watch Star Wars – the good ones, not the new ones – for the gazillionth time, […]
Apricot Almond Mini Cakes. I love a gorgeous treat. I love cake. I love almonds. I love chocolate. I don’t love apricots but I do love apricot jam. These little sweets are another Scandia Bakery memory brought to life via my happy memories. These are perfect treats for the holidays. Or just because. Apricot Almond […]
Whoever declared autumn to be a slow season for travel must not have realized that warm, fallish flavors are an innkeeper’s dream – especially Praline Pumpkin Crepes With Cream Cheese Filling. Everything cinnamon. Everything pumpkin, and yet, still, whipped cream. Oh, so much whipped cream. The foundation of every dessert known to man. Only, you […]
Applesauce Spice Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting. What if you could take all of the fallish flavors of a comforting mug of apple cider and pack them into a glorious cake? What if you could then smother that cake in the world’s best cream cheese frosting? Well, preheat your ovens, pour a cup of coffee, […]
Gingerbread Cookies With Apple Bourbon Frosting Gingerbread Cookies With Apple Bourbon Frosting Gingerbread Cookies Cream together: 1/2 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup brown sugar Add: 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon ground ginger 2 teaspoons ground Jamaican allspice (or allspice will work fine) 1 tablespoon ground cloves 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg […]
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 […]
Warning: This Almond Raspberry Truffle Cakes recipe is to be reserved for the most special of days. The splurgiest of the splurges. The over-the-top occasions. Like, you know, when you read this blog post or somethin’. And, afterward, thou shalt eat a large, leafy green salad made of kale – not that fakey lettuce – to […]
Apple Pecan Bread Pudding. I confess. I cannot stop making bread pudding for it is one of the most fascinating of all the breakfast dessert kingdom. It is economical; yet, when made correctly, glamorously even, it is far more wild than it looks. Apple Pecan Bread Pudding 1 loaf of French bread (about 1 pound) […]
Sometimes there are just not enough words to describe the good things in life. This especially applies to butterscotch desserts. These pretty pumpkin-spiced butterscotch pudding parfaits made their debut this week at the Puyallup Fair. I demonstrated these and a few other cozy fall recipes in the home arts department. If you were there, thank […]
Nutella Crepes Topped With Fresh Berries and Almond Whipped Cream. Because no American can get enough French crepes. Because it’s Sunday. Because they are darling. Just out of the pan crepes filled with Nutella, topped with homemade whipped cream, fresh berries, slivered almonds, and dusted with powdered sugar. Because, well, just because. Nutella Crepes Topped […]
Homemade Blackberry Pie. If there’s one thing a girl needs to know how to bake, it’s a Homemade Blackberry Pie. The good news is that it’s easier than it looks. Not to mention, it’s practically free if you have berries growing nearby. Don’t worry, you don’t have to make it perfect. There is something, well, […]
Have you heard met Parisian Hot Chocolate (also known as Le Chocolat Chaud) yet? Well, now you have. You’re welcome. Parisian Hot Chocolate Makes about 4 six-ounce servings. 2 cups whole milk 1 teaspoons vanilla 10 ounces 65-70% chocolate (I recommend Valrhona Chocolate Guanaja 70%), broken or chopped into small pieces Dash of flaky salt […]
Pumpkin Pecan Cream Cheese Bread Pudding With Warm Caramel Sauce Because you can never get enough pumpkin after Labor Day. Because guests are oooing and ahhhing over this bread pudding once again. Because I meant to blog this two years ago when I created it. And because I finally found my handwritten recipe, I’m sharing […]
Forty (Maybe) and Fabulous (For Sure). Gone are the days of the run-of-the-mill, over-the-hill parties. Here’s a 40th birthday party theme she will love! You know those life-long friends you couldn’t get rid of even if you tried? Yeah, I love those ones. Here are a few of ours. Taye is helping momma celebrate her […]
Mini Almond Mazarin Tarts With Fresh Fruit. Buttery crust and almondy filling but the real topper is the glazed fresh fruit. Fancy yet simple. Plain yet colorful. Mini Almond Mazarin Tart With Fresh Fruit Preheat oven to 350°F. 2 sticks (one cup) butter 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar 2 cups of flour 1 teaspoon […]
Where there is Chocolate Pecan Truffles, there is a party. In a way, I guess you could call these party balls. Add dark cocoa powder, and you have a fancy party. I tell you the truth. Chocolate Pecan Truffles 16 ounces high-quality semi-sweet chocolate 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 cup chopped pecans 1 cup […]
I love things that are simple & beautiful at the same time like these lovely Yogurt Parfaits. Perfect for a Saturday morning. Or Sunday. Or Monday. Or Tuesday. Or Wednesday. Or Thursday. Yogurt Parfaits Yoplait Boston Cream Pie Yogurt (or vanilla pudding or your own favorite yogurt ) 2 cups of fresh mixed berries 1 […]
Sweet Red Cherry Pie. Summer at its best. That is unless you count the time I used dish soap so I could go faster on our Slip & Slide. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen our kids laugh as hard as they did that day nor have I embarrassed myself more – at least not […]
It is no surprise that after dotter took her strawberry cookies to work that she got a cookie order for a little girl’s birthday party. I may or may not have helped.
I had planned on trying this recipe years ago. Really. I did. I mean, who doesn’t rush to make a chocolate cheesecake? My first job was at a bakery. I didn’t have to wait until my forties to realize what a great job I had way back when. Nope. I was entirely grateful and savored […]
Everyone needs a recipe for perfect sugar cookies for decorating. Every once in a while Dotter gets the itch to make decorated sugar cookies. This always fills my heart with warm fuzzies and my tummy with sweet treats. For a moment I lost her so I called out her name and she popped up from […]
These Cinnamon Rolls With Maple Cream Cheese Frosting are being brought to you after lots of practice. Practice making the dough. Practice making the filling. Practice making the frosting. And, well, you know. The practice of eating them warm out of the oven. I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve always been good at the […]
Trail Mix Oatmeal Cookies are a balance of both fiber and bunches of brown sugar hence what a cookie should be. Sometimes my posts are healthy and sometimes they are not. Today’s recipe is a mix of both. Please see the easy vegan change-ups if you prefer a vegan cookie. Oats and seeds and raisins. […]
The proof of a delicious Chocolate Pudding Parfaits is in the pudding. And the graham cracker crust. And the Irish cream enhanced whipped cream. These little sweethearts are lovely for a party. Individually decorated pudding parfaits topped with a wee bit-o-cocoa powder. You’ll need one pie pan or 8 eight-ounce mason jars or oven-safe ramekins. […]
