• Blueberry Muffin Cake With Crumble Topping

    This blueberry muffin cake is all the mouth-watering flavor of traditional blueberry muffins — complete with a yummy crumble topping! — without the fuss of filling tins or storing individual muffins.   Earlier this week, ALDI had a great sale on blueberries. You have to keep your eye on their…

  • Hazelnut Pound Cake Pudding

    Think of this hazelnut pound cake pudding as traditional bread pudding with a modern sweet and velvety twist! One of my favorite things to do is take a classic recipe and make a few small tweaks to either expand the flavor or to simplify things. (Most of the time, it’s…

  • Easy Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

    This cream cheese flavor frosting is the icing on the cake (literally) for this super easy carrot cake that’s full of flavor, loaded with spices, and perfect for fall! I make no bones about not being much of a “from scratch” baker. Sure, I can manage alright with cookies and…

  • Raspberry Cakes

    Raspberry cakes with a lime glaze are a perfect not-too-sweet dessert treat! For a few years I was part of a book club group that met just about every month at a girlfriend’s house. It was fabulous! We were all good about actually reading the month’s book (at least most…

  • Mini Chocolate Cupcakes

    Disclosure: As a Stonyfield Organic™ ambassador, I am being compensated. All opinions are always my own! My daughter just turned 9 years old, and one of her presents from us was an inexpensive desktop printer for her computer. She was crazy excited when she saw it, and immediately started printing…

  • Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes

    Is there anything more lovely than strawberry shortcake cupcakes with real whipped cream, fresh strawberries and a hint of lemon? Yesterday I shared a bowl of lovely macerating strawberries: sugar, chopped strawberries and some lemon zest all melded together to create a sweet, fruity yummy-ness complete with a berry-infused syrup. Really,…