15 December 2014
Copycat hilton garden inn cookies
I participated in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! I was somewhat hesitant to do so this year since I’ve been traveling so much, but I’m so glad I did. It (...)
19 February 2015
Chocolate overload cake
I had a super cool Valentine’s day cake planned for you this year. Truly I did. It looked really beautiful in my head, but in real life, it was a fail. Twice. (...)
22 September 2013
Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treats
This is Bigsby. He’s my bestie. Isn’t he cute? Bigsby loves peanut butter. He also loves chasing cats and chewing on my shoes, but I just can’t condone those (...)
15 September 2013
Dark Chocolate Brownies with Espresso Chocolate Chip Frosting
Several Valentine’s Days ago, before I learned how to frost and decorate cakes, I decided that I was going to make dessert. My boyfriend took me out to dinner (...)
4 August 2016
Vegan blueberry banana breakfast cake
Guess what? We’re having cake for breakfast today! Like many vegan recipes on this blog, this one was inspired by an overripe banana. When presented with the (...)
22 October 2013
Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats
Let me start out by saying that I had no intention of sharing this recipe with you. It’s not that I was hoarding it, I just didn’t think it was blog worthy. (...)
4 January 2013
Vegan Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies
I’m ashamed to say that I only recently began making shortbread cookies, but I’ve more than made up for it lately. You may remember these shortbread cookies (...)
5 June 2015
Coffee and Donuts Cake
Happy National Donut Day! Does this mean we can eat all the donuts we want and calories don’t count today? If so, you should make three of these cakes. (...)
27 February 2013
Fluffy white cake with vanilla buttercream frosting
Cake, glorious cake! It’s hard to believe that until recently, I rarely made vanilla cakes from scratch. In fact, I rarely made them at all. I found them to be (...)
1 February 2014
Mini Chocolate Covered Strawberry Layer Cakes for Two
Babycakes: A term of endearment. This can lead to other cute nicknames such as babyface, sweetcheeks, and noodlenose. Baby Cakes: Miniature Layer Cakes that (...)
22 January 2015
Vegan Triple Vanilla Ice Cream
I’m now 2 full weeks into being vegan, and the learning process continues. I suppose I already knew that you can be a really unhealthy vegan if you only eat (...)
15 December 2012
Lemon Pie Dessert Shooters
I have a thing for mini desserts. If you follow my blog, you may remember these Peppermint Bark Cheesecake Shooters that I posted a few weeks ago. They were so (...)
16 June 2012
Vegan vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting
I am a hopeless procrastinator. This can prove to be a problem when baking, since I rarely plan my recipes in advance. I never seem to have butter or eggs and (...)
11 December 2014
Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Crunch Cake
I will admit that December has pretty much been kicking my ass so far. In the balance of work/blog/life/sleep, blogging has been coming in last place. Not to (...)
1 November 2014
Vegan Chocolate Raspberry Crunch Cheesecake Bites
Our last few Halloweens have gone something like this: 1. Dress Bigsby up as a hot dog. 2. Buy lots of Halloween Candy. 3. Have one trick-or-treater come by (...)
7 January 2015
Whole Wheat Vegan Chocolate Cake
I’ve decided to up my chances of keeping my New Year’s resolutions by making them easier this year. Let’s call them goals instead, shall we? I figured I could (...)
11 February 2013
Inch red velvet chocolate chip cake with vanilla bean cream cheese frosting
It’s hard to believe that a up until a few years ago, I had never had red velvet cake. Since moving to Texas, I have made (and eaten) more than my fair share (...)
21 August 2014
Mini Mocha Layer Cake
One of the best things about my wedding was seeing family members that I hadn’t seen in years. My family is spread out all over the world, and they came from (...)
10 November 2013
Pumpkin Layer Cake with Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Happy fall! I know fall started weeks ago, but now that I’m visiting my parents in Indiana, it actually fells like it. I haven’t lived in a cold climate for (...)
22 October 2015
Marshmallow Madness Cake
I’ve always had mixed feelings about Halloween. Sure, there’s candy (I can be bribed with candy most of the time) and fun costumes, but there’s also the blood (...)
31 May 2014
Vegan dark chocolate cookies with olive oil and sea salt
I’ve never doubted that vegan cakes could taste as good as their non-vegan counterparts, but I wasn’t quite sold on vegan cookies. There are a number of good (...)
27 June 2014
Lemon Berry Angel Food Cupcakes
My wedding is 2 weeks from tomorrow. Wow, that snuck up on me so fast! I’m just now realizing how behind I am on everything. For example, I should have started (...)
9 July 2014
Purple Ombre Layer Cake
Baker friends, do you make your own special occasion cakes? I always make my own birthday cake as well as the birthday cakes of every nearby family member, but (...)
21 December 2013
Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
I’ve got more fudge comin’ atcha today! Why? Because it’s delicious. And easy. I wish I could find a more articulate way to describe it, but I feel like I’ve (...)
26 October 2013
Dark Chocolate Speculoos Truffle Cake
Speculoos cookie butter. Also known as Biscoff spread. Also known as the greatest creation on earth. I’m not sure why it took me so long to jump on the Biscoff (...)
