Sweet, cold, creamy, chocolate cake combines with a hint of unexpected heat as you finish each bite; this dessert is unforgettable. I made this for my family and then sliced the remaining cake into slivers and sent it to work with my husband. The reviews from everyone who tried it were fantastic. (Even my non-spice loving children went a bit crazy for it.) We ate the cake by itself the first night, and it was perfect that way. I had a...
Fresh pineapple is sliced thin and then baked in a caramelized brown sugar and butter sauce that soaks into a rich, buttery cake. This cake is like no other pineapple upside down cake you’ve ever tasted. Pineapple has been in abundance all month and we’ve been eating it every chance we get. When my husband suggested a pineapple cake, I jumped at the chance to make something new. My boys went a little crazy over this cake. Truth...
Fresh cherries and coconut are baked into a gooey, sweetly tart filling over a crisp shortbread crust to create these Cherry Coconut Bars. These bars were a huge hit with friends and family when I made them and there wasn’t a single bar leftover. With fresh cherries finally in abundance, I’m making the most of them while they last. The season (read: the inexpensive cherries) will only last a few weeks and we’ve been eating cherries almost...
Vanilla ice cream sandwiched in between crunchy peanut butter and dark chocolate oat crust makes this the easiest and most fun dessert I’ve made in a while. Give the summer one last hurrah with this easy dessert before you break out the pumpkin and cranberries for the holiday baking season! Like many other people, I have a well-documented love of ice cream. If you hang out with me on Instagram, you’ve seen evidence of this countless...
This Date Nut Roll brings me directly back to my childhood. I remember watching my grandpa roll this on the kitchen counter every holiday when we visited. Crushed graham crackers, marshmallows, dates, pecans and a splash of cream: none of these ingredients are remarkable on their own, but when combined they become something special. I can’t recall another occasion for which my grandpa ever worked in the kitchen. However, making the Date...
Perfect Caramel Corn has been on my list of foods to make for almost as long as I can remember. The fact that it turned out to be THIS easy to make? Oh my heavens, I made this Salted Caramel Popcorn four times in the past two weeks! I shared it with several friends and the reviews have been outstanding. I am completely giddy over it and I foresee many gift bags of this in everyone’s future. Salted Caramel Popcorn is insanely,...
Caramel Chocolate Chip Toffee Cheesecake Cookie Bars, as if the name wasn’t more than enough, just imagine each of those ingredients on their own and now picture them all stacked into the ultimate cookie bar with a perfect layer of creamy cold cheesecake in the center. No joke, these bars are amazing. I first saw them here and I couldn’t get them out of my mind! One bite, just one bite, is all it took to know that I couldn’t...
Bite size balls of buttery cookie dough filled with salted pistachios and sweet cranberries, it’s impossible to eat just one. I’ve been craving cranberries like mad lately and I’m resisting the urge to make my beloved Cranberry Christmas Cake for at least a couple more weeks. (I could eat that whole cake myself in a couple of days!) When I saw the Craisins sitting next to the oatmeal yesterday after breakfast, I couldn’t...
Caramel Cheesecake Dip is without a doubt one of the best spur of the moment recipes ever. Yesterday was a baking day for me and my counters were covered with a ridiculous assortment of ingredients. I had some leftover cream cheese after making a couple batches of cookies (new recipe coming next week!) and about half a jar of caramel sauce was left sitting on the counter too. I tossed the cream cheese in the mixer and beat it until it was...
Millionaire Bars begin with crisp buttery shortbread, then they are layered with chewy caramel and dark chocolate. I could probably stop right there and you’d be convinced to make these bars. However, I need to tell you that these bars taste just like a Twix, only better. Why? Because the shortbread is more flavorful, the caramel is richer, and the chocolate is darker. So yes, much better. These bars were absolutely irresistible. I...
