Cakes and Cupcakes · Desserts

Chocolate Salted Peanut Butter Cupcakes

I feel like the photos of these cupcakes pretty much speak for themselves, but just in case: The most moist, chocolatey cake ever.  A salted, peanut butter, Reeses type frosting.  A rich, semisweet chocolate ganache, topped with a peanut butter cup. It is hard to stop at just one! INGREDIENTS: For the cupcakes: 2 cups… Continue reading Chocolate Salted Peanut Butter Cupcakes

cookies · Desserts

Momofuku’s Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies

 A bowl of cereal, a s’more, and a cookie, all rolled into one- that’s the way Martha Stewart herself describes the famous cookies from Momofuku’s Milk Bar Bakery.  And that’s exactly what they are. My husband came home from work last week describing this cookie, and we immediately started googling.  We found so many different… Continue reading Momofuku’s Cornflake Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies

Desserts · pies

Shannon’s Lemon Pie

This is my absolute favorite lemon pie.  It trumps lemon meringue and even my shortbread lemon tart.  It’s a combo of my favorite key lime pie recipe and the lemon pie recipes that are so readily available everywhere you look. The star of this pie is definitely the graham cracker crust.  Buttery, sweet, a tiny… Continue reading Shannon’s Lemon Pie

Cakes and Cupcakes · Desserts

Lemon Cupcakes with Blackberry Buttercream

I wanted to try something fun and new for my Father-in-law’s 70th birthday party last weekend.  I was pretty proud of my cake, but in spite of it’s outward appearance, the inside of this guy was chocolate cake with chocolate filling, and I wanted to also do something white. I ended up deciding on some… Continue reading Lemon Cupcakes with Blackberry Buttercream

banana recipes · Desserts

Browned Butter Maple Banana Blondies

You guys, these blondies are the bomb.  Picture a piece banana bread, but with more depth of flavor, more bananas, and the amazing maple-ish flavor of brown butter, but with the fudgy texture of a brownie, topped with an amazing maple brown sugar frosting. We should be browning butter in everything we make y’all.  Definitely… Continue reading Browned Butter Maple Banana Blondies

cookies · Desserts

The Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies on the Face of the Earth

So, I’ve made thousands of oatmeal raisin cookies, using at least a dozen different recipes in my lifetime, and I finally found it.  Or, more accurately, my sister found it. The holy grail of oatmeal raisin cookie recipes. She brought these on our camping trip last week and they were the most amazing oatmeal raisin… Continue reading The Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies on the Face of the Earth

Desserts

Glazed Lemon Pound Cake Loaf

This lemon pound cake recipe is my new go-to whenever I need something lemony and simple.  I love that, aside from the lemon, all of the other ingredients are pantry staples for me, so I can throw it together on a whim.  I love to bring this over to a friend who is having a… Continue reading Glazed Lemon Pound Cake Loaf