This beautiful, pink cake is made 100% from scratch without any cake mixes or strawberry Jell-o, but still arrives at an intense strawberry flavor. It uses quite a bit of fresh strawberry puree, a touch of strawberry extract, and comes out absolutely amazing. It has the dense, buttery quality of a scratch, homemade cake, with… Continue reading Fresh Strawberry Cake {No cake mix or Jell-o}
It feels weird posting a cake with a Christmasy title in May, but here we are. Many people think of cranberries as a seasonal, holiday time ingredient, but I refuse to accept that. As the season for fresh cranberries ends, you will find me in the grocery store, taking full advantage of the sale prices… Continue reading Cranberry Christmas Cake
I looooove Easter. I relish being the Easter Bunny, and I have so much fun each year putting together my kids’ baskets and leaving powder bunny footprints through the living room. I love the egg hunts and the egg dyeing and the brunch, and, the candy. Easter is officially about a month away and the… Continue reading Easter Candy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars
A couple of days late (sorry!) but here were the top ten most popular posts on Rumbly in my Tumbly for 2018. #10 Pear and Feta Salad with the BEST Salad Dressing EVER #9 Homemade Lemon Nothing Bundt Cake #8 Paleo (Whole 30) Egg Roll in a Bowl #7 Pumpkin Crunch – The Perfect Thanksgiving… Continue reading Top Ten Posts of 2018
The fictional character I most identify with is Monica Geller from Friends. But for a few minor differences, she *is me. You know the episode where she is desperately trying to recreate Phoebe’s Grandmother’s Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies? “Nest-lay Tool-ouse” That has been me trying to recreate my husband’s Grandma Mary’s Apple Kuchen. Apple Kuchen… Continue reading Apple Kuchen {German Apple Cake}
How cute are these cookies? I think they were my favorite Christmas cookie that I made this year. They taste amazing and they are SO cute! They look much harder than they actually are- really it’s just a sugar cookie dough, spiced lightly with some orange zest, cut into a Santa face and then painted… Continue reading Santa Sugar Cookies
Today, I’m posting a breakfast food that I make for my kids alllll the time, but “Christmas-ified” You know that scene in Love Actually where Billy Mack says “Yes… but we changed the word ‘love’ to ‘Christmas…” Basically, I just change my french toast recipe to include eggnog instead of milk. I’m very clever. When… Continue reading Eggnog French Toast
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