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Tiramisu Cupcakes with bite missing

Tiramisu Cupcakes

Filled with tiramisu cream and topped with a Kahlua mascarpone buttercream frosting, these Tiramisu Cupcakes are light, fluffy, and absolutely irresistible. Moist & Fluffy Tiramisu Cupcakes If you haven’t already guessed, I am a huge fan of tiramisu. I’ve made so many recreations of the classic dessert, from cheesecake to brookies, and I love them […]

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Strawberry Champagne Tart

This strawberry tart recipe combines a tender wafer crust with a creamy champagne mascarpone filling. It’s all topped with juicy strawberry slices, plus a light champagne glaze! Why You’ll Love This Recipe What Is a Tart? A tart is a classic pastry that comes in various flavors, often involving fruit. It’s characterized by its shallow […]

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Grandfather’s Favorite Iced Chocolate Cookies

These cookies are my grandfather’s favorite iced chocolate cookies! They are an old family recipe for pillowy soft, cakey cookies iced with a tasty chocolate icing. So there’s sort of a non-story story behind these cookies. I’m sure there are actually plenty of memories around them given that they were my grandfather’s favorite, but they […]

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How to Decorate Cookies with Royal Icing

Last week I promised that I’d have a video, tutorial and all the info you need to learn How to Decorate Cookies with Royal Icing and today is the day! If you’ve ever wanted to make beautifully decorated cookies, follow this simple guide! How to Decorate Cookies with Royal Icing To start, if you haven’t already […]

Using festive cookie cutters to cut out sugar cookies.

Cutout Sugar Cookies Recipe

This easy cutout sugar cookie recipe is the best! It makes soft cookies with lightly crisp edges. The perfect sugar cookie for decorating! Sugar cookies are such versatile cookies – there’s one for every occasion! This recipe makes amazing sugar cookies for decorating. You can also try Brown Sugar Cookies and these Soft & Chewy Sugar Cookies […]

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Gingerbread Cheesecake Cookie Cups

These Gingerbread Cheesecake Cookie Cups are the perfect way to start off Christmas! A soft, chewy gingerbread cookie cup is filled with a brown sugar spiced no bake cheesecake. SO good! Gingerbread Cheesecake Cookie Cups So yesterday was our sweet Jessie’s 5th birthday. For those who don’t know, she’s a black lab. 🙂 To celebrate […]

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Triple Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

This Triple Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake is super soft and chewy. It’s about to become your new favorite giant cookie! Filled with chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and peanut butter chips. So after being gone this past weekend for an extended weekend, the hubs was ready for me to come home. Apparently without me home […]

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Baklava Cheesecake

This Baklava Cheesecake is such a fun twist on the traditional Greek dessert. With all the flavors of cinnamon, honey and walnuts, it’s a fun way to mix together two delicious desserts into one! So if you follow on instagram or twitter, you may have noticed that I was at a food blogging conference over […]

A slice of cookie cake and my authors contract for my new cookbook!

Big Announcement!

Hey everyone! Big announcement today! It’s a little secret I’ve been holding onto for a while now and DYING to tell you about. Maybe you’ve noticed that I’m posting a little less often, maybe you haven’t. But the reason? I’m writing a COOKBOOK! I know. Crazy! And insanely time consuming (hence the fewer posts on […]

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Nutella Fudge Brownies

These Nutella Fudge Brownies are decadent little bars with a dense brownie on the bottom, Nutella fudge in the middle and chocolate on top. You can’t go wrong with this chocolatey confection! Looking for more brownie recipes? Try my favorite homemade fudgy brownie recipe! Homemade Nutella Fudge Brownies Do you ever have those days where […]

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Milk Tart

Milk Tart (also known as Melktert) is a traditional South African dessert. The crust is a soft, cakey crust topped with a cinnamon infused milk custard. It is delicious and was one of my favorites that we tried on our trip. Back when the hubs and I went to South Africa in May to visit […]

Cotton Candy Cupcakes with cotton candy on top and lollipop on top

Cotton Candy Cupcakes Recipe

These Cotton Candy Cupcakes are fun, extremely delicious, and full of classic cotton candy flavor! They’re perfect for celebrations and your kids will love them! If you like these candy themed cupcakes, you should also try my delicious Snickers Cupcakes! Cotton Candy Cupcake Recipe So it’s been a while since I’ve talked about football. Perhaps you’ve […]

Close-up view of Pumpkin Spice Donut Cheesecake Trifle in a trifle bowl

Pumpkin Spice Donut Cheesecake Trifle

This Pumpkin Spice Donut Cheesecake Trifle is so fun for fall! Made with Pumpkin Spice Donuts from Dunkin’ Donuts, it’s super easy to put together and so tasty! Pumpkin Spice Donut Cheesecake Trifle So this past weekend, the hubs and I went to the local fair with my brother and his family. We’d never been […]

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Pumpkin Butterscotch Chip Cookies

These Pumpkin Butterscotch Chip Cookies are the perfect pumpkin cookie! They are dense and chewy (not cakey!) and full of flavor! The butterscotch chips go perfectly with the pumpkin. You’ll definitely want to make these over and over!

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Spiderweb Chocolate Tart

This Spiderweb Chocolate Tart is such a fun dessert for Halloween, and it’s delightfully chocolatey! This spooky season treat is easy to make with no oven needed! Want more fun Halloween dessert ideas? You have to check out this awesome Candy Corn Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake recipe! Spooky Spiderweb Chocolate Tart This past weekend I had a […]

A Slice of No Bake Oatmeal Cream Pie Cheesecake on a plate

No Bake Oatmeal Cream Pie Cheesecake

This No Bake Oatmeal Cream Pie Cheesecake is an easy and delicious treat that uses one of my favorite cookies – the oatmeal cream pie! With the combination of soft, chewy cookies and creamy cheesecake, this dessert a must make! Want another jaw-dopping cheesecake? My Turtle Cheesecake Recipe will rock your world! Oatmeal Cream Pie […]

Real Deal Caramel Cake on green stand

Real Deal Caramel Cake

This Real Deal Caramel Cake is just that – the real deal! A delicious caramel cake recipe straight out of my friend Jocelyn’s cookbook, Grandbaby Cakes! Jocelyn’s Old Fashioned Caramel Cake I could not be more excited to share this cake and cookbook with you today. First of all, the author is one of my […]

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Kahlua Chocolate Cupcakes with Salted Caramel

These Kahlua Chocolate Cupcakes with Salted Caramel are a wonderful combination of flavors! Kahlua and chocolate are already awesome together, but when you add caramel sauce and a sprinkle of sea salt, it’s a done deal. This recipe uses my easy caramel sauce as an ingredient. It’s seriously the best homemade caramel! So normally I’d […]

Apple Cinnamon Skillet Blondie topped with ice cream

Apple Cinnamon Skillet Blondie

This Apple Cinnamon Skillet Blondie is a spiced blondie filled with warm baked apples and topped with ice cream & more cinnamon apples! It’s the ultimate Autumn dessert recipe. Need another fall dessert? These Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies are a healthy and delicious option! Cinnamon Apple Pie Skillet Blondie So this week we’ve got two dogs in […]

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Baby Journey Next Step: Acupuncture

Have you ever wanted to try Fertility Acupuncture? If you’re on the fence about it, check out my experience and learn what fertility acupuncture entails. Baby Journey Next Step: Acupuncture So it’s been awhile since I’ve given an update on the hubs and I and our journey to start a family. The reason is really […]