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Red Velvet Cupcakes with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting + a Sea Salt Caramel Drizzle

It’s my best friend’s birthday weekend and pretty much every year, she asks for Red Velvet “something” — from cake to cupcakes to whoopie pies. This year, I went back to the cupcake plan, but went a bit overboard with the white chocolate (which she also loves) cream cheese frosting, topped with an over indulgent a sea salt caramel drizzle, Yum. Too bad that she actually won’t get these cupcakes for her birthday, because my car ended up at the repair station on Friday afternoon and won’t be ready until Monday, so I ended up not at her place, but I’ll remake them next week hen I see her again and in the meantime, the mechanics at the shop will get a nice treat when I pick up my Volkswagen

20. July 2025

Desserts, Sweet Snacks

The Easiest No Bake Raspberry Lemon Cream Tart

Here is a challenge for Y’all….. I am certain that even if you have zero baking skills, that you can make this dessert and you’re friends will be impressed. No, really! This Raspberry Lemon Cream Tart involves no actual baking (well, ok, my version, I made the crust, but it can be make with a Keebler “Ready Crust”. If you can stir ingredients a few things together, you can make this. You could also make it with blackberries, or blueberries, or currants.

19. July 2025

Breakfast/Brunch, Sweet Snacks

Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins

Starting off the week with some Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins. Except that I didn’t have any actual strawberries, just strawberry jam. What to do? I made some cheesecake filling (cream cheese, egg yolk and sugar), chilled it and then added some of the jam. Result: muffin-y outside, creamy strawberry cheesecake filling. Delicious! And a new trick when berries aren’t at hand!

14. July 2025

Cookies, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Banana Walnut Blondies

I know that you might be getting sick of me saying this (although I don’t think that I say it all that often), but sometimes I make a recipe that just turns out perfect. This is one of those recipes.

I have this tendency to buy 3-4 bananas when I know that I can’t eat all of them before they get too rip (I am more of a less-on-the-ripe-side banana girl) so by the time two weeks rolls around, I have 2 or even more bananas to “use up”. That means a lot of banana bread. This time, I decided to make something different and made these Banana Blondies. They are delicious. Moist, a little chewy, super-banana-y. I added walnuts to the mix but skip them if you aren’t a fan. Other “mix in” options are toffee bits, chocolate chips or other nuts. Swirling in a but of Nutella might also work!

29. April 2025

Cookies, Desserts

Oatmeal Scotchies with Maple Crunch

Catching up on some recipes that I have been toying with, and while these are just “boring old” oatmeal cookies, they are packed with butterscotch chips and sprinkled with maple crisp (like maple sugar, only more irregularly shaped. More crispy style than chewy side, they would delicious with a glass of milk!

31. March 2025

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