Calling all ambrosia lovers! This No-Bake Ambrosia Cheesecake Pie is absolutely DIVINE. A cool & creamy cheesecake filled with fruit cocktail for a classic ambrosia flavor with a twist!
So confession: when I was making this pie, my family all rolled their eyes.
"Ambrosia is kind of... well, an oldie-timey recipe," they said gently. "Like, only older people eat it,"
Continue Reading
Red, White & Blueberry Pie Bars (Kuchen)
These Red, White & Blueberry Pie Bars are so festive and fun any time of year, but especially for Memorial Day and Fourth of July! Similar to kuchen with swirls of cherries and blueberries!
I cannot believe it, but I went swimming for the first time in 10 years yesterday.
What brought on this monumental occasion? The fact that Sacramento hit 100 degrees
Continue Reading
Easy Homemade Funfetti Cake From Scratch
This is the easiest and tastiest Homemade Funfetti Cake recipe you'll try! Supremely moist, soft and fluffy, it's studded with lots of colorful sprinkles and topped with a creamy buttercream frosting.
It's Friday! It's Friday!
(Although if you're like me, you don't need me to remind you - you've had it counting down since last Sunday) :)
I love Fridays because they're
Continue Reading
German Chocolate Cookie Cups
These German Chocolate Cookie Cups are petite in size but mighty in flavor! Chocolate chip cookie cups are filled to the brim with homemade coconut pecan frosting with a drizzle of chocolate on top. Divine!
So it's only been in recent times that I've tried and liked German Chocolate flavors.
It started when I was in a college class called "Food & Culture"
Continue Reading
Raspberry Lemonade Gooey Bars
These Raspberry Lemonade Gooey Bars are quite fantastic, if you ask me! A zesty lemon base topped with an outrageously gooey raspberry filling... So wonderful for summertime!
Sorry I've been MIA as of late! A lot of personal stuff has been going on (nothing unfortunate, thankfully!) and I needed a break after my Salt Lake City trip in which I learned how to make Facebook
Continue Reading
Raspberry Almond Linzer Shortbread Bars
These Raspberry Almond Linzer Bars taste just like linzer cookies but made easier in bar form! Don't like raspberry? Substitute with any flavor of jam!
I know this is a little Christmas in May, but I couldn't resist. I'm on a bar kick and no one will stop me.
Actually, I'm on a fruit dessert kick and I can't seem to quit it. First it was Mixed Berry Tiramisu, then these
Continue Reading
Mixed Berry Tiramisu
This Mixed Berry Tiramisu is bursting with four kinds of berries in a light and fluffy take on tiramisu!
If you could afford one of the following, what would you choose?
A) a maid
B) a chef
C) a nanny
D) a driver
E) a personal trainer
Personally, of the following I'd want a chef, because despite this blog, I am incredibly lazy with cooking. I love baking, but since
Continue Reading
Homemade Vanilla Sweet Cream Pudding
This Homemade Vanilla Sweet Cream Pudding is fantastic! Such an easy recipe that yields such smooth, creamy and silky pudding made entirely from scratch! No one will know coffee creamer is the secret ingredient!
Up until this post, I had never made homemade pudding before. In fact, I don't even think I've tasted homemade pudding, either!
That had to change - and I am so
Continue Reading
Salted Nutella-Filled Chocolate Chunk Cookies
An anything-but-ordinary chocolate chip cookie meets a gooey Nutella center in these delectable Nutella-Filled Chocolate Chunk Cookies!
These cookies were a genius idea on my part (if I do say so myself).
I had a hankering for chocolate, which isn't super frequent but happens every so often (and I always know how to squash it - with my Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie
Continue Reading
Coca Cola Chocolate Cake
Supremely moist and rich, this Coca Cola Chocolate Cake is a fun twist on a Texas sheet cake but made with 2 cans of Coke!
If I were stranded on a deserted island, I would need a Coke fountain machine.
Specifically, Coke Zero, although all Cokes are my favorite. I grew up in a Coca Cola household through and through, even though my Dad was a rebel and drank Diet Pepsi
Continue Reading