Old fashioned apple cake. It’s tried, true and has withstood the tests of time. There’s something delightful about baked apple desserts. It’s classic American comfort food. I usually make this cake and a big batch of applesauce when I have an abundance of apples. It just so happens I had a surplus of apples, I stocked…
Desserts
Imperial Margarine Chocolate Chip Cookies – The BEST Bake Sale Cookies
Here’s the recipe right off the back of the good old imperial margarine box. I’ve always frowned a bit upon baking with margarine. One day I was in a pinch for cookies and out of butter. I went with what I had, gave this a try and it’s been my go to bake sale cookie since….
Apple Toffee Coffee Cake
For Liz : ) Toffee. Honestly, not an ingredient I’m too familiar with. Sure, I enjoy a bite of it here and there but I’ve never baked with it. Then I was the recipient of 6, yes – I said 6, bags of Heath Bar Toffee Bits. I had to get creative with this…chocolate chip…
The Cake Pop Extravaganza
I’m such a mean mama. Ok – of course I’m not – but ask my 8 year old daughter, Athena, of her current complaint list and I’m sure she’ll mention the “kids sewing machine” from Christmas that we still haven’t tried. Just recently we “X’d” off the Cake Pop Maker. So I guess I’m a little…
National Spumoni Day and Spumoni Pudding
Today is the day, folks. August 21 makes it officially National Spumoni Day! Yay!!! You ask why there is such a day? Your guess is as good as mine – but it sure beats National Fruitcake Day ( which, by the way, is December 27th. ) What is this spumoni business all about? It’s a frozen…
Ricotta Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Rich, delicious Ricotta Cheese Chocolate Chip Pancakes. These pancakes make a fabulous breakfast, dessert or anytime treat. I have yet to decide if these pancakes were better suited for breakfast or dessert – so this time I made them for dinner! Let me reassure you – there were absolutely no complaints from my family. I got…