When I say this is the BEST ever Texas Sheet Cake, I mean it. Baked on a sheet pan, this cake is thin and moist due to the fudge frosting that's poured all over it. This is a recipe that I will make over and over again - it's a classic and it's just so damn good. Oh this cake, oh this Texas Sheet Cake. It has me by my heart strings...and my husband's I might add. I think he may love this cake more than me and I'm not even mad about it, because this cake, is ridiculously … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies have a little of everything you want in a cookie. A little oatmeal, a little chocolate, some spices and of course, pumpkin! These Fall inspired cookies are thick and chewy - you're going to love them! This cookie was calling my name and I just had to figure out how to make it. I wanted this cookie to really feel and taste like a traditional chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookie, but with the added flavor of pumpkin. There are tons of pumpkin … [Read more...]
Halloween Snack Mix
This Halloween Snack Mix is so fun and colorful! Mixing salty, sweet and peanut ingredients together make for a delicious party mix for Halloween! I am obsessing over this snack mix! I love the funky halloween colors and all the delicious goodies in it. As you can see, there are a lot of delicious halloween/fall favorite candies and snacks added to this party mix. I thought it would be fun to create an easy Halloween "recipe" that doesn't involve baking, but is still very festive for kids … [Read more...]
Salted Caramel Bars
Oh I am so excited to share this recipe for salted caramel bars with you. They are out of this world! Salted caramel is poured between to layers of shortbread dough and baked until perfectly chewy and slightly crunchy. Talk about addicting and downright delicious!! I just can't with these. I am so obsessed it's not even funny. I love salted caramel. I mean, who doesn't? It's definitely the "in" flavor right now, especially for ice cream and I totally get why. The salty and sweet combo is … [Read more...]
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies are a classic. I like my cookies to be soft and chewy - the added crunch for the macadamia nut is perfect and white chocolate chips add an additional sweetness to this delicious cookie! Why hello there. I had this cookie on my blog several, and I mean several, years ago. Well...I updated it. So here is my new and official White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookie recipe!! Their is typically some sort of inspiration or moment that happens in my life … [Read more...]
Dream Cake (my Grandma’s recipe!)
Dream cake is truly dreamy - a yellow cake is topped with a vanilla pudding cream cheese mixture, crushed pineapple, whipped topping and toasted coconut. This cake is the perfect Summer dessert and is definitely a crowd pleaser! Say hello to one of my grandma's recipes. Yes, this recipe is straight from Sibley, Iowa. My grandma is 100 years old - she is amazing. She had the best desserts, most unusual and most homemade tasting. This dream cake screams her type of baking. When my mom … [Read more...]
Carm’s Famous Dessert {Ice Cream Sandwich Dessert}
I hope you're ready to indulge in the easiest and most delicious frozen dessert there is known to man kind - Carm's Famous Dessert. I'm also simply calling it - Ice Cream Sandwich Dessert. I've been wanting to share this dessert with you for the longest time. This dessert is my brother-in-law's famous dessert. He brought it to my in-laws several years ago and we all raved over it. I finally decided to make it myself and I have no idea what took me so long because it's THREE … [Read more...]
Almond Cake (Tarta de Santiago)
A delicious almond cake, also known as Tarta de Santiago, that originated from Spain. This cake is moist and flavored with lemon and orange zest. It's also gluten free! Oh oh oh I can't even with this cake. Easily one of my favorite desserts to make. It's not a traditional dessert that I make either. This is a Spanish Almond Cake and I learned how to make it when I visited The Social Table in Chicago with my husband's family. The Social Table is a cooking class where they show you how … [Read more...]
Blueberry Bread
Blueberry Bread is like a dessert. I actually like to snack on this so I would also call this a blueberry snack bread. Tons of blueberries are folded into a thick sweet cake/bread batter and baked until golden brown. Oh this will be made again and again and again. There is something about this blueberry bread recipe that I just can't get over. It's just so easy to make and it's simple...it's tons of blueberries baked into a delicious cake/bread batter. Yes, I would also consider this a … [Read more...]
Lemon Shortbread Bars
Lemon Shortbread Bars are the perfect Spring dessert. An oatmeal shortbread dough is baked then topped with a fresh creamy lemon filling then crumbled with more shortbread dough and baked until crisp. You know there are the classic desserts out there and lemon bars are one of them. In fact, I have a lemon bar recipe on my blog and they are fantastic. However, I recently tried a lemon crumb bar from a local restaurant and I fell in love. It reminded me of a traditional lemon bar but with … [Read more...]
Nutella Banana Bread
I've been so into Nutella lately, and I had over ripe banana so here we have it. Nutella Banana Bread - a delicious banana bread that's been swirled with rich and creamy Nutella! You're gonna want to look into this one. This actually turned out better than I even expected. At first glance I was a little unsure but oh my gosh, when I tasted this! It was SO GOOD. Nutella swirled banana bread is where it's at! Nutella is eaten with a spoon on a nightly basis in my house. I just … [Read more...]
Florida Lemon Cookies {Coconut, Walnuts and White Chocolate Chips}
I call these Florida Lemon Cookies because they taste like Florida and they were inspired in Florida! These are made with fresh lemon zest and juice, coconut, white chocolate chips and walnuts - they are so darn good! We visit my parents every year in Florida. It's such a fun trip - Raya LOVES to swim and loves the beach. Nora is just 14 months so she didn't care really, but she did love the sand and surprisingly, didn't stuff her mouth with it! Anyway, we went to the clubhouse for … [Read more...]