Dessert

  • Cherry Cake with Cherry Buttercream Frosting

    I have another Valentine’s Day recipe.  This one is for dessert.  If you have the ingredients on hand, it’s easy to put this cake together. Warning:  It has a very cherry flavor, especially in the frosting.  If you don’t want… Continue reading

    Cherry Cake with Cherry Buttercream Frosting
  • Lumps of Coal – Christmas Making and Baking

    This recipe made its rounds on Facebook last December.  When I made it last year, the boys absolutely loved it. Today I made a batch, and the Wee One told me it was as good as last year.  Score! Lumps… Continue reading

    Lumps of Coal – Christmas Making and Baking
  • Pudding Fruit Dip

    About 15 years ago, my mother-in-law and father-in-law were on the Adkins diet.  They created a dip/ dessert that we used to eat with cut strawberries.  Their recipe contained sugar-free pudding.  Usually, the pudding was either cheesecake-flavored or white chocolate… Continue reading

    Pudding Fruit Dip
  • Pumpkin Pie Sheet Cake – Countdown to Thanksgiving

    I’ve been told stories of my grandpa and Uncle Corky loving pumpkin pies so much that their mom would bake extra pies just for them. Know-it-All is also a lover of pumpkin pies. He can eat them during the whole… Continue reading

    Pumpkin Pie Sheet Cake – Countdown to Thanksgiving
  • Creamy Fruit Salad – Countdown to Thanksgiving

    This delicious fruit salad is my own version of a delicious fruit salad that I get at one of my favorite butchers. Continue reading

    Creamy Fruit Salad – Countdown to Thanksgiving
  • Makes it own Crust Apple Pie

    Last week I found this recipe on This Week for Dinner’s website. I thought this was a genius idea because you don’t need to make a separate crust for the pie. I don’t know if I’ve attempted to make homemade… Continue reading

  • Easy Fudge

    Who doesn’t love fudge?!?  It’s rich and decadent.  Recently I found a recipe for an easy fudge that I decided I needed to try.  It is so easy to make and tastes yummy!  The best thing is that it only… Continue reading

  • Aunt Janet’s Pecan Tarts

    These pecan tarts invoke a lot of memories when I eat these.  I can remember going to her farm with my grandparents for family gatherings.  I can visualize food being laid out on the island in the kitchen or family members sitting outside eating dinner or sitting… Continue reading

  • Dirt pudding

    Last weekend, we went to the zoo and COSI (a science museum).  For a snack at both places, the Imaginative One tried dirt pudding.  He loved it because it had gummy worms, Oreos, and chocolate pudding.  Since he liked it,… Continue reading

    Dirt pudding
  • Grandma’s White Salad

    I have so many memories of this salad.  One of my best memories is when I worked at Walt Disney World in 1995.  My grandma sent me various family recipes so that I could have a little bit of home… Continue reading

    Grandma’s White Salad