It’s almost Halloween!! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I hate being scared, but I love costumes and dressing up (and candy!) so these Red Velvet Cupcakes are dressed up in their bloody best, complete with edible hatchets, cleavers, and butcher knives!! I’ve never […]

I know what you’re thinking. Bread is hard work. Bread takes too much time. Bread requires commitment. You’re right. Bread is all of these things. Bread is hard work, but there are ways to make it much easier. It takes time, but much of that […]

When I’m out at a restaurant and they bring the dessert menu, there is one dessert that will get me every time. I am powerless against it. It doesn’t matter how full I already am, I can’t resist the irresistible pull of luscious, sweet custard […]

Get ready for the easiest, yet still impressive dessert you need to add to your repertoire TODAY! You won’t believe how delicious and simple these are with minimal prep and just a few ingredients! They taste like a lime curd filling, but are so much […]

I’m Baaaaaack!! It’s been such a hot summer that I haven’t had the urge to bake at all. I thought about making ice cream or some No-Bake desserts, but after days of working outside in the hot Florida sun, my couch definitely claimed me more […]

There may not be a ton of “fun” things about tightening up your budget, but one of the side effects of trying to use up everything that’s already in your pantry is that you end up with ideas that you may not ever have thought […]

Does this ever happen to you? You have one banana…just one, single, sad, solitary banana that is getting too ripe for anything but baking, but all the banana bread recipes you have call for 3 bananas. Full disclosure, I loathe bananas, and my little girl […]

Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. Sometimes it is also the mother of what I’m baking next! I just recently made the decision that I didn’t actually need to do my own shopping now that there are things like Shipt and Instacart in the […]

If you’re anything like me, there are just some days where you NEED chocolate cake and you need it as soon as possible. The solution? The easiest chocolate cake you’ll ever need. It’s extremely pantry friendly, and mixes up easily by hand with minimal dishes […]

This week, I tackled one of my big baking blocks. Every time I’ve read a recipe for brioche, I’ve shied away. The instructions are so specific, and that overnight rise takes a lot of pre-planning. Now that I’ve done it once, I can safely say […]