This spiced blueberry bundt cake is like a mashup of a blueberry muffin and a cinnamon swirl bundt cake. I’d eat it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert! Spiced blueberry bundt cake is actually something I made/developed in probably 2021, and then misplaced the recipe I had written down. Two moves and three states later…
Raspberry tiramisu is a sweet and summery version of the classic, without eggs but creamy and full of tart and bright raspberry flavor. I had never experienced tiramisu until well into adulthood. I honestly didn’t have a desire to try it because I knew it was a coffee based dessert and I am not a…
Just like grabbing an orange creamsicle from the ice cream man, these orange creamsicle cookies will feel nostalgic but also just dang delicious. Sweet orange, vanilla and white chocolate chunks. I’m old enough that when I went to kindergarten, everyone just went for the whole day. In the afternoons we had a nap at school,…
These lemon sugar rolls are a soft yeasted lemon dough filled with a lemon sugar and drizzled with lemon glaze. A lemon lover’s dream! I love lemon. I love the smell, I love the flavor but especially lemon desserts. All citrus but there’s something about lemon. My Sweet & Tangy Lemon Scone Loaf is one…
These copycat cranberry bliss bars are a blondie base, with a orange cream cheese frosting and white chocolate chips and dried cranberries. Just like from your favorite coffee shop but maybe a little bit better and way more dessert for the amount spent. Believe it or not, I had never actually had one of Starbucks’…
Caramel apples to me seem sort of like a summer thing, but I think most people think of them as a fall flavor. Apple definitely is, and caramel I think is both fall and all season. However, this caramel apple cake feels very cozy and fall like. To get a strong apple flavor, I used…
What is a peach crisp? There are several desserts that are sort of similar and popular when it comes to summer fruit. There’s cobbler, crumbles and crisps. They are all a little similar and a little different. All three have a fruit base and then some sort of sweetened topping that has flour. A cobbler,…
I wasn’t sure what to call these buns. From my research, they appear to be very similar to a Czech Kolache or a Russian Vatrushka, however I have had neither. So I decided to call them cheesecake brioche buns, but they indeed were inspired by and I learned about the shaping from either/both. It just…
You know what makes these raspberries and cream cupcakes easy? They start with a box mix. Yes, even people who bake things from scratch use box mixes sometimes. I used to have people order my doctored up box mix cupcakes from me, knowing they were not completely scratch. Save yourself some time and headache, I…
December is cranberry season because fresh cranberries are harvested in the fall from September-November. What else is in season in the fall to winter? Citrus. So the pairing of orange and cranberry is peak perfect flavor. These cranberry orange sugar cookies are no different. Sugar cookies may evoke slightly different images in someone’s mind when…
This cinnamon apple focaccia is a dessert bread just asking to be made when the weather is cozy and you want all the warm spices and apple cider vibes. Focaccia is one of my favorite breads. It’s just the perfect combination of fluffy and soft but also the crisp edges. It’s also pretty simple to…
These lemon blackberry muffins are really an any season bake even if they feel like summer. Lemons are pretty easy to find anytime of year and the blackberries come from jam. Voila, middle of winter? You can still whip these up and it will feel like warmer months. Muffins are such a great bake because…
Maybe I’m wrong, but I feel like strawberry daiquiri is one of those alcoholic drinks that so many people try when they first start drinking. I remember being like 12 and seeing them in a restaurant and thinking wow that looks delicious! Then getting to order a virgin one and feeling sooo cOoL. That being…
When you think of cheesecake, I’m sure you think of a standard cream cheese cheesecake. They are delicious and the usual variety. I myself have several cream cheese cheesecake recipes on my site. This cheesecake though.. well it’s special. This is a mascarpone cheesecake with a cherry topping. A Rainier cherry topping at that. Mascarpone…
Despite the name, there is zero butter in this recipe. That may sound disappointing but trust me, peach butter is equally delicious without it’s dairy counterpart. What is fruit butter? Fruit butters are spread like jam or preserves that are mainly just fruit and sugar that have been cooked down. Preserves will have whole or…