sweet recipes

There is something so satisfying about the sweet, tangy, rich texture of a good cheesecake. The luscious creaminess paired with the crumbly cookie crust is a thing of sheer beauty.  Which brings us to this week’s muffin – Cheesecake Muffins.

This muffin is the perfect marriage of …

Tart yet sweet, blueberry mint lemonade ice pops are a refreshing summer treat. I have been lucky enough to have a continuous abundance of delicious blueberries stocked in my fridge all summer long. They have turned into fantastic tarts, fluffy muffins and now ice cold treats. The blueberries help to balance out the sour punch …

The recipe for this week’s Muffin Mondays was Rum Raisin Muffins. Upon seeing this I instantly thought  rum – mmm piña coladas! The original recipe calls for rum soaked raisins, but seeing as I despise raisins I decided to substitute rum soaked pineapples in their place. Throw in a little toasted coconut and a little …

Let me start by admitting that I don’t love chocolate or peanut butter. Yes, it is true (please don’t hate me).  I don’t dislike chocolate or peanut butter, I just don’t love them.  I will gladly devour a decadently rich chocolate cake with pleasure and a simple pb sandwich is comforting and satisfying to me, …

After reading so many delectable Monday Muffins posts from fellow bloggers I knew I had to join the fun. As fate would have it, for my first Muffin Monday the recipe is Doughnut Muffins. Fitting wouldn’t you say?

Being a doughnut fiend I was eager to bake (and consume) …

I baked an ube cheesecake yesterday. A whole ube cheesecake. There isn’t a birthday party, office party or any sort of celebration coming up that would need such a cheesecake, but I went ahead and baked it anyways.  You see sometimes I just like to bake because there is something so soul-satisfying about spending the …

I’ve been in a baking dry spell lately. I don’t seem to have the time or energy to get myself into the kitchen to do the thing I love most – or second most (eating is first) -baking.  And then the rain hit L.A. It was so cold and dreary I decided to search my …

Boy was it a hot one out today! So hot you can’t move, you can’t think and yet I somehow managed to bake, but that is another story all together. The one thing that really gets me through these hot hot summer days is an ice …

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