This White Mountain Frosting Recipe is a bit more involved than your standard Buttercream…. but the results are worth it. You end up with a light and fluffy frosting that holds up well, and it tastes like Marshmallows! Use it to frost Chocolate Dipped Cupcakes, fill whoopie pies, or even fill the Chewy Chocolate Cookies.… […]
Baking recipes
Cheddar Dill Scones Recipe
We eat Dinner Salads in the Summer time, and Hearty Soups in the Winter… both meals just need that little extra “something” to make it feel like a complete meal (got to keep both hands busy!) A piece of bread is nice…fine… but… this Cheddar Dill Scones Recipe is fabulous. It feels like you went that […]
Berry and Lemon Curd Muffins
Oh my… Berry and Lemon Curd Muffins are good. I had a lot of lemon curd lying around (see… I made multiple batches when I was writing up the recipe.. and it’s really good, so I couldn’t see the point in stopping)… then I got some berries (ok, still not sure if these are boysenberries or […]
Easy Recipe Hot Cross Buns! A Not too Sweet Spring Treat!
This is an Easy Recipe! Hot Cross Buns makes a traditional treat for Good Friday, and are often served throughout the Easter Season (although I am firmly convinced they are good enough to serve year round….). The buns are soft, not too sweet, perfect with a cup of coffee to start your day. (Because I have […]
Halloween Chocolate Candy Molds- Fun Spooky Molds for Your Halloween Chocolate!
Vivian Silicone Halloween 3D Skull Head Cake Chocolate Fondant Candy Mold Mould Molding your own chocolates for Halloween is tons of fun! All you need is- 1. Halloween Chocolate Candy Molds 2. Chocolate (melted) That’s it! No fancy equipment or super knowledge required, and eating the results is quite satisfying. I love using the chocolates […]
Candied Kumquat Scones with Crystallized Ginger
A few days ago I started experimenting with Kumquats. My last recipe was all about Candied Kumquats (it’s pretty easy, all you need are Kumquats -naturally, Sugar and Water). So now I’ve got these Candied Kumquats… what do I do with them? Well, they are delicious over ice cream, and you can eat them plain, […]
Easy Honey Cake Recipe
The weather turned here, and it’s starting to get cooler (I think the summer here in the Bay Area lasts about 97 minutes…). Started thinking about Fall flavors, about food that warms and is comforting. I baked this easy Honey Cake recipe today. It made the house smell like heaven. And even though it […]
Best Blueberry Muffins Streusel Topping
Feels like I’ve been baking more than usual lately… going through my flour, sugar, butter and eggs much faster than I usually do. Yet… it seems like everything is vanishing! Where does it go? OH! I know! into the BEST Blueberry Muffins & Streusel Topping EVER! Of course, with the kids back in school, you’d think that […]
Lemon Raspberry Whoopie Pies
Blueberry Scones
Why Blueberry Scones? Woke up today with a full schedule… a good one, but lots to do. Company was coming, so it was a “hurry up! wedge that stuff into the closet and slam the door!” kind of morning (my sister-in-law is not a closet snooper… so we felt confident in our cleaning process). I […]