"It's all about the recipe!"
I love muffins and I love all things coconut! I can’t think of anything better on a cool Sunday morning than a warm coconut muffin, a latte, some social media, something to read, jammies, and fluffy slippers. This recipe makes…
Hmpfff. I just got through looking at the two hundred and seventeen pictures of a recent bride’s Hawaiian honeymoon. As one of her friends commented, “The envy hurts“! I went to Hawaii once. I did. It was with my kids’…
The Drunken Monkey Cake—my third cake from All Cakes Considered by Melissa Gray. The directions were bothersome again, but I (mostly) made it as directed the first time 😉 This recipe resulted in a cake that was too moist (probably too…
Banoffee Pie! You’ve heard of it, right? Toffee, bananas and coffee flavored cream in a pastry crust? There are more to British desserts than Trifle, Spotted Dick, and Sticky Toffee Pudding, you know! This pie took the British Isles by…
This is a lovely, moist banana cake with a crunchy, cinnamon-y, chocolate chip-y topping. I reduced the amount of sugar in the original recipe from ¾ cup to 2/3 cup and eliminated the streusel layer in the center since the topping has both brown sugar…
I’m pretty sure I was one of the first people ever to taste a smoothie 🙂 There was a smoothie man on campus at San Diego State University in 1976. He had a blender, fresh pineapple, fresh bananas, and a…
This is my kids’ favorite, so perhaps I should call it a snack cake rather than a coffeecake. Anyway, I made one this morning, and it was gone in flash. Whatever you call it, it’s baked in a 9x9x2″ pan,…
