When I was planning the menu for the bridal shower I hosted last week I knew there had to be at least one chocolate item on the menu. How can you have a party for a bunch of women and not have chocolate? Since it is the holidays I thought it would be nice if [...]
Candy Corn Cupcakes
Are you getting tired of me telling you how much I love candy corn yet? It really isn’t even so much the taste of candy corn – athough I do love that too but it’s just that candy corn is so cute! I have been waiting to share today’s recipe with you for a year [...]
Zucchini Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting
Never say never. In my brown sugar cupcake post I told you that I had promised Cali there would be no more cupcakes this summer – well I lied! I will admit, after all that wedding cupcake baking we did get a little burned out on cupcakes at our house. But when a friend shared [...]
Brown Sugar Cupcakes
Today’s cupcake post is the last one for a while. I promised Cali I wouldn’t make any more cupcakes the rest of the summer. Well, we’ll see. I have several more recipes in my files that some of you have given me as well as a few other friends and I am anxious to try [...]
Cake Pop Surprise
Just a quick post today while I recover from my 1,600 mile road trip. We just returned from our drive to and from Utah for Logan’s college graduation. We brought back two of the college students home with us – yeah! I’ll share a little about graduation tomorrow after I get a little sleep and [...]
Lemon Cake Balls
As an avid reader of Pioneer Woman and Bakerella I have been seeing a lot about cake balls lately. Even my friend Sherra was telling me about them. So when I had to take dessert to my Crafty Ladies night I decided I needed to give them a try. Cake balls can be made with any flavor [...]
Lemon Sour Cream Pie
I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Easter weekend. We enjoyed the day at church and then dinner with friends. There was so much yummy food. I am excited to share some of the great new recipes with you in the next few weeks – after a few more lemon recipes! But first, if today’s [...]
Dulce de Leche and Apples
Last week I was talking with my good friend Deb who lives in Michigan. Deb is an amazing cook. She was having dinner guests that evening and was describing the menu to me – if Deb was making it I knew it would be good. So of course I asked for the recipes. My parents [...]
Happy Birthday to Me! Caramel Cake
Today is my birthday! I’m not telling you how old I am but I will give you a hint – next year is a very BIG birthday for me!!! Here I am on my first birthday – aren’t I a cutie! One thing I learned, years ago, to assure a happy birthday is to just [...]





















