Who am I do totally impose all on your Thanksgiving menu planning with a cake recipe less than a week before the big holiday?? I know, what kind of event planner and entertainer am I, but dessert is often the last thing to think about or often times is left up for guests to potluck…
Homemade Pumpkin Spice Blend
Fall is definitely here for good, and I’m only saying it because I gave in and actually decorated with some pumpkins. Naturally they’re all the prettiest mini white ones or lovely gray hues, but they’re still pumpkins, and the extent of what I’ll decorate for fall. I’ve been slow to get into the Autumn mood,…
Browned Butter & Whiskey Banana Bread with Coconut
Banana Bread is a must in Fall, especially when it’s made with browned butter, whiskey & coconut!
Individual Autumn Pies : Maple Brown Sugar Apple & Pear, Grape, Plum
I’ve coined these my version of a cupcake, because it might surprise you that I don’t really like cupcakes. It’s a frosting thing, I just don’t enjoy it. I’d rather have the fluffy moist cake on its own, sans the butter and sugar. But pie, yes, that is my thing. And the most adorable way…
Brown Sugar Fig Ice Cream
Delicate and silky fig preserves blend with richly comforting brown sugar for a late summer, and early fall, ice cream bliss… When figs are around it’s as if we’re experiencing a rarity like Halley’s Comet. Especially for us lovers who live in regions where this fancy fruit isn’t common, when we spot them, we flock and…
Salted Ale Caramel Apple Pie
It’s been pretty busy around these parts. I feel like the holidays usually are, but they’ve been even more so for me this year. Between starting to work on a few handmade holiday gifts, actually shopping for others, finalizing decor for a winter wonderland party, and baking lots of cookie for gifts boxes, oh and…
Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingerbread Cookie Crust
I finally hit my seasonal pumpkin kick. Who isn’t right? Pumpkin recipes are everywhere, some may want a break from it, but this is the season to really enjoy the freshest pumpkin flavors, and I’m definitely enjoying them right now. Lately I’ve been in a cheesecake baking mood, maybe it’s because I haven’t made in quite some time,…
Bourbon Ice Cream w. Maple Roasted Apples
Every Fall I make a signature seasonal ice cream flavor. Last year it involved Caramel Apples and Cheesecake, and the year before that, Chocolate Pumpkin Chai. The weather was just perfect here in New Jersey last week, perfect for apple picking! And it’s exactly what J and I did Saturday afternoon, so of course apples were again the inspiration…
Slab Apple Pie
Fall has set in here on the east coast. While today is warm, and the weather makes you feel like a changing season is upon us, it is unlike spring, were warm weather is welcomed. There has been this eeriness, that only comes around Fall. It’s no wonder Halloween fall during this season. I don’t…
Friday Favorites
This week was filled with creativity. It actually went by slow but felt satisfying. I think that comes in part from my monthly goal of appreciating each moment and remembering to be grateful each day. This gratitude challenge has made me more mindful of each moment, task, and action. And I’ve seen such an increase in my mood, even…