Smoky Chocolate Cake

A basic Chocolate Cake flavored with smoked chocolate and spiked with whisky. The perfect combination!

Smoked Chocolate Whisky Cake – Day Two – Smoky Chocolate Cake I was so in love with this smoky chocolate cake. My husband loved this cake, and so did the teachers at my daughter’s school. While I was in California, I stopped into a Dean and Deluca and found a jar of Smoked Chocolate Chips. […]

Chocolate Whisky Balls

Easy to make Whisky Balls are just like Rum Balls, but so much better! Make 'em today.

Smoked Chocolate Whisky Cake – Day One – Chocolate Whisky Balls Recipe I am back baby! After this long winter, being unmotivated, uninspired, and basically lazy, I’ve made a great dessert combination for you. This Smoked Chocolate Whisky Cake with Chocolate Frosting, and Chocolate Whisky Balls is the perfect guy’s treat! Everyone is going to […]

Photography Basics – Caribbean Cruise

Photography Basics - Wide Angle lens, fast shutter speed, and low ISO are key to landscapes in bright light.

Photography Basics learned while on a Caribbean Cruise Back in January, I went on my first cruise! It was an amazing cruise put on by Click Blogger Retreat and sponsored by Today’s Mama and Royal Caribbean. The entire focus of the retreat was to work with professional photographers to gain a better understanding of our […]

Amaretto Hot Chocolate Floats

Amaretto Ice Cream Hot Chocolate Float. I think I've gone to dessert heaven! from #DietersDownfall

Amaretto Ice Cream Hot Chocolate Floats Oh lordy! I totally blew my diet and my entire weeks worth of yoga with these Amaretto Hot Chocolate Floats! They were just amazing and I couldn’t just toss it.  All that yummy amaretto ice cream covered in real hot chocolate, fresh whipped cream and amaretto pecans. It was […]

Amaretto Ice Cream

This Amaretto Ice Cream stays at the perfect consistency. The alcohol keeps the ice cream on the softer side giving it more of a Gelato feel.

Amaretto Hot Chocolate Float – Day Two – Amaretto Ice Cream Recipe This is some of the BEST ice cream I’ve ever made! EVER! I absolutely love this Amaretto Ice Cream with chocolate fudge swirls, mini chocolate chips and Amaretto pecans and I am so stoked that I actually still have some in my freezer! […]

Amaretto Pecans

Pecans in sticky Amaretto glaze! Perfect for an ice cream topping.

Amaretto Hot Chocolate Float – Day One – Stove-Top Amaretto Pecans This week I needed something chocolaty! I also wanted some ice cream in a bad way! I’ve had this idea of Amaretto Ice Cream for some time, but wasn’t sure what to pair it with. I finally came with the idea of a Hot […]

Hummingbird Cake

I'm gonna make this three tiered Hummingbird Cake decorated with dried Pineapple Flowers .

Hummingbird Cake with Pineapple Frosting and dried Pineapple Flower decorations I love everything about this Hummingbird cake! First of all, it’s full of pineapple chunks, bananas, and walnuts! Then it’s covered in a sweet and yummy pineapple frosting and decorated with dried pineapple flowers. The entire cake is just stunning if I do say so […]

Pineapple Frosting

This delicious Pineapple Frosting is perfectly sweet! from #DietersDownfall

Hummingbird Cake – Day two – Pineapple Frosting Frosting should be quick and easy. It should also be a sweet and delicious topping for cakes and cupcakes, and sometimes brownies, cinnamon buns, and cookies. This is a perfect frosting that you can use in various ways. I love a fruity frosting just as much as […]

Dehydrated Pineapple Flowers

Get the tutorial on how to make these double layers Pineapple Flowers from #DietersDownfall.

Hummingbird Cake – Day One – How to Make Dehydrated Pineapple Flowers This week I’m in a tropical mood from my Caribbean Cruise! I came home last week and I was thinking of a chocolate dessert but I just wasn’t feeling it… Then I was thinking of something with grapefruit… but again, I just wasn’t […]

New Year’s Eve No-Bake Treats

Chocolate covered Oreos - Fortune Cookies dipped and sprinkled - Strawberry Champagne Jello Shots. from #DietersDownfall

 New Year’s Eve No Bake Treats – Chocolate Dipped Fortune Cookies Whoa! New Year’s Eve has snuck up on me. Of course I would get sick the day after Christmas and fall behind scheduled. However, I guess that if I had to get sick, this would be the optimal time to do so. These No-Bake […]