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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nutmeg Spice Cake with Rum Buttecream and Cinnamon Toffee Oh, my! This Cake! It’s amazing what some extra nutmeg will do to a spice cake! I loved it. This cake, with the toffee, took me two hours to make from start to finish. Start with baking the cake. While that’s in the oven, make the […]
Mint Chocolate Roll Cake – Day One – Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream My girlfriend put in a special request for her birthday cake – a Mint Chocolate Cake. What I gave her was even better! She LOVED this cake and was so thrilled to receive it. You see, she’s a Thanksgiving baby and hasn’t […]
Dutch Apple Pie with a Walnut Crust and drizzled with Goat Milk Caramel – a wonderful twist to a classic recipe. Today is my birthday and I’m celebrating with Pie here and Cake over on Pint Sized Baker. It’s the best of both worlds for me! hooray! It seems that a lot of people celebrate […]
Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake with Sugared Pepitas, Moravian Ginger Snaps, and Whipped Cream. I took that naked Pumpkin Cheesecake and dressed it up for a family dinner party. I added some candied pepitas, made some delicious whipped cream and use the extra Moravian Ginger Cookies to take this cheesecake to the decadent level! Adding these little […]
Homemade Caramel Apples – even better than the ones at the Fair! To go with the Apple Cider we made in the last post, we’re going to add some delicious caramel apples to the bunch! I used Granny Smith apples because I wanted the tart, crisp flavor to balance out the sweet caramel. They were […]
Chocolate Whiskey Cake – Day Two – Chocolate Whiskey Cake and Dulce de Leche Buttercream I was in Asheville, NC last week having a great time with 150 bloggers! It was a wonderful time of sharing ideas, learning new things, and eating new food. The Food Blog Forum was hosted by Foodtoipa, the Asheville tourism board, and […]
Grilled Apricot Ice Cream in Homemade Waffle Bowls Today is the 4th of July! Happy Birthday America! I hope everyone is celebrating today with The 3 F’s – friends, family, and food. We will be! I’ve got some scrumptious Apricot Ice Cream and Homemade Waffle Bowls just waiting for a meet up! Aren’t these just […]
Hi, I'm Karyn. I'm a busy Mom, but I still want to make decadent desserts that will impress. I've taken a three day approach to these decadent desserts. On Dieter’s Downfall, we’ll make a wonderful dessert over three days. My breakdown is intended for busy people who really, really want to make a stunning dessert for a dinner party, but feel like they can’t because of time. Follow along and make something spectacular! [Read More …]
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