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Caribbean Rum Cake

Caribbean Rum Cake has a soft, tender crumb, delightful rummy flavor, and billowy coconut cream topping. It’s a slice of paradise! Hi friends, – it’s been a while! I took an unintentional break from blogging…

Compost Cookies (to Satisfy Every Craving!)

Compost Cookies® are loaded with all kinds of sweet and salty snacks. Adapted from Milk Bar’s famous recipe, this version has peanut-ty flavor. Compost Cookies. I think we can all agree that it’s not the…

Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cake

This Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cake is a true southern favorite. Moist and flavorful, it’s topped with rich peanut butter glaze. I served this cake at our Mother’s Day brunch this year. After the first…

Peach Bellini Cupcakes

Peach Bellini Cupcakes are studded with diced fresh peaches, filled with champagne pastry cream, and topped with swirls of fluffy peach buttercream. Cheers! Peach season is almost here, and I was lucky enough to get…

Croissant Bread Pudding with Chocolate Sauce

Serve this versatile Croissant Bread Pudding with Chocolate Sauce for breakfast, brunch, or dessert! It’s everything you love about croissants and chocolate, in one decadent dish. This Croissant Bread Pudding has recently become a favorite…

Strawberry Lemon Layer Cake

This Strawberry Lemon Layer Cake is bright, zesty, and totally spring-appropriate! Alternating lemon and strawberry sponge cakes are layered with buttercream and crushed Sconza Lemoncello Chocolate Almonds. Mother’s Day is on the horizon, and my…

Zebra Layer Cake

Slice this showstopping Zebra Layer Cake to reveal chocolate and vanilla stripes inside. The marbling technique is surprisingly easy to master, and I’ll show you how! It was around 2012 when I first saw Zebra…

Candy Easter Egg (Breakable Bash Egg)

This Candy Easter Egg holds a sweet surprise inside! Crack open its edible shell to find more candy to share and enjoy! It’s been a while since I’ve made something just for fun, and what…

Honey Lollipops (on Honey Wands!)

This recipe for Honey Lollipops uses honey dippers in place of ordinary lollipop sticks. They work double duty as sweet treats and keepsake favors for weddings, baby showers, and more! I first had the idea…

Oreo Cupcakes

These party-perfect Oreo Cupcakes belong at any happy occasion! The cakes are made with rich, black cocoa powder and they’re topped with the best Cookies and Cream buttercream, ever! As the baker and recipe blogger…