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Honey Pistachio Cake with Honey Cream

honey pistachio cake with honey cream recipe

Thank you very much for the nice comments on my last post. My son's elbow is doing better. He was supposed to get a plaster cast yesterday, but it is still too swollen, so were aiming for Monday. He is is less pain, but he needs to take it easy, and that is proving to be more difficult than anything. I seem to be on a simple cake kick. I recently posted a Chocolate Yogurt Cake, and have been making Raspberry Buckle a lot lately. This cake caught my eye in this month's issue of Better Homes … [Read more...]

Banana Cake with Vanilla Bean Frosting

banana cake with vanilla bean frosting recipe

I know that it is the first of the year, and I am supposed to be posting a healthy recipe or a recap of 2011, but I am not really in the mood to do that.  I am going to go in a different direction.  I love the idea of a new year.  The idea of a fresh start has always appealed to me.  I believe that a new year means a chance to put the past behind us and start clean.  In that regard, I understand why people jump on the diet bandwagon and purge their homes.  The part that I don't buy, is … [Read more...]

Maple Cheesecake

maple cheesecake recipe

This maple cheesecake is a nice departure from the pumpkin cheesecake that graces most Thanksgiving tables.  No doubt, pumpkin cheesecake is delicious, but this maple version is truly something special.  I made it for a party that I had at my house, and everyone raved about this cheesecake.  They could not exactly put their finger on what the flavoring was, which is good, because sometimes maple can be incredibly overpowering.  This is delicate, creamy, and rich.  I found these cool … [Read more...]

Guiness Gingerbread [Week 4 of 12 Weeks of Christmas]

guiness gingerbread recipe

Tomorrow my best friend in the entire world and her husband are coming for a visit.  I am so excited, I can barely contain myself.  We do not get to see each often enough, we talk on the phone almost every day, so we know the ins and outs of each others lives, but there is nothing like being in the same room together.  We have a crazy day tomorrow, field trips, parent-teacher conferences, Daisies, and I was trying to get a head start on dinner.  I want them to get here, and have everything … [Read more...]

Pumpkin Poundcake with Cinnamon Glaze

pumpkin poundcake with cinnamon glaze

I am over at The Creative Mama today sharing a recipe for Pumpkin Poundcake with Cinnamon Glaze.  Come on over and say hello! Happy Monday, Bree … [Read more...]