Chocolate Nutella “Naked” Cake

This was my contribution to the youth cake/dessert auction at church, I wanted to buy it back myself.  I also made these Chocolate Strawberry Waffle Cakes.  I didn’t see the ending bids but my husband Bob said that my three items went for around $100 so that’s pretty good I guess.  I need to make … Continue reading

Fondant Topper Cupcake Garden

We had a Spaghetti Dinner/Cake and Dessert Auction at church the other night to raise funds for the Young Women and Young Men’s camps and activities.  The older teenage girls referred to as the Laurels came over to my house a week and a half before and made all the fondant toppers for the cupcakes, … Continue reading

Crescent Layer Bars

Yes, yum x 1,000!!  Made these beauties for the girls at church, they were devoured!  One of the best things about this recipe is that you can use whatever flavor of chips you want and whatever nuts you like best. 1 (8 oz) can refrigerated crescent dinner rolls 1 cup white chocolate chips 1 cup … Continue reading

Cake Batter Blondies

I made these for a friend last week.  I sneaked a bite before taking them over, they were really good but really sweet and seemed like a treat that kids would enjoy which is a good thing because she has a bunch of little humans at her house. 1 box yellow or white cake mix … Continue reading

Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treats

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it or not but we have a new puppy at our house, he is a Pembroke Corgi and his name is Finnegan but we call him Finn and I truly believe that he is the cutest puppy on the planet, see for yourself: Right?  So I decided to make … Continue reading

Copycat Swig Sugar Cookies

Soda shops are all the rage here where I live.  There are many different ones but my favorite is Sodalicious because my two good friends started it and my daughter Courtney manages their original location and because truly it is the best soda shop, their customer service can’t be beat!  Swig is another one and … Continue reading

Cinnamon Waffle Cookies

Cookies for a sweet friend who just had a baby, I doubled the recipe so that I could take them a bunch and still have some left over for us, they are just as yummy as they look. cookies 1/2 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 3/4 cup flour … Continue reading

Chocolate Chip Pizza

Made a couple of these for an activity with the Young Women at church last night and lucky for us there were a few pieces left over and they were scrumptious!  That is all. 1 (11 oz) refrigerated thin crust pizza dough 1 (15.25 oz) yellow cake mix 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted 1 … Continue reading

Polka Dot Fondant Birthday Cake

Fun little get together the other night at the church with all the ladies to celebrate the Relief Society’s birthday and they asked if I would make a cake with the theme of polka dots so I happily said yes.  I decided to mix it up just a bit so each level of the cake … Continue reading

Star Wars Dinner

My daughter Courtney and her husband Jaren had not seen the new Star Wars movie so after I bought it at Target I called to see if they wanted to come over to watch it and then decided to make a Star Wars dinner to go along with the movie. Up first we had Vader … Continue reading