German Chocolate Cupcakes

Courtney and I went to a cupcake class at one of our favorite local restaurants called “Kneaders” where we got to make 3 different kinds of cupcakes and this was one of them.  Bob requested them for his birthday treat on Sunday.  It was a little bit challenging and it was time consuming too!  Their … Continue reading

Chocolate Pudding Dump Cake

My sister in law and her kids arrived last night for a quick visit so of course there had to be treats waiting for them so I made this cake which is somewhere between a brownie and a cake and is super tasty and couldn’t be any easier to make.  The recipe comes from a … Continue reading

White Chocolate Cupcakes with Truffle Filling

And now for my favorite part of any party or bridal shower as the case may be, the dessert!  These are a Pampered Chef recipe from their cookbook called “Chocolate” of course!  They were awesome, super sweet, just a warning and if that warning is coming from me then you know that they must be … Continue reading

Banana Brownie Bread

I love finding these recipes that just seem too simple and easy to be any good and of course they are awesome like this one for Banana Brownie Bread.  We had a couple of bananas in the fruit bowl that were just perfect for banana bread and while I was out looking at recipes online, … Continue reading

Almond Toffee Bars

Courtney and Jaren are coming over for dinner tonight before I take off for the week at Girls Camp and so there has to be treats!  (Any excuse really!)  These are from a blog called “Lil’ Luna” and although I haven’t eaten one yet, I can tell that they are going to be awesome, gooey … Continue reading

Chocolate Marble Cake

I got a little carried away with the icing so you can’t really see the marble but it’s in there!  My poor son in law Jaren has shingles, bummer!  I can’t really do much for him but cake makes everyone feel better, right?  So this little beauty was for him and my daughter said it … Continue reading

S’mores Cupcakes

Girls Camp is next week!  I’m in charge of the food so I’ve been working on that all last week and now this week too.  Last night we had our last camp activity before we actually head up to the mountains so I thought some S’mores Cupcakes were in order.  I got these cute little … Continue reading

College Graduation Chocolate Fondant Cake

Our friend Alecia graduated from UVU and got accepted to the U of U so her sister Whitney called and asked if we would make her a graduation cake.  We had visions of this looking like a mountain but it didn’t quite work out that way, it’s more of a very well defined plateau!  But … Continue reading

S’Mores Cake Pops

A neighbor called to ask if I could make treats for another neighbor’s future daughter in law’s wedding shower (did you follow that?) and of course I said yes then she told that the shower was going to be a camping shower and that all of the food was going to be on sticks!  So … Continue reading