Okay, so maybe I’m a little drunk. It’s just that this sweet and sour pomegranate wine from Morad Winery contains 13.5% alcohol and that is pretty darn strong! One glass and my voice is getting a bit louder. Two glasses and I am telling it like it is and grabbing some tushes. What? Nothing wrong with grabbing […]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Hi-Hat Cupcakes {Gluten Free}
Um, yeah, I went there. Rich chocolate cupcakes stuffed with peanut butter cups, topped with smooth peanut butter frosting, dipped in bittersweet chocolate and devoured! No gluten in sight but you would never know it!!! Well, your friends will never know it but you probably will since you made the cupcakes and you know the […]
Chocolate Star Surprise Cashew Cheesecake
I’m inspired! Completely inspired! First it was I Am Baker, the author of the Surprise Inside Cakes cookbook and originator of so many incredible surprise cakes, that made me want to bake my very own surprise cake. But when I saw this Rainbow Tie Dye Surprise Cake on one of my favorite websites of all […]
Pistachio Shortbread Cookies with Strawberry Preserves
On Wednesday, April 30th, I got to do something I thought I would never do and it was such an honor! I got to be a ‘participating restaurant’ at a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation called Gourmet Tasting for a Cure. No, I haven’t opened up a restaurant or a bakery (although opening […]
Stuffed Mini Peppers with Artichokes & Spinach Pesto
I’ve been a big fan of stuffing peppers for years but I’ve always worked with large bell peppers. They are great for dinner and always pretty when serving to guests but those peppers are so big that it’s hard to finish one stuffed pepper! There’s always some leftover that go in the garbage. I don’t […]
Watermelon Cantaloupe Mini Layer Cake
It’s that very special time of the year when we all celebrate my 31st birthday! Aren’t you excited?!?!? Â Just kidding. You don’t have to be excited but I sure am. I’ve always loved my birthday…I love cards, cake and presents! You would think I could remember to buy cards for everyone else’s birthday but somehow, […]
