By using the cold-oven method, this decadent cream cheese pound cake has just the right crust- not too thick or crunchy, just delightfully caramelized and perfect for dusting with powdered sugar or drizzling with fruit sauce. This pound cake is gorgeous and versatile, perfect for any occasion or season! Bonus points for a pretty pan,...
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Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Whether it be for Easter or Mother's Day, a birthday party or a random Tuesday treat, these Carrot Cake Cupcakes are perfectly moist and flavor-packed. Topped with cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with chopped toasted pecans? Your friends and family will be begging for more. Or don't share them and just give yourself a treat...
Homemade Pita Bread
Homemade Pita Bread is an easy yet impressive recipe that only requires a few pantry ingredients. In addition to tasting so much better than store bought, they're so fun to watch puffing up in the oven! Tips for achieving a perfect "pocket"- Making homemade pita bread is really quite easy. Don't feel intimidated. The most...
Sourdough Focaccia
Focaccia is a flat Italian loaf bread that is great for sandwiches, pizza, or just cut into breadsticks. It's fun to add in different herbs and ingredients to change things up too, such as rosemary, thyme, olives, cherry tomatoes, or anything you like. When we lived in Italy, we enjoyed a lot of focaccia style...
Honey Cornbread
This cornbread recipe is absolutely not Southern, nor did I intend it to be. This honey cornbread is moist, a bit sweet, with just enough texture to maintain its cornbread status without being too dense or crumbly. It is the perfect accompaniment to spicy chili, stews, etc. Let's talk ingredients. After testing this recipe more...
Blueberry Swirl Cheesecake
Perfectly smooth, creamy vanilla cheesecake with a lovely and delicate blueberry filling layer, topped with blueberry swirls and served with blueberry sauce. Not too sweet, not too rich, and no cracks! This is my foolproof method for perfect cheesecake, complete with step-by-step photos and a little video too. Blueberries inside and on top. The first...
White Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Filling + White Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream
This white chocolate cake is my favorite white cake recipe. The white chocolate adds a bit of flavor that I find lacking in most white cake recipes. It's a match made in heaven with a tart raspberry filling and an insanely creamy white chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Let's talk Cake. This white chocolate cake is...
Linzer Cookies
Buttery and tender, delicate yet festive. These perfect Linzer Cookies strike the right balance between the sweet but subtle almond-flavor and the tartness of the berry jam. A holiday favorite to enjoy year after year. C is for cookie... The cookies that make up these linzer cookie sandwiches are SOO good. Perfectly delicate and buttery....
Mixed Berry Crumb Cake
Let's talk about berries... It may be winter here right now, but that doesn't mean that berries aren't on the menu. Frozen berries works great in this recipe, so you can enjoy moist, berry-studded coffee cake year-round. I prefer a combination of tart Michigan cherries, blueberries, and raspberries, but you can use as many or...
Pumpkin Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
These super soft cinnamon rolls combine the slightly tangy flavor one expects from sourdough with the comforting blend of pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg to create an epic cinnamon roll worthy of Christmas morning, or any day. Add a little bit of commercial yeast... If you've baked a lot of sourdough, you probably don't very often...