Hi Lindsey, Please help! We’ve been invited to my sister-in-law’s for Christmas and there will be 21 adults plus many kids running around. I’m supposed to bring dessert. I am hoping you can give me some good ideas for easily transportable desserts….I love your peppermint bark brownies idea so that will probably be one of […]
Eggnog Creme Cookie Sandwiches with Eggnog Buttercream
This time of year brings memories of my Grandma Maxie and her Christmas cookies. She was a fabulous cook and baker. I still remember her hands, speckled with age spots and knuckles swollen with the beginnings of arthritis, spooning out dough onto a baking sheet. My grandmother and my mother would make spritz cookies when […]
Holiday Q+A: Make Ahead Breakfast Ideas
Scene: It’s 6:00 am Christmas morning. The kids didn’t fall asleep until midnight. You were up late fighting about discussing the assembly of the new toy kitchen with your spouse. Then you still had to put out the presents and fill the stockings. You’ve only slept for what seems minutes instead of hours. The kids have […]
A Cake for Colby and Chelsea.
When I finish a big project, like a wedding cake, I am always relieved and sad for it to be finished. It’s funny to get attached to something like a cake. I feel almost protective over it, like it’s another child that I’m sending off into the unknown. What if they didn’t like it? The […]
Sometimes I Bake Wedding Cakes.
In January, I made a wedding cake for these two lovely people. Meet Samantha and Chas Kelly. Even if I wasn’t related to them (by marriage) I would love and claim them as my own. (Sam is an amazing artist, by the way. She has an Etsy shop called Can You Hear Me? You should […]
Communal Giveaway Winner.
Congratulations to Jordan and Jandee. They won the $25 gift certificate to Communal. Thanks everyone for entering. I wish I could give one to you all. One day when I’m rich and famous, I just might. :)
Last Chance…
Don’t forget to enter the giveaway for the $25 gift card to Communal. You have until 10:00 PM Mountain Standard Time. Come on, you know you wanna. Click here to leave your comment. (image via communalrestaurant.blogspot.com)
Holiday Party Questions.
How many parties have you already been invited to this holiday season? Have you been assigned to bring something and have no idea what to take? Do you need an idea for a hostess gift for your sister-in-law who has everything? Can’t come up with a menu plan to feed 50? E-mail me. I’m more […]
Corn+Leek Chowder
Baby, it’s freezing cold outside. Here in Utah we’ve had more snow already this year than I remember having all of last year. Okay, I’m exaggerating just a bit. I am longing for the sun. That is no exaggeration. I go through these phases when I love certain veggies or fruits. I use them in […]
Orange-Almond Cake with Grand Marnier Buttercream
Hello again, dear friends. I’m so happy to be back and I thank all of you for your kind comments and e-mails welcoming me back. Thanksgiving Day happened to be Aunt Khalie’s birthday. I simply had to make her a cake to go along with all that pie on the menu. I went with Dorie […]
