After a recent hiatus from blogging, I have decided to turn my focus to my home life and my lifestyle pertaining to my diet. I’ve decided to make some changes. Some much needed changes in my outlook on life, on how I treat my body, and to realign my priorities. So, in the past the…
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Basil Poached Peaches with Lavender Creme Patissiere
To celebrate a good friend and coworker’s birthday I decided to share my newest experiment. So, today, my next peach inspired recipe is Basil and white wine poached fresh peaches with a lavender creme patissiere. These sweet and tangy peaches are covered in a sweet basil infused syrup, plated, and then topped with a dollop…
Brown Butter Peach Tart
When your mother gives you fresh peaches you put them to good use and make three different desserts. The first of the three is a brown butter peach tart. It has a sweet sugar crust and filled with fresh peaches and covered in a brown butter filling that bakes down to a fresh summer dessert….
Texas Sheet Cake
Per the boyfriend’s request, today’s recipe is one of my favorite guilty pleasures, Texas sheet cake. I normally pair it with a big tall glass of milk but today it was salted caramel ice cream. Cheers to another delicious chocolate homemade dessert. This moist cocoa based nutty dessert was baked in a large 12×18 inch…
Lemon Curd Sweet Rolls
These past few months I intended to throw myself back into my baking and blogging in my free time. Instead, it was consumed in much needed house projects , pets and family, and a new advancement in my career. So here’s to getting back to my blogging and having fun in the kitchen. Today I…
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
For an easy treat that was fun to create and always delicious here is a quick recipe for chocolate covered strawberries. Because I like to get the most out of my ingredients I used a whole 12oz bag of milk chocolate chips and two lbs of fresh washed strawberries. I added 1/2 Tbs vegetable oil…
Earl Gray Tea Infused Cake with Honey Buttercream
Because I try and be all impressive and fancy with my baking, every once in a while, here is a classy cake with a light flavor of Earl Grey tea, iced with a sweet honey buttercream and drizzled with organic honey. This is a two layer cake split into four layers. It made for a…
Giant Strawberry and Cream French Macarons
If you know me, you know I love everything about French Macarons. I found this recipe while I was looking for a new one to try, and having fresh strawberries in the fridge, I decided to make these sweet light desserts. These cookies are two large Macaron shells with homemade sweetened whipped cream and fresh…
Chocolate Dipped Madeleines
Another day off and another recipe tested. These cute and fancy little cakes I’ve made a few times and with a few different flavors. Quoting the boyfriend “perfect pairing with coffee.” These are dipped in semi sweet chocolate and sprinkled with crushed walnuts. These French Madeleines are a cocoa flavored base and dipped in chocolate…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Another family event ushers another morning in the kitchen. Today I decided to bring out one of my favorite recipes. I found this recipe looking online for something sweet a little over a year ago. Working at the hospital, they every so often have these peanut cup cookies in the cafeteria. I’ve over and over…
Potts Boiling Over 