Easter, baby showers, book club, St-Patrick’s Day, spring - regardless of the occasion, I LOVE baking with a theme.I’m terrible at making decisions. I think it’s a product of growing up with endless options but if I’m presented with too many options, it takes me ages to make up my mind. If 6PM rolls around and I haven’t figured out dinner plans, I’ll open up Grubhub and stare at ...
Halloween
Classy Black and Orange Halloween Cake
My favorite costume party every year is just around the corner so I'm getting ready with all sorts of festive treats. This year, I decided to forgo the ghoulish, spooky and haunted desserts for something a little more high brow. That's right, I made a classy halloween cake! A few years ago I made Halloween macarons. They were crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, everything ...
Spooky Halloween Bark
Guys, I’m not sure that I can put into words how excited I am for Halloween. Candy, costume parties and an excuse to dress up my dog in whatever I want? Pretty much my ideal day. Throw in some spooky halloween bark and I’m *emoji praise hands* all day long.I made a Halloween bark a few years ago and it was good. Really good. But my candy tastes have changed in the past two years so I knew ...
Peanut Butter Lover Ice Cream
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I love peanut butter. Okay, so that’s not much of a secret but why else would I make TWO separate treats in the last four months that have ‘peanut butter lover’ in the title? The popsicles were good but to be honest the chocolate peanut butter cups in this peanut butter lover ice cream make it my new favorite.I went a little wild in the candy ...
Maple Raisin Monster Cookies
There are two types of people in the world: people who plan, and people who react. I like to think I’m a planner, and most of the time I think I succeed at being a planner, but there are some months when life gets away from me and I need to react to events rather than stay one step ahead of them.This week, I had to react to Halloween. In all seriousness, I thought I had another ...
