This vanilla cake with festive sprinkles is absolutely one of my favorite cakes of all time. I’ve met a lot of cakes in my long cake-filled life (I’m partial to chocolate because, hey, it’s chocolate). However, this cake specifically is just something else. It literally translates to “Bride’s Cake”, and a lot of people call …
Tag: pastries
New Year’s Walnut Toffee
Happy Holidays, everyone! Christmas just passed… I’m officially excited for New Year’s Day! Are you? What are your plans for this lovely holiday? Will you spend it with family and friends? Will you spend it alone with your pets? I plan on dancing 2015 away with my tiny family while eating some festive empanadas and …
Holiday Triple Chocolate Orange Cookies
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas or whatever it is you celebrate during this festive time of year. Tonight, I come to you, my lovely blog readers, with a recipe that is not only festive but also incredibly chocolatey.These cookies are two of my favorite holiday flavors combined: oranges and chocolate! I mean, what’s more festive …
Celebration Almond Buttery Shortbread Cookies
Hello my lovely readers, I come to you today with a festively whimsy yet simple recipe that was inspired by an amazing banner (which I will reveal very soon) that my beautiful and talented cousin Amy made for me. My cousin Amy has always been this amazing figure in my life.
Guava Paste Cheesecake
I have been gone for too long but after a day of sick naps I am back. I am back and half revived. Not entirely because I still feel like I’m a zombie pony. But with my shades and a dim computer as migraine prevention, I am going to TYPE THIS RECIPE!
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Peanut butter is some kind of miraculous ingredient that makes everything better, isn’t it? I mean, I can’t get enough of it. As I was baking these cookies, I dipped some of the unwrapped kisses into the melted peanut butter and was immediately taken to a land of deliciousness. I suggest you try this when …
White Chocolate Reese's Cup Cookies
Hello my beautiful baking bunnies! In honor of discounted Easter candies, these decadently delicious cookies were created. I was inspired by hunger. There was nothing glamorous or magical about this inspiration. I was just plain ol’ hungry.
The Chocolate Toffee Deluxe Cookie Now With Pretzels
I’ve been wanting to shove pretzels into my cookies for the longest time. I’ve never wanted to be gentle about it. I’ve felt this desperate need to destroy pretzels and just throw them into cookie dough for a while now. I will experience no feelings of remorse when I do this. I will only …
Easy Peasy Vanilla Chocolate Chip Cake Recipe
There’s a story that goes with this recipe. About 4-5 years a go while I was living in Puerto Rico, my friend’s friend was selling some cream rolls. She had a vast variety of flavors but vanilla chocolate chip with cream filling one caught my fancy; I ordered two. The following week my friend brought …
Guava and Strawberry Topped Thumbprint Cookies
I hit 300 likes on Facebook today! Actually, 305 likes! This recipe was inspired by all of my fabulous friends who took the time to like and share my little nook on the Internet. You’re the best! If you were all mythical creatures you’d be the one you like the most.