Chai Cake with Orange Curd and Cinnamon Frosting
I drink chai at all times of the year, but the warming blend of spices is a must for me in the winter months. This soft and fluffy cake is infused with a blend of [...]
Red Velvet Skillet Cookie
Skillet cookies are the perfect dessert for sharing, and red velvet is always a popular choice for Valentine’s Day. This recipe is basically a red velvet cake turned into a skillet cookie. It’s best eaten [...]
White Chocolate Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
Ever since I was a teenager, one of the most exciting things to me about the holidays was seeing the new Christmas Cookies magazine that Better Homes and Gardens releases every year. One of [...]
Bourbon Eggnog Muffins with Brown Sugar Streusel
Most people either love or hate eggnog. Personally I prefer thinner eggnog with extra nutmeg and a strong dose of Wild Turkey bourbon. I’ve tried to capture those holiday flavors in these muffins, with [...]
Maple Bourbon Pecan Caramel Rolls
There is nothing better in the cold months than warm cinnamon rolls straight from the oven. These caramel sticky rolls top that experience, with toasty pecans and thick, maple-bourbon flavored caramel. Though they have a [...]
Chocolate Chili Mini Bundt Cakes
In the colder months, I always want to eat things that are warming - soups, hot chocolate, baked goods that are full of spices. Hot chocolate favored with chili powder and cinnamon is [...]
Cinnamon Roll Banana Bread
I could hardly make it through this year without posting a banana bread recipe, could I? Somehow, this is actually the first banana bread I’ve baked all year. Layed with cinnamon roll filling and topped [...]
Cookies and Cream Snowballs
Today’s recipe is a cookie recipe, but it was a little hard to figure out what to call them! These types of cookies seem to go by at least a dozen names [...]
Irish Coffee Bread Pudding
I made this recipe for St. Patrick’s Day, looking to find a way to combine all of the flavors of an Irish coffee - whiskey, brown sugar, cream, and, of course, coffee - into a bread pudding. [...]
Cinnamon Matcha Hot Chocolate
My first introduction to Japanese confectionery was when my Japanese professor returned from a trip to visit her family and brought back nama yatsuhashi for the class. Yatsuhashi are a regional specialty of Kyoto and a traditional [...]