for the love of creating
when i first tried my aunt’s cheesecake, it was love at first bite. my aunt and i share the same chocolaty sweet tooth, so it was not a huge surprise that this cheesecake is pure awesomeness. i cannot even begin to describe how perfect this …
thanksgiving week is upon us! tom and i have a lot to be thankful for; we have been very blessed in this crazy whirlwind of a year. this thursday, we’ll be thinking of our family in michigan and most definitely missing them. tradition is something …
i had a hankering for oreos. and cupcakes. enter these dandies. they’re wonderfully moist and have oreos busting out of them at the seams. not that cupcake liners have seams, but you can catch my drift. 🙂 i was able to fill the cupcakes using …
hi, my name is jess and i am a chocoholic. (hi, jess) i’ll take chocolate pretty much anyway that i can get it. i made up a batch of these cupcakes for a superbowl party this weekend. with all of the junkfood available for consumption, …
welcome to thanksgiving dinner, 2010! we’re going to start with dessert first… caramel macchiato cheesecake is just like my favorite starbucks drink, but better because it is in cheesecake form! this cheesecake is best served chilled. you might want to make two, because there won’t …
photo on left, courtesy of edward john photography. photo on the right, courtesy of tom. one week ago today i celebrated one awesome year of marriage with my amazing husband. this year has been quite a ride for us and i’m looking forward to many, …
being a good deer hunter’s widow, i want to make sure that my hubby gets a good breakfast when he goes out hunting for the day. being like any sane person, i don’t want to get up at 3 a.m. to make my hubby breakfast. …
i have a dear sister who is part pirate, part mexican and 100% awesome. it’s her birthday this wednesday and i got the honor of making her a birthday dessert. her first requirement was that she wanted cupcakes. (little did she know that her …
a few years ago i asked tom what kind of birthday cake he wanted. he said he wanted something with chocolate pudding filling. this cake is dense and fudgey, it also has ripples of chocolatey pudding goodness throughout. it got tom’s vote and we’ve had …
so this guy named paul often comes over to our apartment and more times than not, raids the mountain dew in the fridge. it was paul’s birthday last week and to celebrate, i made up a batch of mountain dew cupcakes. i thought it was …