Cakes and Pies

Apple Cinnamon Bundt Cake

Posted on Oct 8th, 2018

Yesterday a few of the girls got together to hang out, eat brunch, and do a puzzle. We all sipped pumpkin spice coffees and many of us wore flannels,…

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Berry Bundt Cake with Lemon Glaze

Posted on Jun 17th, 2019

Last week, my teacher friends and I got together and ate brunch outside in the Colorado sunshine. It was a gorgeous morning for mimosas and chit…

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cake

Posted on Jan 4th, 2019

The last couple months of 2018 really got away from me in terms of this blog. I had made a goal a few months back to try to post about all of the new…

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake

Posted on Oct 30th, 2016

I made this cheesecake for my fiance's birthday last weekend (and we are still recovering from the experience). A few weeks ago, he showed me a…

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Chocolate Chip Nutella Cheesecake

Posted on Aug 26th, 2020

After a little dip of my toes into cheesecakes of the mini variety, I knew it was time to travel back through the rabbit hole to the normal world,…

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Oreo Cake

Posted on Apr 16th, 2017

People: we must talk about this cake. I need to confess that I've eaten it for breakfast the past two days. I've also eaten it for dessert. And I…

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Cookie Butter Cake

Posted on Sep 15th, 2019

This cake happened entirely by accident, but hey, that's how some of the best things in life happen, right? Yesterday I set out to make Cookie Butter…

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Fruity Pebbles Cheesecake

Posted on Jun 11th, 2021

Another chapter of Cereal in my Sweets, a Memoir has been written: the Fruity Pebbles Cheesecake. It was about time I start putting cereal in…

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Funfetti Cake with Buttercream Frosting

Posted on Jan 16th, 2019

There was no reason for this cake to be made. I didn't know what I was going to do with it; we all know I can't keep an entire cake in my house; it…

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Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecakes

Posted on Jul 15th, 2020

Sometimes I get annoyed when mini desserts force their portion control ideals on to me, but there is one exception to that rule. Having my own…

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Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes

Posted on Aug 18th, 2020

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about some Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecakes, these creamy, silky little cheesecake cups topped with chocolate…

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Peanut Butter Dream Cheesecake

Posted on Dec 1st, 2020

Thanksgiving dessert this year consisted of a single cheesecake. Usually, days in advance of this holiday, I'm in my kitchen back home in Connecticut…

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Pineapple Upside Down Cheesecake

Posted on Jul 20th, 2016

I don't think I've celebrated a birthday with my older brother in over ten years. I vaguely remember going to a Brazilian meat-house with him for…

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S’mores Cake

Posted on Jun 23rd, 2020

I've really been having a lot of fun with my mini blowtorch lately. There's nothing like inventing a new s'mores dessert, topping it with some big,…

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Samoa Cookie Pie

Posted on Mar 27th, 2016

I was driving through town yesterday, when, from the passenger seat window, I spotted a group of Girl Scouts selling cookies in front of a…

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