Delicious Homemade Cookies As Gifts

Cookies are one of the best gifts and are appropriate for any occasion.  In fact cookies are becoming almost as popular as chocolates as gifts.  You can see the trend judging by the number of beautifully boxed cookies displayed in stores and web sites. 
If you are looking for a great gift and you love baking, [...]

Dark and White Chocolate Chunk and Ginger Cookies

Have you ever walked into a house in which cookies are baking in the oven or the cookies have just finished baking?  The aroma, your curiosity and the promise of a cookie draw you closer and closer.  When you see the cookies, you have to have one and one more if you’re allowed.  The power [...]

White Chocolate, Cranberry, and Macadamia Nut Cookies

These are one of my favorites to bake.  Each year as Thanksgiving is approaching; I always want to make something with cranberries.  I love the cranberry red; I would swap out my summer cushion covers for my cranberry red cushion covers; I would wear Bobbi Brown Lip Sheer in Cranberry.  This recipe is a hit [...]

Sweet Orange Loaf

“You can mix an amazing variety of cakes in a saucepan, without any bowls or mess.  The cakes have moist textures, and fruit is plump and succulent.  There’s even a sweet bonus – less washing up to do.” 
In the tradition of easy cake recipes, here is a recipe that illustrates my idea of easy cake [...]

Peach Clafouti – A Delightful And Simple Dessert

Guests for dinner tonight?  Pressed for time? No idea for dessert?
Here is your answer!  Make a clafouti!
“Make a what?” you ask.
A clafouti sometimes spelled clafoutis is a simple baked French dessert consists of a pancake batter and poured over fruit (traditionally cherries) and baked.  It originates from the town of Limousin in France.  Hey, if [...]

Dutch Baby – A Wonderful Breakfast or Brunch Treat

My son came home from a sleepover at a friend’s house and told me that he had Dutch Baby for breakfast.  I had not heard of Dutch Baby before.  So I asked him to describe it.  He said “it’s a pancake but not a pancake because it was all cooked in the oven”.  I wanted [...]

Cupcake Frosting – Cream Cheese

My family’s and friends’ eyes lit up as I brought out a plate of these cupcakes with their simple cream cheese frosting and their equally simple yet delightfully tempting decorations. 
I’m mad about The Australian Women’s’ Weekly cookbooks and their recipes.  In the covers of everyone of these cookbooks boast this statement “…where every single recipe [...]

Cupcake Frosting – Easy Whipped Cream

Cupcakes are usually associated with children but offer a plateful to grown adults and you’re sure to see their faces light up.  Cupcakes definitely appeal to every generation.  Although cupcakes may be served plain, it is the frosting/icing that makes cupcakes.  Whether it is a thick smear of cream cheese icing or the intricately decorated [...]

The Secret to Delicious Home Made Chocolate Chip Cookies in 20 Minutes

The word ‘cookie’ appears to come from the Dutch word “koekje or koekie” and refers to a small cake.  Cookies are one of the fastest and easiest things to make.  They come in many different shapes, sizes textures and flavors.  Cookies are now eaten any time of the day – coffee/tea breaks, as a snack, [...]

Easy Cake Recipes – Introduction

One problem facing the modern home cook is finding recipes that are quick and easy to make and at the same time taste and smell delicious.  The solution is to use easy cake recipes that are simple and quick, leaving you time to enjoy your life outside of the kitchen and still have that delicious [...]