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It’s National Strawberry Shortcake Day! You could certainly make a cake but I find those so hard to cut and store when making in advance. Some like a biscuit style shortcake which certainly has its place, but I like a sweeter cake. So having said all that, I decided the […]
It’s National strawberries and cream day! Why not kick off the holiday weekend with a taste of summer and these ice cream truck taste-a-like bites! True story — we ran an ice cream truck one summer so we wouldn’t have to get “real” jobs and it was great for two […]
Having grown up with the Tastykakes brand from Philadelphia, there was one treat in their lineup that was my favorite and it was called the Tandy Kake. The name was later changed to Kandy Kakes to avoid confusion with another brand on the market. They’re apparently their number one selling […]
Call them coffee cakes or crumb cakes, I just call them delicious! I’m from NY and one of my favorite bakery items were the crumb cakes with a 2/3 crumb to cake ratio. A lot of the bakeries would have more of a Danish pastry style bottom layer, but there […]
To celebrate National Chocolate Truffle Day I created the easiest three ingredient chocolate truffles. You can flavor them and add toppings (ok, that makes them five ingredients technically) and they can be made in minutes. It’s also a fun project to do with the kids while we’re all at home. […]
It’s National oatmeal cookie day! Notice it’s not oatmeal “raisin” cookie day. Although you can certainly make these with raisins, those normally have cinnamon and a different vibe than these epic cookies. I have a partner who hates raisins so I can’t use them. Ever. Moving on. These are chunky […]