Today is the day my wonderful friend Hannah was born. It’s the first time in many years that we haven’t been together on her birthday, so last week I sent her some goodies in the mail. I needed something that would ship easily and I considered brownies or cookies until I discovered something better: self-frosting […] Read more…
Salted caramel – it’s sweet, salty, rich and simply delicious. Recently I made some wonderful salted caramel cupcakes (complete with salted caramel buttercream and filled with salted caramel) and homemade salted caramel mocha to rival Starbucks’ version. I couldn’t help but continue down this path of deliciousness. We’ve all had caramel apples, but I’d never tried caramel […] Read more…
I mentioned a few weeks ago that Crock Pot invited me to create a video for their Crock-Star Confessions. My video will be up on the Crock Pot Facebook page this Saturday, October 29. Today I’m giving you guys a sneak peak of the recipe from my video, but be sure to check out the […] Read more…
A couple of weeks ago I shared some cute and creepy Halloween cupcakes and mentioned a set of Halloween stencils that I tried on them. I used powdered sugar onto Nutella buttercream frosting with the stencils and the images didn’t come out as clear as I wanted. I didn’t want the stencils to go to waste, so […] Read more…
I’ve always been curious about making desserts in my slow cooker. I’ve seen some recipes for things like pudding and slow cooked fruit (I’ve tried maple apple compote and spiced & stuffed pears) but I was more interested in actually baking in a Crock Pot. I came across an article with simple directions for baking […] Read more…