Tag Archives: dessert

Sharing the Sweetness with Apple Cake

I’m sending you just a bit of sweetness before I go. Easy, delicious sweetness… I’m frantically getting ready for my cooking class tonight and immediately afterward, I pack to catch a very early plane tomorrow to catch my own bit of sweetness… A trip to see my daughters! My oldest is in Colorado and she […]

Coffee Granita

This is by far the ultimate iced coffee… Coffee Granita. It’s elegant and pretty on your table… Sweet and light… and easy to make! A perfect ending to a dinner party. But let’s start at the beginning. This is recipe number two of my recipe submissions for the Foodbuzz Tastemaker program with Godiva Coffee. I started by brewing […]

What Would Nonnie Do?

I’m going to tell you upfront that I have had a ‘sucky’ day. We woke up to 2 inches of water in our basement…in our new home… Good news is that all the photos from the past twenty years were salvaged. The day was filled with mops, rags, papers towels and phone calls to insurance […]

Berry Berry Mini Pies

What do you do when it gets hot? Go SHOPPING! Air conditioned stores…no sweat…and a great excuse to buy things! This weekend Hubby and I went to the mall and gravitated toward one of my favorite stores, Williams Sonoma. I was in the baking section and admiring this cute little pocket pie mold. After I left […]

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

It’s Mom’s birthday. What do you get a woman who’s suffering with dementia? Material gifts just don’t matter anymore. I wanted to give her something that was a gift for her senses… and her memory. Pineapple Upside Down Cake Of course! She made that for us countless time growing up. It’s so pretty. Caramelized goodness. […]

Cool Bananas!

I just made banana ice cream from just one ingredient – bananas! I first saw this recipe on the Today show, then on Dr. Oz and it began popping up in the blog world. I had to try it for I found it so intriguing. Did it really taste like ice cream? You start with […]