I might as well rename this blog “I love cheesecake.” I can’t help it! Cheesecake is the perfect make-ahead, crowd-pleasing dessert. It doesn’t require frosting and it comes out of the freezer as good as fresh. For this pink and gold birthday party, I knew I wanted a cheesecake with a plain top (for decorating), …
Monster Truck has to be one of the hardest party themes! I really struggled to come up with something cute for my nephew’s 4th birthday party, and finally settled on these tires. (Thanks, Pinterest!) I used store bought mini donuts and piped melted chocolate in Vs as the treads. Still not “cute,” but pretty fun!
This fruit pizza was an Easter Vigil tradition in the family of my college friend, Trish. It was such a crowd-pleaser that we often had it at other celebrations, as well. It’s been years since I had it before making it myself, and I liked it even more than I remembered! (I skip all the …
One of my mother-in-law’s annual Easter traditions is a cake in the shape of a lamb. She usually makes her cake in advance, and rather than traditional cake in the mold, she molds layers of ice cream, instead. Unfortunately, a few years ago, the freezer holding her already-completely-decorated lamb cake was accidentally unplugged, and she …
If you have a mini muffin tin and a flower cookie cutter, these pies are a super easy and cute spring project! I used store-bought pie crust, rolled and cut out with a cheapie flower cookie cutter (the one that comes in a set like this). Press the dough flowers into a mini muffin tin …
As previously stated here, here, here, here, here and here, I love a good cheesecake. Not only is cheese my “love language” (making cheesecake my favorite dessert), the very fact that cheesecake freezes beautifully makes it a welcome addition to nearly every holiday or party I host. Something I can check off months in advance? …
I made this bacon and egg casserole for last year’s Easter brunch, and it was the perfect combination of festive and flavorful. I love that it can be made ahead AND made *half* vegetarian. At the recommendation of reviewers, I boiled the potato cubes for five minutes before adding. To make half of our casserole …
I saw these ingenious cookie-cutter candy bark pieces on the Etsy blog and had to create my own […]
After seeing many vibrant, frosted, sprinkle-y (three things I love!) Easter egg breads gone terribly crazy wrong, […]
I don’t know about you, but I love thinking about, shopping for, and making gifts for Christmas. Even though there’s always (way, way) too much to do, I really look forward to this crazy time of year! We gave out these beer bread kits a couple Christmases ago, inspired by a store-bought version. Just mix …