When you need a quick dessert for the holidays that is super easy and so delicious! Try this Better than Pumpkin Pie Cake! The recipe uses a cake mix which makes it easier than pie~ I just had to! With a pumpkin pie base and yummy cake top! Buttery cake topping with crunchy nuts makes …
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The only thing making me let go of summer is falling into the fall, with the idea of apple picking in the warm sunshine under grand sunflowers swaying in the wind. Fall brings us apples, pumpkins, gourds, squash, and the season for baking! Fall is the time for all desserts being apple and pumpkin…now let’s …
This cake! It’s like a giant Coconut Macaroon covered in chocolate. I really love coconut and chocolate. This is my favorite childhood cake. My Great Grandma, Martha Cook loved to bake this cake. We, as kids, loved to eat this cake. Vanilla Wafer Cake with a Chocolate Drizzle! If you love coconut, you will love …
It’s one of my favorite seasons in Maine…apple picking season! I am always over-zealous when it comes to picking apples! My favorites are Honey Crisp, Gala, Macintosh, and Pink Lady apples. My mind starts racing trying to decide what to bake first…apple pie, apple pie bars, apple cake, apple sticky buns? Hiding the apples isn’t …
This really is the best apple cake. The kind of cake that you want to sneak nibbles from and know your diet is doomed if you keep it in the house, especially since your kids are at college and not home to save you from yourself. It’s so moist and cinnamony and that cream cheese …
Our basil plants have turned into trees this year! Every time I brush by, the amazing scent lingers on my hand, screaming to make a delicious basil dish! I have a killer pesto recipe that my family yearns for me to make. There really is nothing better than a mouthwatering pesto with toasted pine nuts …
There is nothing like a juicy, mouth-watering, perfect peach dripping down your chin on a hot summer day. Have you ever picked a bushel of peaches and wondered what to do with so many perfectly sweet and juicy fruits? I can help you with this dilemma…the dessert options are endless! Here you will find such different and …
THIS POST ORIGINALLY AIRED ON PARADE COMMUNITY TABLE When you have an armful of zucchini from your vegetable garden and your neighbor gives you another armful, the, “What am I going to make with all of this zucchini?” alarm goes off in your head! My family will only eat so many sauteed zucchini! So I …
Juicy sweet strawberries are in season now! I love to pick wild strawberries growing in my garden. In the early morning before the day warms up, I gently tiptoe through the strawberry patch. One strawberry for me, one strawberry for my basket. After my basket is full, I sprinkle them on my favorite French vanilla …
This is a delicious and quick dessert that you can put together if you need a last-minute dessert for a get-together potluck, or if hubs need a dessert for work!
It’s time for a Red, White and Blue Cake for the 4th of July! This cake is super easy to make and so delicious! Fresh whipped cream and Mascarpone cheese, fresh blueberries, blackberries, strawberries cover an easy and moist butter cake.
It’s summer in Maine! Know what that means? Blueberries! A whole state full of them, growing wild everywhere! I live for these days. We pick blueberries on the weekend until we can’t see the sun. Cherishing every single berry, the flavor bursting in your mouth, tastes like the freshest day you have ever had, summer …












