Last weekend I was in the mood for something sweet.  Cake sounded good, but what kind to make?  Well, when I saw the huge pile of bananas on my counter when I got home, I decided something with banana was in order. I ...

I have loved halva ever since I started buying it at a local shop a few years back. I still occasionally get down to the shop, but I also started to make my own at home. I have made it a few times now, and Eric loves ...

Happy 2022!  I know new years was a few days back, but I am getting around to typing up a post now so Happy New Year!  I decided to take a few weeks off of making recipes over the holidays because it was just too h ...

I can't believe it is already Christmas this week!  Time has flown, and as always this time of year is busy, so instead of making a cake this week when I felt like making a treat, I decided to make doughnuts instead ...

A snow day is the perfect time to do some baking! And, we definitely just got a lot of snow dumped on us here in Minnesota.  It was about time though, nobody wants a brown Christmas! I made some Holiday cookies at w ...

It was looking a bit brown and grey outside here in Minnesota, since it has been pretty cloudy lately, it gets dark early and all of the greenery has died plus we had no snow.  That is until this weekend!  I woke up to ...

Growing up, for Thanksgiving my Grandma always had pumpkin, pecan and apple pie for dessert.  I would always take a slice of each, but the pecan was my favorite.  It was my Grandma's favorite and Mom's favorite too ...