A Carrot Cake for Moms 60th Birthday

Unbelievably, my mom turned 60 on Saturday! I can’t wrap my brain around it because for some reason my mom lives perpetually at the age of 38 in my mind. So for my forever 38 mom’s birthday, we invited her over for scalloped potatoes, salad and her favorite dessert — carrot cake. I make carrot […]

{almost} Wordless Wednesday – the making of the rainbow cake

When I saw an adorable rainbow cake on Pinterest awhile back, I knew that we would have to try making one of our own! St. Patrick’s Day was the perfect time to bake up this colorful treat and I think that my daughter Pie did a wonderful job! We had a bit of a mishap […]

One Bowl Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake #recipe

Cake is often on the list of good luck foods to eat on New Year’s day, yes most specify that it should be round cake but to me; cake is cake is cake. The other day on Facebook, my cousin mentioned that she had just made mayo cake from our Gramma’s Amish cookbook. Oh yum! I remember […]

Peanut Butter filled Chocolate Cupcakes

Both my guy, Super G., and my step-dad, Lee, love peanut butter. The kids and I are pretty fond of it as well. While browsing my new addiction Pinterest, I ran across this chocolate cupcake that is stuffed with a ball of peanut butter filling and topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting… you know […]

Perfect Peach Pound Cake recipe

A couple of weeks ago I told you all about the bushel of  peaches I had preserved. You might remember I  had made a Peach Pound cake and sliced it in half to put it in the freezer for winter. Well….. I couldn’t wait! We had to try it! So a few days ago I […]