Dessert

Strawberries ‘n Cream Poke Cake

With the 4th of July coming there will be all kinds of cook outs and gatherings with food, and what better centerpiece than this Strawberries ‘n Cream Poke Cake?!  I like to arrange blueberries and strawberries on top to look like a flag.  

 

Banana Bread

When I was little and the bananas would start to get little black spots on them, no one would eat them.  My dad nicknamed it the speckled death.  So my mom would use them to make banana bread.  I LOVE the way baking banana bread makes my house smell!  It […]

 

Peanut Butter Pound Cake

This recipe is from my grandmother.  I had heard stories of this cake and my mom was kind enough to share her recipe with me.  It was so good!  We loved it.  It would have only been better if I could have shared a piece with her.  

 

Texas Sheet Cake

Here is another recipe from my childhood I fondly remember my mother making often.  Yep, I was a really lucky kid! I always like a recipe (especially a dessert) that I usually already have all the ingredients for, and this is one of those.  

 

Strawberry Chiffon Pie

Now that summer is beginning to come to a close, I thought I would post a light and fresh pie as a so long to summer.  My mom would make these every summer.  My favorite is strawberry, but she would also make them with raspberries as well.  They are great […]

 

Poke Cake In A Jar

This is such a fun and different way to give a gift or bring a treat to a gathering.  The recipe I used was my favorite Heath Caramel Poke Cake.  But instead of making a full cake, you just make cupcakes and divide them in half and layer them however you […]

 

Snickerdoodle Cupcakes

My husband’s favorite cookie is a Snickerdoodle!  So the other day when he called with some good news, I wanted to surprise him with a treat to celebrate.  The kids couldn’t decide between cookies or cupcakes, so we combined the two!  They were so yummy and tasted just like Snickerdoodle […]