I finally got to meet my sweet friend Kirsten, from Sweet Tea LLC! Of course I had to make my most pinned recipe EVER, Chocolate, Beer, & Pretzel Cupcakes. If you didn’t know already Sweet Tea and Saving Grace is pretty much where I got my feet wet blogging. Kirsten and I struck up a conversation on Facebook over some…
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Last weekend my family and I gathered to celebrate my mom’s birthday. Naturally I was in charge of dessert. Today I’m sharing the Dark Chocolate Mint Cake that I made especially for her. I think it’s safe to say that my mom has a weakness when it comes to dark chocolate… add some mint and it’s downright irresistible in her…
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I’m taking a recipe writing break today to share with you Baking Tips for the Home Baker. I’m going to be honest here… none of these tips are rocket science, but baking in itself IS a science. I’m still no expert, but as any seasoned baker will tell you, you pick up things along the way the more you do them….
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The other day my TV wasn’t hijacked by Disney Junior and I happened to catch a little bit of Pioneer Woman (LOVE her!). On the episode she was making a cookie recipe and it gave me a little inspiration to make these Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies. So I didn’t get to really watch the show… I caught snippets. What caught…
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Last month just about two weeks after having a baby my 6′ 4″ “little” brother had a birthday. How could I not make a cake?! So I revisited one of my old recipes and made this Chocolate Beer & Peanut Butter Cake. I guess you can say I was feeling nostalgic because at this time last year I had only…
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