Share the Ideas & Inspiration I have made sweet potato casseroles for twenty years, but this year I wanted to tweek it and see what happened. Well, it was a HUGE hit!! Actually, it was talked about the entire meal and even into dessert. I made it first for our Thanksgiving and then again within…
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Make a Perfect Pumpkin Pie with Crust Shapes
Share the Ideas & InspirationThere is a big difference in eating a homemade pumpkin pie vs. a frozen pie you heat up. First is the crust. You will love my no-fail pie crust along with my two favorite pumpkin pie recipes. I use the remaining pie crust to cut shapes to lay on the sides…
Simple Pie Cupcakes
Share the Ideas & InspirationHow fun to create mini pie’s using cupcakes, frosting and M & M’s. A delicious addition to your holiday table. Not everyone likes pie, so this will be a surprise for them. The spiced mascarpone icing is delicious, along with the two ingredient cupcake recipe. Click below to see how to…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes & Ganache
Share the Ideas & Inspiration This is a simple way to not only have your chocolate-peanut butter fix, but create amazing looking cupcakes. I took my basic chocolate cake recipe (or use a cake mix), some mini Reeses cups to make the yummy cupcakes. That alone is enough to delight your tastebuds. But, I went…
Moist Pumpkin Cake – Simple to Make
Share the Ideas & Inspiration You know I love using a cake mix when needing a quick dessert. This is how it came in handy. I was asked to make a dessert for my Women’s Chorus practice. But, the message came two hours before practice. One of the ladies was not able to bring her…
Cute and Easy Pumpkin Cake
Share the Ideas & Inspiration Create a cute pumpkin cake for your Halloween party! Here I show you how to use green candy, black gum drops and ice cream cone to make a pumpkin o Jack-o-lantern cake for your festive party! 1-Minute Video 8-Minute (more detailed) Video Need Decorating tips, food color gels and decorating…
8 Easy & Yummy Apple Desserts
Share the Ideas & InspirationThere is something about Fall that says Apples. Maybe it is my little girl memories of celebrating Johnny Appleseed Day or all the apples available in the markets. I live in Southern California and our mountains have apple picking days that draw huge crowds. It is a lot of fun to…
Thanksgiving isn’t ONLY about Pie – Cupcake Ideas
Share the Ideas & InspirationThanksgiving isn’t just for pie! I actually love pie, but some of my family members would choose cake over pie. So, I created a variety of Thanksgiving cupcakes to give guests cake options. Decorating these cupcakes are simple and you can use the same colors of icing to make more than…
Turkey Thanksgiving Theme Week
Share the Ideas & InspirationThanksgiving is not the easiest theme to teach with preschoolers. As much as I share the story of the first Thanksgiving, I have found it is easier to focus on the learning aspects of turkeys and all the foods they are going to eat on Thanksgiving day. We also talk a…
Thanksgiving Pilgrim Hat Cupcakes
Share the Ideas & InspirationMake these fun Pilgrim hat cupcakes for your Thanksgiving dessert table. They look difficult to make but it’s just black and white fondant, cupcakes and you can do this. First you need some cupcakes. Take a look at ALL our recipes in our recipe section (spice, pumpkin spice, chocolate etc.). Frost…