Holiday Fruitcake Recipe

Holiday Fruitcake Recipe

Holiday Fruitcake Recipe Tis the season with all the tra-la-la! Time to whip up that food abomination, FRUITCAKE! There are few foods that catch such a bad rap. Fruitcake vies for the nastiest food, competing for top honors with liver/onions and that local fair vendor...
Carrot Cake Cookies: The World’s Best Vehicle for Cream Cheese Icing

Carrot Cake Cookies: The World’s Best Vehicle for Cream Cheese Icing

I know, empirically, that carrot cake doesn’t count as a serving of vegetables. Or that an incredibly huge slice doesn’t count as two servings of vegetables. I think we all do.

Yet I still have a vague sense that it’s somehow wholesome and good for me, even though my best recipe for carrot cake calls for a whole cup of mayonnaise. A wholesome, somehow good-for-me-excuse to eat frosting in front of company, because it seems bad manners to shovel it in my mouth with a spoon.

Gingerbread Brownies

Gingerbread Brownies

Current obsession: assorted flavored brownies. I’m not knocking the good ol’ chocolate kind, but I’ve recently discovered that you can get that sweet, moist, chewy, mmm…. in other flavors and I’ve kind of gone an eensy weensy bit brownie nuts. I’m also crackers for gingerbread, and have managed to happily marry the two ideas in this one fantawesome recipe that can only really be described by the happy marriage of two positive descriptors. If you’re looking for something new for your cookie tray or perhaps a sell-out at the holiday bake sale, look no further.

Lemon Coconut Tea Bread

Lemon Coconut Tea Bread

Lemon Coconut Tea Bread Recipe When life gives me lemons… I get all excited ’cause I think they’re delicious. Especially paired with coconut in this tasty treat I have dubbed “tea bread” so we can eat it for breakfast and not have to say...