I probably need to cut back on the desserts (at least until Thanksgiving) because we have sort of been in dessert overload. Dustin's coworkers also blame me for making them gain weight. However, just when I thought I had my graduate school applications under control, I was thrown for a loop, and now I am reevaluating everything. Seeing as I am a...

Dustin is a pretty lucky boy. Not only did I make him a birthday cake on his actual birthday. We had a little get together with friends to celebrate, for which I made him another cake— a cookie cake to be exact. We have a special place in our heart for cookie cakes. You see, back in Houston, we'd eat this delicious double layer cookie cake...

Dustin's been asking me to make him pecan pie since right after Thanksgiving last year. 10 months later I finally gave in to his wish. Sort of. I didn't want to make a plain pecan pie, so instead I made something I randomly stumbled upon on Pinch of Yum— salted maple pecan pie bars. These sounded unique enough to be exciting, but still...

I wanted to make Dustin a cake for his birthday that incorporated flavors he really likes, but that I wouldn't normally bake with since it was his special day. I had seen a recipe for a gin and tonic cake from How Sweet It Is awhile back that I figured would be perfect for him. I originally intended to change things up and turn this recipe...

The second half of October officially means candy season is upon us. Homemade candy in this house. I had every intention of recreating one of my favorite candy bars— Reese's peanut butter cups, but I realized I didn't have enough chocolate to create the outer coating. I have a list of traditional candy bars I want to make from-scratch...

I swear to you these cupcakes are not in support of the Green Bay Packers, despite the green and gold flags. I actually made these cupcakes for the Texans vs. Jets Monday Night Football game last week, and when I bought the decorations at Michael's those were the only colors available. So let me repeat, these cupcakes are  fully intended to...

If you are reading this post this morning, I am currently taking the GRE, so wish me luck! I sure wish I still had some cookies to come home to following my test... Sadly enough, these have already been consumed. I guess I'll have to find something else to celebrate with. In other news, I've started collecting cookbooks. I'm a little ashamed...

Seattle's favorite doughnut shop recently came out with a line of doughnut ice creams, and as you can imagine, I was psyched to get into the cafe and try a scoop or two, particularly the apple fritter variety. The apple fritter is arguably Top Pot's best doughnut. So we went in and tried a scoop of the apple fritter along with a scoop of the...

I first saw this skinny peanut butter pie on Skinny Taste awhile back, filed a mental note that I should try it sometime, and proceeded to forget about it as peanut butter pie was replaced with some other equally delicious recipe I wanted to try. It wasn't until I saw this amped-up version on Sally's Baking Addiction that I remembered that pie...

I think this is probably the best idea ever. Take eggless cookie dough and combine it with yogurt, freeze it, and you have cookie dough frozen yogurt. It's quite brilliant for a cookie dough lover like me, and while not exactly healthy, if you use Greek vanilla yogurt, you do get a lot of protein and calcium. Always looking for excuses to eat...