Old Fashioned Carrot Cake
I did a little cake thing. Ain’t she purty. I plan on making this beauty for Thanksgiving this year. For once, I’m actually planning ahead. Soley because I’m hosting dinner this year. I’m half excited, half petrified. Thanksgiving is all about family, friends and delicious food. Luckily, the food blogging community that I’m proud to a part of is all about these things as well. To celebrate the holiday, Meghan from Cake ‘n Knife and Susannah from Feast + West are hosting Blogsgiving Dinner. There are more than 20 blogs sharing recipes today!
The idea is based on an old-fashioned potluck dinner party. Each blogger is bringing one or more dishes to the party (I called cake) so be sure to stop by each one and get some ideas for your own Thanksgiving meal. We’ll be posting to social media with the hashtag #blogsgivingdinner, but you can see the entire menu at the bottom of my post in our recipe roundup.
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Bourbon Cherry Filled Doughnuts
Doughnuts are my jam. As good as Krispy Kreme doughnuts are (and yes I rack up my fair share of reward points – I just admitted doughnuts are my jam so it should not be a shocker) there’s something special about homemade doughnuts. Working with dough, it’s therapeutic to me. I will never not be amazed with dough. Is it hard? No. Time consuming? Yes. Making doughnuts from scratch takes time. That glorious dough needs time to work it glutenous magic. This is a great recipe to tackle on the weekends when you have a little more time on your hands. Or you could make the dough the night before (which I actually prefer doing) and then just fry them the following morning once they’ve had a chance to rise again. As a non morning person this is a good thing for me.
read moreChocolate Peanut Butter Layered Fudge
Tis the season to break out the fat pants, or maybe just work harder on the treadmill. I still haven’t decided. Okay, okay I should just go with balance, I mean that would be the responsible thing to do, right? Adulting isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be but alas, I am an adult. Or so I tell myself. So I’ll make the fudge, eat the fudge and then workout. Eat more fudge, because, hello sweet teeth.
read moreVanilla Bean Panna Cotta with Nectarines and Honey
Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by Buzz + Bloom Honey. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
I’ll let you in on a little secret, when I’m hosting people for dinner I’m not big on wanting to make dessert. After I’ve made all the plans for the meal itself I’m kinda spent. BUT, I have a wicked sweet tooth and do want to finish it off with something sweet and EASY. What is that you ask? Panna Cotta. It’s my go to dessert for many reasons. First, it’s creamy and dreamy. Second and probably most important it literally takes 10 minutes of active prep time. That’s it.
10 minutes y’all. It also can be made the night before, which is a life saver when you’re the hostess with the mostess. It’s just a winner winner to go with your chicken dinner.
It’s a simple combination of a few ingredients that you probably already have in your fridge/pantry. Nothing fancy here. The best part, I like to finish it with fresh seasonal fruits and a generous drizzle of HONEY.
read moreNo Bake Lemon Drop Cookie Balls
Where my lemon lovers at? I am a serious lemon-a-holic. It’s pretty much guaranteed if lemon is involved I’m in. I love everything about them, from their bright over the top way too peppy color (wish I could pull yellow off but yeah that’s a giant heck to the no), to the way they smell so refreshing. Yes, I even buy all the lemon cleaning products too (are you sensing a theme here?) to their taste. Lemons tick all my boxes.
read moreChocolate Bourbon Bundt Cake
Chocolate Bourbon Bundt Cake
Y’all know I’m a bourbon girl. Have been since college and we’re not going to talk about how LONG ago that way. I was NEVER (meaning still to this day) able to drink beer. I just can’t. So while I had my nose in the books in college I met Jack and Jim and so my love affair with the amber liquid began. Our story is a long and loving one and they’ve since introduced me to more of their friends: Mark, Colonel Taylor, and a plethora of others. I’m a social butterfly what can I say.
read moreLemon Curd Ice Cream
Don’t let the word CURD hold you back from this. I know, it’s a horrible word. I mean really, what were those in charge of naming all the things thinking when they said yes let’s call this CURD, insert the rolling eyes emoji here. It just sounds BAD and we know what it rhymes with. I know, but push that to the back of your mind and focus on LEMON instead and ICE CREAM. Better right?
Wedding Cake Ice Cream
Just in time for the dog days of summer, you can have your cake and eat lick it too. Yep. Your tongue and taste buds will be super confused as to why something so cold and creamy tastes like cake but your tummy will be giddy with excitement. At least that was my experience. Giddy is a good thing in my book. Unless it’s a gaggle of teenage girls, then it might be little much to handle at one time.
Brown Sugar Bourbon Ice Cream
Y’all know how many sweet teeth I have. I’m positive that a few of them came about because of my over the top love of ice cream. I love it year round. Matter of fact, I always have the bowl to my ice cream maker in the freezer ready to go when I am. Which is often. I’ve whipped up I don’t know how many batches of this bourbon riffic beauty right here. It might be one of my favorites. I realize I say that about a lot of ice creams (can’t help myself I love the cream of ice) but this one is pretty special.
Dairy Free Chocolate Ice Cream
I’m kind of an ice cream nut. Like I will wear out my ice cream maker come spring and summer nut. The bowl stays in the freezer to be ready when I am. In fact, it would probably be a good idea for me to look into getting a second bowl. That’s how much I use it (you can find links for the products I use at the bottom of the post under the recipe). This ice cream is a little different from my normal recipe because it’s dairy free. Wha? Yep, it’s made using Lactaid milk. So all of y’all that have dairy allergies, intolerance or are just avoiding dairy (that one I just can’t wrap my head around but m’kay) this one is for you. It’s also gluten free and vegetarian. We’re ticking all kinds of boxes today!
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This is going to be an incredibly difficult post for me to write. I’ve gone back and forth and finally decided that sharing this is something I need to do for me. I’ve poured myself a whiskey and I’m just going to write like I was pulling off a band-aid and hope it makes some sort of coherent sense. I’m also hoping that these photos are in focus because it’s hard to tell when your eyes are puffy and red. If you’re just wanting an incredibly delicious peach cobbler recipe then please go ahead and scroll down to the bottom now for the recipe. You won’t be disappointed. I’m incredibly biased, but it’s ridiculously delicious. Anyone, whose ever tried it has agreed with me. It’s by far the best peach cobbler I’ve ever had in my life and I’m from the South so that’s saying something.
Lemon Icebox Bars
I love lemons. Like I eat them like candy love them. Yes, I’m one of those people. I like them in my water, I like them sliced. I like lemon head candies, I like them in all the desserts. You get the picture. Lemon all the things. Yes, please and thank you. Want to know what’s even better than a lemon dessert to me? A NO BAKE lemon dessert. An easy peasy throw it together no bake luscious lemon treat. That’s what I’m talking about.
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Milk Chocolate Tart.
If you know me, you know I have a big fat massive couldn’t stop it if I wanted to sweet tooth. It is THE reason I work out. I’ve given up trying to fight it, it’s pointless and detrimental to those around me when I try to abstain from sweets, trust me I get CRANKY and that’s not pretty. So I work out and eat sweets. It works for me so I’ll keep on keepin’ on the sweets treadmill.
read moreWhiskey Caramel Affogato
I’ll just let that sink in for a minute. WHISKEY. CARAMEL. AFFOGATO. It’s a drink that’s like a dessert all in one awesome glass. You’ll need a straw and a spoon to have your bases covered, best to be prepared. I mean if you didn’t have a straw you could just tip the glass and drink it so no worries if you’re all out of straws when it comes time. I mean we gotta do what we gotta do. Affogato in Italian means drowned. You will be drowning alright, in deliciousness that is.
Chocolate Whiskey Pots de Creme
For those of you who’ve been hanging around our little corner of the interwebs and especially for those of you who know me IRL (in real life y’all) KNOW without a shadow of a doubt I have zero to little willpower when it comes to dessert. It’s like kryptonite for me. I’m weak. It’s a big reason I work out (and by big I mean it’s the only reason), so I can EAT all the deliciousness that is dessert, and okay carbs too, but we’re talking dessert today.
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