Category: desserts

  • Dusty Crophopper Cake

    Dusty Crophopper Cake

    I always wanted to learn how to decorate cakes. My mom decorated a few cakes that I can remember when I was little, but she didn’t decorated every birthday cake. Well I wanted to make my son a special cake for is 4th birthday. He loved Thomas the train, but I didn’t think I could…

  • Gluten Free – Grandmas Banana Bread

    Gluten Free – Grandmas Banana Bread

    A classic favorite that I can now feed my family again.  Grandma’s banana bread is the best and only recipe I like to make. When we turned gluten free I found so many of my favorite things suddenly out of reach. I have been slowly turning recipes so we can still eat some if not…

  • Chocolate Chip Cookies Gluten-Free

    Chocolate Chip Cookies Gluten-Free

    John and I are having a great time baking new things using the ATK Gluten-Free Flour Blend.   Today we made  “Chocolate Chip Cookies Gluten-Free”  They turned out beautifully and taste great. Working with gluten free flours is always an unknown the first time.  I wonder about texture of the batter and what it will…

  • Checkerboard Cake

    Checkerboard Cake

    We are having fun this year celebrating birthdays.  One thing we are doing is having fun with cakes.  I asked David our oldest son what kind of cake he would like he said “Crumby Cake“.  Now this was a surprise because that is Robert’s favorite cake. He then said, “no let’s make it more challenging,…

  • Butterscotch Dumplings

    Butterscotch Dumplings

    I visited with my mother last weekend and asked if we could make a dessert that was one of my favorites as a child and is one I have not had it a very long time.“Butterscotch Dumplings” It is a recipe my mother remembers her mother making when she was young too.  They called it…