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Banana Pudding Cake

July 19, 2017

Today is my middle sister’s birthday, and if there is one thing my sister loves (more than me obviously) it would have to be bananas. Well, fruit in general, but bananas are up there in the top two category. Second to cantaloupe, but I still haven’t figured out a cantaloupe cake and something tells me…maybe I don’t want to? So until then, banana cake it is. I don’t think anyone will complain too much about it, let’s be real. It’s all going to work out though, as one of my sister’s favorite desserts happens to be banana pudding because it has all the things she loves, bananas, whipped cream, and vanilla pudding. She could give or take the wafers, if I’m being honest, but it wouldn’t be a banana pudding without them so I’m keeping them in. Sorry, Nick. This Banana Pudding Cake is classic southern dessert meets birthday layered cake. It’s over the top, it’s completely out of this world, but it’s most definitely necessary. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. Whether it just so happens to be your birthday today as well, or you’re wanting to celebrate summer, or want to party along with us in order to celebrate my sister’s birthday, this cake needs to make an appearance in your kitchen as soon as humanly possible. Don’t let summer pass you by without having made this cake, you promise? If this doesn’t convince you, then maybe last year’s Vanilla Birthday Sprinkle Cupcakes will. You can’t go wrong with cupcakes and sprinkles.

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Mini Malt Chocolate Chip Bundt Cakes

June 16, 2017

I love bundt cakes because they remind me of my childhood. I still have the bundt pan that my mom used to make our boxed cake mix cakes in. I’ve mentioned on here several times that my mom isn’t a baker at all, but bless her heart because she would try her very best to make my sisters and I so very happy. She’d bake us those sugar cookies with the shape in the center, the kind that you’d slice and bake and they’d have a Christmas tree or pumpkin in the center for the different holidays. We loved them. There were several things in her repertoire that she’d make often, which included homemade flan (that my grandma made her all the time as a kid) and a yellow rum cake. We probably shouldn’t have had it as kids, but I’m sure that most of the alcohol baked off so it’s okay. Anyhow, she would bake the rum cake in this vintage bundt pan that I still have and use to this very day. I love it because it reminds me of all the times she would bake this cake for guests and friends.

The problem with bundt cakes, as much as I love them, is that they take forever and a day to bake and you always have that anxiety if the cake will come out cleanly from the pan or not. You cross your fingers and say a little prayer when you go to invert it. It’s a 50/50 chance that it’ll all go downhill. Just because I live with that constant struggle of baking a bundt cake doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy them. I solved this by buying a mini bundt pan because they take no time at all to bake and they always come out perfectly. These Mini Malt Chocolate Chip Bundt Cakes are a great baking project to tackle this coming weekend. They’re fun to make and super tasty. They taste like chocolate chip cookies and chocolate malted milkshakes but in cake form, and I can’t recommend them enough.

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Neapolitan Pudding Parfaits

June 2, 2017

As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized that making decisions can be very difficult. Like what should I make for dinner, what movie should we watch, and what to do on our day off? Trying to come up with a definitive answer takes too much time, and time isn’t always something we have enough of, am I right? So when it comes to deciding between vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry, I’m usually at a loss. How can you pick one over the other? That’s like a parent choosing their favorite child. It can’t be done (well it shouldn’t be done). This is why I’m a big fan of Neapolitan flavored anything because you can have all three flavors without sacrificing one over the other. We already make difficult decisions on a regular basis, having to choose between chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry shouldn’t be one of them. These Neapolitan Pudding Parfaits are reminiscent of that classic ice cream flavor but in pudding form. Homemade chocolate, vanilla and strawberry pudding are layered into small dishes and topped with whipped cream and finished off with chocolate shavings. It’s a dessert to end all desserts this summer, and if you’re thinking that these parfaits would be a great thing to make and eat this weekend, while you’re lounging around, then you thought right and I think it’s a wonderful idea.

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Banana Peanut Butter Cupcakes

May 12, 2017

I’m not sure if you’re aware of this already or not, but I happen to know for a fact that moms really love cupcakes. So since Mother’s Day is right around the corner, I think these Banana Peanut Butter Cupcakes are a great way to show your mom (or all the moms in your life) just how much you care for them. If they’re anything like my mamma—who literally has kept every single craft and gift my sisters and I have given her throughout the years—then I can guarantee you that they definitely love something homemade. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again and I’ll probably say it for the rest of my life, nothing says I Love You more than something you make yourself, because a gift from the heart means so much more than a gift you can buy at any store….unless it’s like a car or a house because I know my mamma would NEVER say no to a Jaguar or a mansion. Am I right or am I right? So until you can buy your mother that car or house they’ve always wanted, because no one deserves it more, why don’t you get in the kitchen and bake her these cupcakes in the mean time. They’re just as amazing as a car or house, and that’s no joke. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mammas out there, especially mine because she is truly one of a kind.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Cream Puffs

May 4, 2017

I have a weekend project for you that involves chocolate chip cookies. Well sort of, but not really. What I’m trying to say is that I’ve taken everyone’s beloved cookie, the chocolate chip cookie, and mashed it together with one of my favorite desserts, the cream puff. Chocolate Chip Cookie Cream Puffs is what you make when you want to impress not only your family and friends but really, yourself. Because you deserve to be impressed just as much as anyone else. A little while ago I made a Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake on the blog that was insane and over the top (but completely necessary) and you all really seemed to like it, especially on Instagram. Since then, I’ve been trying to think of new ways to chocolate chip cookie-fy everything and anything. I was thinking chocolate chip cookie cake, or chocolate chip cookie cupcakes, or chocolate chip cookie brownies. Then I came across a Chocolate Chip Cream Puff recipe in Cooking Light’s cookbook Incredibly Decadent Desserts and I was like, yup this is it. This is what you’ve been searching for Jonathan. Maybe it was a little weird that I was speaking to myself in first person, but I don’t know. I changed the recipe a bit from the book because as I’ve said before when I baked something from it, I’m not one for “diet” or “lite” desserts at all. I adapted it so that it was full fat because if you’re going to have a dessert you might as well go all the way and have a great dessert.
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Chai Latte Cream Pie

March 14, 2017

In case you didn’t already know, today is Pi Day. This is the day when cooking enthusiasts and mathematicians come together to celebrate the fact that March 14th is 3.14 which is a mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to it’s diameter. I wish I could say I knew this by heart, but I’m really not that smart, at least not when it comes to math. I looked it up online. Just now. Anyhow today is the day when we all talk, dream, share, and eat nothing but pie all day long because we as a human race love puns and fun food holidays such as this one. Especially when said food holiday consists of all things pie. Last year I was very ambitious, and determine to share two recipes on Pi Da, so I posted this Strawberry Cream Pie (I have a thing for cream pies), and this Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal Raisin Pie (cinnamon roll crust equals dreams).

This year I wasn’t so ambitious, mostly because I’ve been shooting a lot of miscellaneous food projects this week, so you only get one pie recipe this time around. It’s okay though because it’s a really good pie recipe. I decided to share a recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks, Incredibly Decadent Desserts from the people over at Cooking Light. I love this book, mainly because it’s a beautiful book, visually. The photographs are amazing, and the recipes are interesting. I have to be honest, I’m not one for cooking “light,” so I do tweak the recipes to put the fat back in them. Sorry. I feel like if you’re going to have a dessert, you might as well have a really good dessert, and that means full fat flavor all the way. This Chai Latte Cream Pie is a banana cream pie (minus the bananas) meets a chai latte and it’s the perfect dessert to make this week.

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