Hello friends, Wake up this Sunday morning, or every morning, to the wake-you-up flavor of my Brown Sugar Pineapple Muffin with Pistachio Crumbs. These muffins are sweetened with brown sugar, tendered by sour cream, and flavored with chunks of juicy pineapple.  The addition of pineapple gives these super moist and tender muffins their beautiful golden color…

Hello friends! With summer days approaching, we look for simple, quick, and delicious desserts to bring or serve for our weekend gatherings.  Delicious combinations made with lemons are always a crowd pleaser for their bright citrus flavors and are always wonderfully refreshing on hot summer days. My Lemon Cream Cheese Tart, baked in a fun animal cracker…

Hello friends! If I could turn back time, I’d transport back to the nostalgic feel and flavors of my grandmother’s coconut washboard cookies. We all have special, nostalgia-inducing treats from childhood that we still crave as adults.  For me, the snack cabinet at Grandma’s house was always full of Coconut Washboards cookies.  What’s yours? These simple…

Hello, friends! Today, after first tasting a piece of Hot Milk Sponge Cake, I said, “I need to have this delicious cake in my baking collection!” Hot Milk Cake is a classic, old-fashioned Southern treat.  The cakes quirky name spun out of the Depression-Era when ingredients were limited and taking advantage of scarce resources. It’s a…

Greetings, friends! “Joannie, can I please have this recipe,” I asked my dear high school friend after tasting her carrot cake for the first time.  “It’s my mom’s recipe! Shared by none,” she said.  Hum! “I need to change that,” I thought. Since that moment, I have always been drawn to carrot cake. I’ve tasted and baked…