Hello friends! I have been trying my hands at frangipane ever since I purchased a bag of almond meal from my local market this week. When I was younger, I had this idea that a frangipane tart is hard work and that only experienced pastry chefs could pull them off.  How silly I was.  I…

  Hello friends!   The end of summer isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Leaves will be changing colors as cool weather approaches but, summer’s departure means fall is up next, along with apple season baking! Since it’s officially apple season, and I love apples. Craving for these crisp, rosy apples made it easy to develop…

Hello friends! Autumn is almost here! Taste a delicious autumn twist on doughnuts in my Pumpkin Spice Doughnut with Chocolate Crumbs. These irresistible pumpkin spice doughnuts are pleasingly moist, tender, and baked not fried. Packed with pumpkin flavor by using pumpkin puree for moistness along with a wonderful swirl of warming spices, then topped with…

Hello friends! Summer may be gone, but not my zucchini! If you have ever grown your own zucchini, you probably have in your possession more zucchini than friends on Facebook!   Having said that, I’m always on the lookout for creative tasty zucchini recipes.  This long green versatile vegetable has endless possibilities.  It’s super easy…

Hello, friends! Don’t cry because summer is over, smile because it happened! I can’t believe it’s near the end of summer already! I can keep baking all summer long with all of my favorite summer desserts. However, the end of summer still brings us wonderful seasonal ingredients like berries, fruits, and citrus that shouldn’t be…