Pumpkin Cake with Ginger-Mascarpone Frosting

Pumpkin Cake with Ginger-Mascarpone Frosting

There is nothing I enjoy more than family traditions, the ones that I grew up with and now the ones that I have been adopting since living in a different culture. I love them and enjoy them all! Going to the pumpkin patch and carving pumpkins is one of them. The kids...
Buttery Apple Cake

Buttery Apple Cake

One of my favorite Fall traditions is going to pick apples at a local orchard every year. Apples are such an interesting fruit to me. I did not grow up eating apples, they were kind of a luxury really, because they were imported and expensive. There are so many...
Basil-Lemon end of Summer Cookies

Basil-Lemon end of Summer Cookies

School schedules are back into full swing and you might be thinking that summer is over, but technically we still have few more weeks of summer, right? Isn’t Basil one of those favorite summer ingredients? I just love it! I grow my own but it is also readily available...
Panna Cotta with Blueberries Flambé

Panna Cotta with Blueberries Flambé

Last week I went to pick up blueberries at JenEhr Family Farm. I have to say, being my first time picking blueberries, I didn’t know how much labor this would be. It took me about one hour and forty five minutes to collect my two quarts of berries. I still loved...
Upside Down Pineapple Cake

Upside Down Pineapple Cake

The first time I tried making an Upside Down Pineapple Cake I was 18 and the result was a disaster! It was my mom’s birthday and I wanted to surprise her.  Well, she sure was surprised when she thought a dog had taken a bite of the cake 🙂  For years I had tried...