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Strawberry Angel Food Cake

Melissa Griffiths — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:53:57 +0000

Homemade strawberry angel food cake is a light, fluffy and easy dessert with whipped cream and fresh berries.

Snickerdoodle Coffee Cake

Melissa Griffiths — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:30:00 +0000

A coffee cake with the flavors of a Snickerdoodle cookie - a crumbly cinnamon sugar top and a sweet, moist, buttery cake loaded with luscious cinnamon chips.

Fresh Strawberry Pie

Melissa Griffiths — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 11:26:00 +0000

Fresh strawberry pie is the perfect summer dessert with a homemade pie crust served with fresh whipped cream.

Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies

Melissa Griffiths — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 13:59:00 +0000

Homemade chocolate covered marshmallow cookies with tender, crisp cookies and gooey marshmallow filling are the perfect holiday treat.

Halloween Pumpkin Brownies

Melissa Griffiths — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:30:20 +0000

Pumpkin brownies are a great fall dessert, and these fun, luscious, quick and easy Halloween Pumpkin Brownies start with a boxed brownie mix, so they come together in a flash. Add your favorite Halloween or fall toppings and enjoy! It’s hard to believe that it’s already time to start thinking about Halloween. The good news...

Strawberry Cheesecake in a Jar

Melissa Griffiths — Sun, 24 May 2020 12:02:00 +0000

Strawberry Cheesecake in a Jar is a deconstructed strawberry cheesecake served layered in a jar. This no-bake cheesecake in a jar is a light refreshing, easy to serve dessert perfect for a party or any night of the week. This recipe is from a fun cookbook, United States of Cakes. I was sent a free review...

How To Decorate a Cake without Buttercream

Melissa Griffiths — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:30:00 +0000

There’s a world of alternatives to buttercream icing when it comes to cake decorating. These are the 24 best ways to fill and decorate your homemade cakes, no buttercream needed!

Malted-Milk Chocolate Cake

Melissa Griffiths — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 12:25:00 +0000

This decadent Chocolate Malt Cake captures classic malted chocolate flavors in a show-stopping two-layered cake perfect for Easter dessert. There’s something nostalgic about malted chocolate. It always reminds me of Easter, when malted milk balls always seem to be hiding in one plastic egg or another. This luscious two-layered chocolate cake with a creamy chocolate...

Raspberry White Chocolate Rugelach Bites

Melissa Griffiths — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 13:05:00 +0000

My Raspberry White Chocolate Rugelach Bites are loaded with raspberries, white chocolate, coconut, and pecans. Rugelach is a buttery, flaky pastry made with a cream cheese dough and filled with sweet fillings. I’ve changed up the traditional crescent shape to a fun cup shape so you can load it up with extra fillings. Driscoll’s Berries sent me Dorie Greenspan’s...

Meat Lovers Calzones

Melissa Griffiths — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 10:30:19 +0000

Calzone, which means "stuffed pants" in Italian, is like a little pizza sandwich. These Calzones stuffed with pepperoni, sausage and Canadian bacon are for meat lovers. I love baking breads, so when Red Star Yeast asked me to team up again this fall to post three more yeast bread recipes, I jumped at the chance. Red Star is updating the recipe section of their website with photos of their delicious recipes, so they've teamed up with food bloggers who will make, photograph and blog about the chosen recipe. My first pick is their easy-to-make Calzone recipe.