For those of us who grew up on cake mixes, it can be hard to find a homemade cake recipe that isn’t dense or dry compared to a mix. This recipe for Mocha Chocolate Cake is the best of all worlds: easy to make, very moist and tender. The coffee flavor is subtle rather than…
Today’s post was written by my oldest daughter Sarah, and she’s sharing the details from her family Baby Gender Reveal Party! by Sarah Vera Since this is our second child we won’t be having any big showers or parties so we decided to do a small gender reveal party with a few family members to…
Angel Food Cake in a Cup by Charlotte Siems Over the years, the kids have brought home fun “stuff” from Grandma’s house. Noise-making toys, clothes, stuffed animals and snacks have been produced from the luggage upon their return home. Last week was no exception, except this time the girls brought home a recipe….
It was one of those emergency recipes. You know, the ones where you sift through the cookbook to find a recipe that doesn’t call for an ingredient you don’t have. I had to take a dessert to the church for a funeral dinner in an hour and had planned to make brownies. Alas, we were…
Cinnamon is right up there on the pedestal beside chocolate in my book. Cinnamon rolls, Snickerdoodles, cinnamon toast, even a generous dash of cinnamon in coffee and hot chocolate—don’t you just love the spicy warm taste of cinnamon? One of my sons is not a fan of chocolate. I distinctly remember giving birth to him….
The night before the wedding, the groom’s family gathered at the bride’s tiny house-in-the-backyard-of-another-house to give wedding gifts. There was a set of pillow cases hand-embroidered by the future mother-in-law, and a very special recipe book in a blue, miniature three-ring index card notebook. The recipes contained therein were favorites of the bride’s new husband’s family,…