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Dessert

Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Icing

Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Icing

A delicious lemon cake with zesty lemon cream cheese icing is a wonderful treat and beautiful to serve. This cake comes together very easily and is perfect for birthdays, baby showers, and even weddings.  Ingredients Needed: Scroll down for complete recipe with measurements and instructions. 

Maple Bacon Chocolate Chip Scones

Maple Bacon Chocolate Chip Scones

Maple bacon chocolate chip scones are one of my favorite flavor combinations! The savory bacon, the sweetness of the chocolate chips, topped with the maple syrup glaze just works perfectly. Try it and it’ll become a favorite!  To make a good scone, you want to 

Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake

This delicious strawberry shortcake is perfect for summer evenings on the patio. I love making it in sheet cake form. The slices are perfectly thin and easy to serve up with freshly whipped cream and slices strawberries. Yummm, a quintessential taste of summer!  Ok, am 

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

I can’t think of a better spring fruit pie than strawberry rhubarb pie! The sweetness of the strawberries combine perfectly with the distinct tanginess of the rhubarb and topped with an oatmeal brown sugar topping, this pie is sure to delight anybody who tries it.  

Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies

These sourdough chocolate chip cookies are delicious. Full of that classic chocolate flavor with a hint of sourdough, they are more substantial than your average cookie. This recipe uses sourdough discard. A yummy way to use your discard that the whole family will approve of.  

Italian Whole Orange Cake

Italian Whole Orange Cake

This Italian whole orange cake is moist and bursting with flavor. What makes it unique is that you use a whole orange to make it, the peel and all! It’s perfect for a light dessert after dinner or pair with your morning cup of coffee. 

Classic Cherry Pie

Classic Cherry Pie

This classic Cherry pie has an unbeatable cherry flavor with a hint of almond. It goes perfectly with a cup of coffee or scoop of ice cream!

Peanut Butter Blossoms

Peanut Butter Blossoms

These cute little cookies are called Peanut Butter Blossoms and are a sweet treat for all your chocolate and peanut butter lovers. They’re also a fun cookie to let the kids help with. What kid (or adult!) doesn’t like to unwrap chocolate kisses? Just try not to eat them all before the cookies come out of the oven!

Chocolate Chip Scones

Chocolate Chip Scones

It’s time to pour yourself a cup of tea and make these flaky chocolate chips scones. Scones are the perfect blend between a cookie and a biscuit. Sweet but not too sweet with a little sugar sprinkled on top.  Why You Should Make These Scones: 

Buckeyes (the best Christmas candy ever!)

Buckeyes (the best Christmas candy ever!)

These delicious little balls of peanut butter, rice crispy cereal, and chocolate that we call Buckeyes are hands down our most favorite Christmas candy ever! Each year, it’s a family affair mixing them up and shaping all the little balls, and then dipping them in