Recipe for Easter Cakes

There are several recipes for Easter Cakes that I’ve tried, and since Easter is coming up, I’ll post them here now. An Easter cake can be anything with a Spring-time flavor, or with an Easter theme (Easter baskets, bunnies, etc.) Here are the Easter cake recipes I’ve tried:
Carrot Cake

Carrot cake makes a great [...]

Chocolate Cayenne Cookies Recipe

For a great Chocolate Cayenne Cookies recipe, just take your favorite chocolate chip cookies recipe and add between 1/2 teaspoon and 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. It’s that easy! Here’s my chocolate cayenne cookies recipe, in case you want to try it:
INGREDIENTS

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups [...]

After writing about how to make chocolate tuxedo strawberries yesterday, I got a few emails with people wondering “How Do I Store Chocolate Covered Strawberries”? Here’s what I’ve learned.
1. You can’t store chocolate covered strawberries for very long – no more than a few days. If at all possible, make them the same [...]

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and one of the best gifts you can give your sweetie is homemade chocolate covered strawberries. But I figure why not class it up a bit by learning how to make chocolate tuxedo strawberries! They taste better, look better, and aren’t that much more difficult to make!
INGREDIENTS

Strawberries with [...]

Lemonade Shakeup Recipe

I love Lemonade Shakeups! It’s still a little bit too chilly for them, but when it warms up in the Spring I’ll pull out my favorite Lemonade Shakeup recipe and start having fun!
Lemonade Shakeup Recipe
INGREDIENTS
1/2 lemon
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. water
1 c. crushed ice
DIRECTIONS
Juice the lemon half, then cut the half into quarters and place [...]