It’s pumpkin time! Actually, it’s fall, and October is past and I didn’t have a chance to carve a pumpkin for Halloween. So, I served my Halloween pumpkin up for dinner! With maple syrup, because I’m Canadian like that. Ever eaten oven-baked sweet potatoes? That have been baking on a low heat for a long…
Archives for November 2017
Drunken Cupcakes with Bailey’s Irish Cream: An Easy Showstopper Dessert!
It’s no secret that I love chocolate, and these cupcakes are a grown-up’s version of chocolate cupcakes, all fluffy cake, pillowy buttercream with a hint of something stronger, and then the actual secret sauce…a shot of Bailey’s Irish Cream. That’s right, these are Drunken Cupcakes! Just pure deliciousness with a kick of something to open…
Better-Than-Store-Bought Cranberry Sauce
I love homemade cranberry sauce! Growing up, my father was the one who made the cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving holidays, using only cranberries, sugar and water. My mother doesn’t like cranberry seeds in her sauce, so he has always been careful to sieve them out of the finished product. Love is in the little things…