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Fruitcake Cookies {Brandy Cream Cheese Frosting}

December 19, 2015 by Lindsey 5 Comments

Fruitcake Cookies {Brandy Cream Cheese Frosting}

12 Days of Christmas Cookies Fruitcake Cookies are chewy sugar cookies stuffed full of candied fruits, raisins and toasted pecans for a unique twist on the classic Christmas fruitcake! Topped with a brandy cream cheese frosting, these little cookies are irresistible! And we’re back with Day 11 of the 12 Days of Christmas Cookies! This… 

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Lemon Coconut Cupcakes {Italian Meringue Buttercream}

May 3, 2015 by Lindsey 49 Comments

Lemon Coconut Cupcakes {Italian Meringue Buttercream}

These Lemon Coconut Cupcakes have a moist coconut cake, a sweet, tart lemon curd filling and are topped with a lemon Italian meringue buttercream! Lemon, coconut, Spring, cupcakes… Look me straight in the face and tell me that lemon and yellow don’t make you instantly happy. That’s what I thought. Insta-sunshine As I was photographing… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Cake, Cupcakes, Desserts, Frosting / Icing, Fruit Tagged With: butter cream, coconut, coconut flour, cupcakes, filled cupcakes, italian meringue buttercream, lemon, spring, Summer

Italian Meringue Buttercream Tutorial

April 25, 2015 by Lindsey 222 Comments

Italian Meringue Buttercream Tutorial

A step-by-step Italian Meringue Buttercream tutorial! NOW with a video!!! It is the smoothest and creamiest of all the buttercreams! You will love it on cakes, cupcakes and more! Plus it’s easier than you think! In culinary school we made 5 different types of buttercream, but Italian Meringue Buttecream is my favorite! It has a… 

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Carrot Cake Cupcakes {Cream Cheese Frosting}

April 8, 2015 by Lindsey 75 Comments

Carrot Cake Cupcakes {Cream Cheese Frosting}

These are the moistest, most delicious Carrot Cake Cupcakes that I have ever had! They have a little crunch from toasted walnuts and the perfect hint of cinnamon! Topped with an impossibly creamy cream cheese frosting they are irresistible!  If you’ve been following along my culinary school journey on The Gram, you probably recall the three pictures… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Cake, Cupcakes, Desserts, Frosting / Icing Tagged With: cake, carrots, cupcakes, Easter, easy, Holiday, spring, walnuts

The Best Death by Chocolate Cupcakes

January 26, 2015 by Lindsey 76 Comments

The Best Death by Chocolate Cupcakes

The Best Death by Chocolate Cupcakes are double chocolate cake, filled with a German’s chocolate ganache and topped with a decadent chocolate butter cream. They certainly bring big BOLD chocolate flavors! Chocolate craving crushed! People who have spent 20 minutes with me know that I am a chocoholic. I carry chocolate in my purse. I… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Desserts, Frosting / Icing Tagged With: chocolate, dark chocolate, dessert, epicurious, frosting, German's Chocolate, icing

Grandmas Old Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies

December 19, 2014 by Lindsey 54 Comments

Grandmas Old Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies My Grandmas Old Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies are pillowy soft and delightfully chewy without even a hint of crunch! The cookies themselves aren’t overly sweet but they are begging, demanding even, to be iced! This is the same Grandmother who brought us these Soft Molasses Sugar Cookies, so you know… 

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Filed Under: Baking, Cookies, Desserts, Family Recipes, Frosting / Icing Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas Cookies, easy, epicurious, heirloom, Holiday, icing, old fashioned, rolled cookie

Spiced Apple Cider Cranberry Cupcakes

December 1, 2014 by Lindsey 115 Comments

Spiced Apple Cider Cranberry Cupcakes

A soft, melt in your mouth, apple cider cinnamon cake is filled with an apple cider cranberry sauce, topped with a swirl of cinnamon cream cheese frosting and adorned with cinnamon sugar pie crust leaves and apple cider syrup. Keeping this recipe from you has been agony! Spiced Apple Cider Cranberry Cupcakes. It’s the Holidays… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Cupcakes, Desserts, Frosting / Icing, Fruit Tagged With: apple cider, Christmas, cranberry chutney, cranberry sauce, cream cheese, cupcake, epicurious, filled cupcakes, Holiday, pie crust, Thanksgiving

Sweet Potato Casserole Cupcakes {Homemade Marshmallow Frosting}

November 13, 2014 by Lindsey 51 Comments

Sweet Potato Casserole Cupcakes {Homemade Marshmallow Frosting}

These delectable Sweet Potato Casserole Cupcakes have a spiced sweet potato cake, a brown sugar pecan topping and a generous swirl of homemade marshmallow frosting! I think I’m cursed. I see dishes and I can’t stop thinking about how to turn them into cupcakes. Pumpkin Pecan Pie Cupcakes? Check Caramel Apple Cupcakes? Check Peach Crisp… 

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Homemade Marshmallow Frosting Smores Sticks

November 10, 2014 by Lindsey 48 Comments

Homemade Marshmallow Frosting Smores Sticks

An easy, finger-food dessert that is perfect for parties, barbecues, or just Friday Night. A thin layer of milk chocolate ganache is spread onto Graham crackers and topped with homemade marshmallow frosting! Easiest cooked frosting ever. Seriously cannot believe how fast this was and how little work I actually had to do to make it…. 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Bars, Cookies, Desserts, Frosting / Icing, Snack Tagged With: easy desserts, frosting, icing, marshmallow, milk chocolate ganache, party, smores

Toasted Pecan Pumpkin Cupcakes Maple Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting

November 6, 2014 by Lindsey 53 Comments

Toasted Pecan Pumpkin Cupcakes Maple Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting

Moist pumpkin cupcakes studded with toasted pecans and topped with a sweet and creamy Maple Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting! Back to my kitchen! Back to Fall baking!! Squee!! Who’s tired of pumpkin? Bloggers keep asking that. I could never get tired of pumpkin! I wait all year to bake anything and everything with pumpkin. I… 

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It’s Summer!!

These Cherry Preserves are quick and easy! Stock up on Summer’s bounty and enjoy all year! I spread mine on black pepper honey ricotta toast for an easy snack or breakfast.

Cherry Preserves Ricotta Toast

There is nothing better than taking all of Summer’s bounty and throwing it into an easy, no-oven salad! This Stonefruit Caprese Panzanella Salad is at once familiar and comforting with a hint of the unexpected!

Stone Fruit Caprese Panzanella Salad

Easy Lemon Strawberry Shortcake

Easy Lemon Strawberry Shortcake {For Two}

This No Bake Whiskey Smores Pie is a slice of Summer Heaven! There are layers of dark chocolate whisky ganache, milk chocolate mousse and fluffy toasted marshmallow in the perfect graham cracker crust. Go ahead…help yourself to another slice.

No Bake Whiskey Smores Pie

Peach Crisp Cupcakes filled with peach compote and topped with Swiss meringue buttercream

Peach Crisp Cupcakes with Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream

This Cherry Burrata Millet Grain Bowl has nutty millet, grilled red onions, charred shallots, spicy corn, grilled chicken, fresh cherries, creamy Burrata and a bright cherry vinaigrette! It’s the summer bowl to eat on repeat.

Cherry Burrata Millet Grain Bowl

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These Cherry Preserves are quick and easy! Stock up on Summer’s bounty and enjoy all year! I spread mine on black pepper honey ricotta toast for an easy snack or breakfast.

Cherry Preserves Ricotta Toast

Pickled Cherries

There is nothing better than taking all of Summer’s bounty and throwing it into an easy, no-oven salad! This Stonefruit Caprese Panzanella Salad is at once familiar and comforting with a hint of the unexpected!

Stone Fruit Caprese Panzanella Salad

In these TWO video tutorials for how to make salted caramel sauce you will learn the dry caramel method and the wet caramel method! They both have same perfect result, so you can choose your favorite!

Salted Caramel Sauce: Two Methods {VIDEOS}

This Cherry Burrata Millet Grain Bowl has nutty millet, grilled red onions, charred shallots, spicy corn, grilled chicken, fresh cherries, creamy Burrata and a bright cherry vinaigrette! It’s the summer bowl to eat on repeat.

Cherry Burrata Millet Grain Bowl

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These Cherry Preserves are quick and easy! Stock up on Summer’s bounty and enjoy all year! I spread mine on black pepper honey ricotta toast for an easy snack or breakfast.
There is nothing better than taking all of Summer’s bounty and throwing it into an easy, no-oven salad! This Stonefruit Caprese Panzanella Salad is at once familiar and comforting with a hint of the unexpected!
In these TWO video tutorials for how to make salted caramel sauce you will learn the dry caramel method and the wet caramel method! They both have same perfect result, so you can choose your favorite!
This Cherry Burrata Millet Grain Bowl has nutty millet, grilled red onions, charred shallots, spicy corn, grilled chicken, fresh cherries, creamy Burrata and a bright cherry vinaigrette! It’s the summer bowl to eat on repeat.
This Bourbon Cherry Caramel Ice Cream is a smooth, rich caramel ice cream with a homemade cherry jam swirl and Bourbon soaked cherries!
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