Brown Butter Dulce de Leche Lava Cakes
Warm, golden brown butter lava cakes with molten dulce de leche centers and a hint of cinnamon — the perfect ending to a cozy Mexican-inspired dinner.
Dessert Recipes
Comfort dessert recipes remodeled with clearer steps and richer flavor. Pies, cakes, cookies, and nostalgic sweets made even better.
Cappuccino Crème Brûlée
A cappuccino crème brûlée infused with espresso and cinnamon, finished with a crackling turbinado sugar crust. Silky, balanced, and make‑ahead friendly.
Indoor S’mores: The Upgraded Campfire Classic
Skip the campfire — these indoor s’mores use chocolate graham crackers, Hershey’s caramel chocolate, and jumbo vanilla marshmallows for an upgraded classic ready in under 10 minutes.
Brown Butter Bourbon Pineapple Upside Down Cake (Cast Iron)
A nostalgic pineapple upside down cake made in a cast iron skillet — upgraded with brown butter batter and bourbon caramel for a more balanced, sophisticated flavor. Includes a mini cast iron version for two.
Ultimate Carrot Cake
I love carrot cake! Many years ago a friend that I worked with at the time shared a carrot cake recipe with me with a warning. He said “once you make this recipe it will ruin all other carrot cakes for you. You will never …
Scottish Shortbread Cookies
Recently a friend of our sent us a box of Heritage Scottish shortbread cookies. We absolutely loved them! We loved them so much that we had to figure out how to make them ourselves. It turns out that traditional Scottish shortbread cookies have only 3 …
Italian Ricotta Cookies
These Italian ricotta cookies are from an old family recipe. My Aunt would probably kill me for sharing.
Cookies-n-Cream Cupcakes
A fluffy white sponge cake with chunks of crushed Oreo’s topped with a light buttercream frosting flecked with more pulverized Oreo’s give these cupcakes the full cookies-n-cream experience.
Easy Fruit Cobbler
Me: What do you want for dessert? Brenda: I don’t know, something quick and easy. That seems to be a reocurring weekend conversation, and one that led to me stumbling upon this easy fruit cobbler recipe. We have blueberry bushes around the yard, so we …
Super Fresh Lemon Bars
Bright, tart, and simple — the lemon bars recipe that wins over people who think they don’t like lemon There’s a short list of bakes that Brenda and I keep on permanent rotation for events, potlucks, and office carry-ins — and these lemon bars sit …