To celebrate Galentine’s Day this year, we gathered together over Zoom to make a special cake packed with strawberry flavor (recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction)! The cake itself has a strawberry puree blended in that is made from a pound of pure fresh strawberries and the frosting has freeze-dried strawberries blended in to give itContinue reading “Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting”
Category Archives: Fruits
Fresh Strawberry Cake
Summer=Strawberries! For this recipe, we wanted to bring back the OG Baking with Friends crew! We have been baking with Stephanie and Magaly for many years now and we wanted to bake together. We all had fresh strawberries and the other ingredients so we thought this would be the perfect summer baking we could doContinue reading “Fresh Strawberry Cake”
Thumbprint Cookies
This Thumbprint Cookie recipe has been the most popular recipe of the quarantine by far! I’ve done this recipe twice already: the first time was for a virtual tea party we had planned to do in the spring in person but instead transitioned to Zoom due to the pandemic and the second time was withContinue reading “Thumbprint Cookies”
Lemon Bars
Lemons are my favorite! So baking lemons bars was naturally the best way to kick off the quarantine baking extravaganza. This recipe was very easy and super delicious. They also stayed nice and fresh in my fridge for a whole week! My good friend Mari also did the recipe from her home in California andContinue reading “Lemon Bars”
Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes
I am a happy godmother of two amazing young women: Stephanie and Laura and we were able to spend a weekend together where we explored some embassies in DC, checked out the DC Funk Parade, ate some Chinese food, made brunch and baked cupcakes! Since the beginning of great summer weather is approaching, we thought itContinue reading “Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes”
Waffles at the Workplace
Because there’s nothing better than a Waffle Work Meeting on [the day after] International Waffle Day! The recipe itself is still on the organic waffle mix bag at the office,which was quite good and healthy using soy milk and honey. But the idea for this came up as a team bonding experience for our relatively new team. WithinContinue reading “Waffles at the Workplace”
Strawberry Pie
In addition to it being my sister’s birthday, it was also a historic Pi Day! This recipe had a recipe to make the crust as well I had to buy a pie crust in the interest of time (which worked just fine except that my filling started to bubble through the crust toward the end of the bakingContinue reading “Strawberry Pie”
Blueberry Pie
Another snow day! We had a leftover pie crust and a new box of blueberries sooo we made a blueberry pie! It was super easy to make and quite delicious as dessert tonight! Enjoy! Ingredients 1 cup (8 ounces) Greek yogurt 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 2 tbsp flour 2 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 tsp salt 2 1/2Continue reading “Blueberry Pie”
Strawberry Heart Pocket Cookies
In preparation for Valentine’s Day, my sister and I got together to bake these yummy, adorable, easy cookies! My sister took some amazing pictures that you will see throughout this post. Enjoy the post, enjoy the cookies, and enjoy Valentine’s Day with all our loved ones! Ingredients 1 package pie crust strawberry jam sugar for garnishContinue reading “Strawberry Heart Pocket Cookies”
Blueberry Shortbread Bars
Have some blueberries in the fridge? Or any berries for that matter? Mix up this incredibly quick and easy 4-ingredient recipe and enjoy! Ingredients 125g plain flour 50g caster sugar plus an extra 2tbsp 100g cold butter, cut into several chunks 150g fresh blueberries Directions Preheat the oven to 180°C (Gas Mark 4 / 350°F).Continue reading “Blueberry Shortbread Bars”
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