Chocolate Buttercream Banana Cake 🐒🍌🐒

As I quietly sat and read one afternoon, I began to hear the howling and hooting of little monkeys. Yes, monkeys 🐒. I looked around, confused, and then I just smiled. Later that day, as I descended the staircase into the building lobby, I saw those two little monkey smiling and swinging their legs from…

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Spring Cupcakes

Springtime makes me smile. Baking causes my heart to sing. Time with friends feeds my soul. Pretty things make me melt. What makes you happy?

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Honeybee Vanilla Cupcakes and Honeyed Bread Pudding

More on the honeybees… Honey vanilla cupcakes filled to the brim with a bit of “buttercream” will send you buzzing. And with the leftover crumbs, crumbles, and canines ~honeyed bread pudding seems to be the answer. Look at those darling little honeybees. And another spoonful of yum! I’ve mentioned before how I despise the term…

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Lemon Cream Tartlettes

So what do you do with leftover Easy Lemon Curd and Buttercream Frosting after a day of laboring in the kitchen? Kick your feet up, take a little help from the “elves,” and stuff yourself silly with delicate little Lemon Cream Tartlettes. That’s what!

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Lemon Curd Limoncello Layer Cake

Layers upon layers of lemon. Crumbly and crusty vanilla lemon cake. Limoncello soak. – yes ~ soak the sweetly spongey goodness in even more saccharin from heaven. Freshly coddled lemon curd whipped and whirred among pillows of buttercream and fresh lemon zest. Candied lemon “knots” and lemon rays of sunshine beaming through the kitchen windows of…

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