Tag Archives: cheese

Photo: Twenty20 “Life is great. Cheese makes it better.” That’s what Avery Aames wrote in her book The Long Quiche Goodbye. Unfortunately for folks like Aames, the feta fans, burrata backers and gorgonzola groupies, cheese is often demonized for its high-fat content and possible addictive qualities. But nutrition experts say …

This super light, fluffy, and moist Healthy Gluten Free Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting is incredibly sweet and just plain addictive!  I’ve never tasted a healthified cake as good as this before in my life…  words cannot even BEGIN to describe this cake.  I wish I could just …

When I asked my son Warren what theme he’d like for his 5th birthday, he was very clear that he’d love Angry Birds Space. The wheels in my head starting turning about how I would implement that theme into a cake. When I asked me more about kind of cake …

Whoopie Pies. Do you consider them little cakes? Are they cookies? Doesn’t really matter matter to me,  although I’d consider them a cake like cookie. Anything this scrumptious is just called a little piece of heaven and leave it at that. It is no secret that I’m a sucker for …

Last month, I spied with my “pumpkin always in my mind” eye, this delicious looking pumpkin cheesecake monkey bread recipe from Pillsbury. We love the more traditional monkey bread from Pillsbury, but I was looking for something a little different. Of course nothing beats my mom’s homemade monkey bread from …

Yes, this recipe sounds familiar (because we made the muffin version together a few weeks back, remember?)… but THIS. THIS. This is a cake (way more fun than a muffin) and it’s slathered with cream cheese frosting, so it’s a total muffin makeover.  (I often wonder how many things cream …

There is something about blueberries and lemon zest and cream cheese… it’s kind of like chocolate and caramel and nuts- they just go together, and you don’t fight it.  (But really- check out these Caramel Chocolate Pecan Cubes after you’re done making these muffins.) I have married cream cheese with blueberries …

Last month my mother introduced me to these amazing cupcakes. I decided to take the look a step further and after she baked the cupcakes, I tinted the icing with orange Wilton gel coloring to really make the cream cheese frosting stand out. They were the hit of our get …

. Healthy Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting! ??  This cake is so sweet, moist, fluffy and delicious, it’s like Banana Bread in cake form…  and made secretly refined sugar free, high protein, high fiber and gluten free. Fo realz y’all. Easter is coming up in just a couple of weeks.  While …