I received a bottle of Nielsen Massey Pure Vanilla Bean Paste. With it I created very vanilla french toast bake with butter pecan topping. All opinions are my own. In all honesty, I have never before used vanilla bean paste. It’s been a long time since I’ve even used a vanilla bean. I tend to stick…
Mother's Day
Dried Cherry and Almond Scones
Can you believe it’s almost Easter? Already! These dried cherry and almond scones would be an easy and delicious addition to your brunch table. Although I have other scone recipes on the blog, this recipe is actually the first one I ever made. I was never really a scone fan until I made this recipe….
Italian Cream Cake with Nutty Cream Cheese Frosting
Italian Cream Cake with Nutty Cream Cheese Frosting, also known as Italian Wedding Cake, is perfect for any special occasion. This post has great timing. I’ve made an Italian Cream Cake to celebrate Italian day, which is a part of my heritage. My maternal grandparents were from Italy and I recently got my DNA results…
No-Bake Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake with Lemon Cookie Crust
This post is sponsored by Sprouts Farmers Market. All opinions are my own. I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a media tour at the new Sprouts Farmers Market earlier this week. For almost the last year I have been patiently waiting for a huge, now defunct gym, to become something wonderful. Something new to the…
Fresh Blueberry Coffee Cake
Today for Taste of Home Tuesday my fellow volunteer field editors, Maureen and Jolene, and I are sharing blueberry recipes. July 10 is national blueberry picking day so today’s theme is blueberries. Fresh blueberry coffee cake is in order. We love blueberries and were actually just talking about them. Both my husband and youngest said…