Category Archives: Dessert

Banana Bread with Dark Chocolate and Coconut

buy me a boat lyrics Click here to view recipe. I am well aware that I have posted other banana bread quickbread recipes (like this one and this one), but I had to try one more.  I love breakfast/dessert/anytime sweet bread that I can whip … Continue reading

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Morning Bundt Cake With Poppy Seeds

Chanthaburi Click here to view recipe.   My friend Ginny lives in Montana and we tend to like many of the same foods – Cuban food, roasted veggies with Tahini, roasted garlic, etc. When she mentioned she had a recipe for … Continue reading

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Lemon Poppyseed Loaf

Click here to view recipe. I love lemon anything and I adore poppy seeds, so when I saw Dorrie Greenspan’s recipe for Poppy Seed Tea Cake it wasn’t a question of IF I would make it – but WHEN.  She … Continue reading

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Mile High Pumpkin Bread

Click here to view recipe. Some members of my family love everything pumpkin: pumpkin scones, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pie, pumpkin risotto and of course pumpkin bread.   When I saw Smitten Kitchen’s pumpkin bread recipe, which uses an entire can of … Continue reading

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Rhubarb Raspberry Cobbler

Click here to view recipe. I go a little crazy when it’s rhubarb season in Seattle!  It’s a limited time when these beautiful, crimson, celery-like shards of deliciousness show up in farmers markets and stores, and during the month or … Continue reading

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Mint-Stuffed Brownies

Click here to view recipe. This week I really had a craving for mint brownies, but the thought of making a buttercream and then waiting to top the pan of brownies with ganache seemed like too much work.  And then … Continue reading

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A Midsummer Apricot Dream

Click here to view recipe. When summer gives you apricots, make apricot crisp!! Stone fruit speaks to my tastes buds – I love apricots, peaches, nectarines and plums second only to raspberries and blueberries in the summer.  This July was … Continue reading

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Chocolate Strudel

Click here to view recipe. OK, readers – pay attention. Because this chocolate strudel is one of the best things I bake.  Seriously. I have hemmed and hawed about sharing the recipe with you and finally I decided I am … Continue reading

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Simple Summer Rhubarb Strawberry Bars

Click here to view recipe. This recipe came to me in 2018 on Fathers Day…we had a family shindig for the dads (and uncles who have been fill-in dads) and for the moms who enabled their men to become dads. … Continue reading

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Simple Summer Strawberry Shortcake

Click here to view recipe. If you ask me what my very favorite type of summer fruit, there is no contest.  I LOVE BERRIES!! Raspberries take first place followed closely by strawberries, but I only like berries that are fresh … Continue reading

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