American birthday party bake recipes

Easy Dump Cake: Angel Food Pineapple Cake

What’s not to love about dump cake recipes? And this one is in a class all by itself. When you need to serve a…

Vanilla cupcakes

I've tried a lot of white cupcake recipes. Many turn out too flat or dry. I came across this one on a blog site and it's really good. It looks…

Ultimate Carrot Cake

What a way to eat your vegetables! I work hard, try to eat a well-balanced diet, get plenty of exercise and watch my weight. I also absolutely…

Piña Colada Cupcakes

Perfect New York Style Pizza Dough

I have a friend, Pete Miller, who has become a pizza guru. He attended classes held by Tony Gemignani (pizza…

Rich Chocolate Brownies

These brownies have chocolate chips and melted chocolate in the batter, making them doubly delicious. It's a crowd-pleasing treat I can always count…

Lemon Pastry Squares (a.k.a Lemon Brownies) - a new take on Lemon Bars!

This recipe has been circulating around the Internet as “Lemon Brownies”,…

World Champion Oatmeal Bars

I make a lot of tasty brownies and bars, but few have gotten more raves than these. Of course, I served them to a bunch of SF Giants fans after the…

Creole Rice Pudding

NEVER throw day-old rice away! Next time you have that extra-large Chinese take out and you have some of that white rice left over, you have the…

Hazelnut Cheese Bits

Wow! These yummy bite-size bursts of flavor make an exceptionally delicious appetizer! You will need to make more than you think, because this easy…

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Guinness Chocolate Cake & Bailey's Buttercream

I personally call this an "Irish Car Bomb Cupcake" - after the popular American Beer Cocktail, but whatever you…

Cedar-Plank Salmon

Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie

I have a number of great chocolate chip cookie recipes. This is probably my kids' favorite. I'm not sure it's…

Taco Pie

Tacos without all of the mess. If you like Taco you have got to like Taco Pie and it is really easy to make. Enjoy.