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Banana Walnut Protein Pancakes

September 18, 2017

These Banana Walnut Protein Pancakes come together in a snap. With fresh bananas, Krusteaz Protein Pancake mix and a touch of cinnamon, you’ll fall in love with this breakfast.

This post is sponsored by Krusteaz. As always, all opinions are my own.

Have I ever told you that breakfast is my favorite meal of the day (I mean besides dessert)? I could eat breakfast all day long for any meal of the day. When I go out to eat, my typical go-to breakfast includes pancakes, bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches, or fried chicken and waffles when I am looking for something really indulgent. Oh, and of course a side of potatoes. But this is certainly not my everyday life.

Moist Vanilla Cake Recipe

September 11, 2017

This perfectly Moist Vanilla Cake Recipe is a more dense cake with a tight crumb. Instead of light and fluffy this is more like a sponge cake. It's packed full of vanilla and after the first bite, you know it’s homemade. This recipe can also be made into cupcakes!

This perfectly Moist Vanilla Cake Recipe is a slightly denser than average cake with a tight crumb. Instead of light and fluffy this is more like a sponge cake. It’s packed full of vanilla and after the first bite, you know it’s homemade. PIN THIS for later For the longest time, I’ve wanted to have […]

15+ Circus Animal Cookie Recipes

September 4, 2017

Over 15 Circus Animal Cookie Recipes to satisfy your childhood craving! Circus Animal Cookies, Circus Animal Cheesecakes, Circus Animal Cakes and more.

Over 15 Circus Animal Cookie Recipes to satisfy your childhood craving! Circus Animal Cookies, Circus Animal Cheesecakes, Circus Animal Cakes and more. PIN IT for later

Chocolate Funfetti Cheesecake Bundt Cake

August 28, 2017

One bite of this Chocolate Funfetti Cheesecake Bundt Cake is not enough. This dark chocolate cake is filled with a funfetti cheesecake filling and a cream cheese glaze. Plus there’s plenty of sprinkles to go along!

One bite of this Chocolate Funfetti Cheesecake Bundt Cake is not enough. This dark chocolate cake is filled with a funfetti cheesecake filling and a cream cheese glaze. Plus there’s plenty of sprinkles to go along! What? How is it the last week of August? There’s a 3 day weekend coming up? You better believe […]

Brownie Batter Poke Cake

August 21, 2017

Sinful Brownie Batter Poke Cake. This chocolate poke cake is soaked with dark chocolate pudding, and topped a brownie batter mousse and brownie batter glaze. It’s for true chocolate lovers.

Sinful Brownie Batter Poke Cake. This chocolate poke cake is soaked with dark chocolate pudding, and topped a brownie batter mousse and brownie batter glaze. It’s for true chocolate lovers. Today is an important day, especially if you live in Oregon! It’s the total Solar Eclipse day! The state has been preparing for months and […]

Lemon Sugar Cookie Bars

August 14, 2017

These Lemon Sugar Cookie bars are these thick and chewy lemon sugar cookies frosting with vanilla buttercream.

These Lemon Sugar Cookie bars are these thick and chewy lemon sugar cookies frosting with vanilla buttercream. My least favorite day of vacation is always the last one, especially when you’re leaving a place that you love. I always like to build in one extra day on the tail end of a vacation to recover […]

No-Bake Kahlua Cream Pie

August 7, 2017

This homemade No-Bake Kahlua Cream Pie is a chocolatey Kahlua-spiked pudding with a thick Oreo crust.

This homemade No-Bake Kahlua Cream Pie is a chocolatey Kahlua-spiked pudding with a thick Oreo crust. After a few weeks in a row of hosting visitors and traveling, we finally had a quiet weekend at home, but that won’t last for long! Portland has been experiencing an excessive heat wave this last week with temperatures […]

No-Bake Banana Dulce De Leche Mousse Cake

July 31, 2017

This No-Bake Banana Dulce De Leche Mousse Cake is layers of dulce de leche mousse and fresh sliced banana under a layer of banana pudding mousse with a Nilla wafer crust and whipped cream on top.

This No-Bake Banana Dulce De Leche Mousse Cake is layers of dulce de leche mousse and fresh sliced bananas under a layer of banana pudding mousse with a Nilla wafer crust and whipped cream on top. PIN IT FOR LATER I’ve been a little absent lately but for good reason! Besides being incredibly busy at […]

Cinnamon Roll Blondies

July 24, 2017

Once you sink your teeth into these Cinnamon Roll Blondies, there's no turning back. These soft and chewy cinnamon blondies are topped with a silky cream cheese frosting.

Once you sink your teeth into one of these babies there’s no turning back. These soft and chewy cinnamon blondies are topped with a silky cream cheese frosting. I’m so excited to be sharing these homemade Cinnamon Roll Blondies from my friend Hayley’s book Two in One Desserts. After the success of her first book, […]

Funfetti Cheesecake Bundt Cake

July 19, 2017

This Funfetti Cheesexake Bundt Cake is a vanilla bundt cake filled with a funfetti Oreo cheesecake filling. It’s topped with a cream cheesecake glaze. You can see it's nice and dense and loaded with plenty of sprinkles.

This Funfetti Cheesecake Bundt Cake is a vanilla bundt cake filled with a funfetti Oreo cheesecake filling. It’s topped with a cream cheesecake glaze. You can see it’s nice and dense and loaded with plenty of sprinkles. You guuuuuuuys! Today, July 19, 2017 is the one year anniversary of my cookbook, No-Bake Treats! I think […]

Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Brown Butter Frosting

July 17, 2017

This triple layer Chocolate Zucchini Cake features a delicate chocolate cake stuff with zucchini. It's frosted with a rich brown butter buttercream frosting.

This triple layer Chocolate Zucchini Cake features a delicate chocolate cake stuffed with zucchini. It’s frosted with a rich brown butter frosting. My parents always grew zucchini in the summers, and at times we had zucchinis that were as big as our arms. We would always shred the zucchini and freeze it so that we […]

Circus Animal Stuffed Cookies

July 10, 2017

These Circus Animal Stuffed Cookies are soft and chewy and filled with frosted circus animal cookies, with a drizzle of white chocolate and sprinkles on top.

These Circus Animal Stuffed Cookies are soft and chewy and filled with frosted circus animal cookies, with a drizzle of white chocolate and sprinkles on top. PIN IT for later What a wonderful weekend we had here in Portland. You may have seen on my Instagram that my mom was visiting and we had quite […]

17 Must Have Fruity Pebble Desserts

July 7, 2017

Reach for your favorite box of cereal and turn it into one of these amazing desserts! From No-Bake Fruity Pebble Cheesecake to Fruity Pebble stuffed cookies, ice cream and popsicles, you can't really go wrong here.

Reach for your favorite box of cereal and turn it into one of these amazing desserts! From No-Bake Fruity Pebble Cheesecake to Fruity Pebble stuffed cookies, ice cream and popsicles, you can’t really go wrong here with these Fruity Pebble Desserts. I don’t know about you I love taking one thing, like a box of […]

No-Bake Key Lime Mousse Pie

July 5, 2017

This No-Bake Key Lime Mousse Pie starts with a Nilla Wafer crust, then a layer of white chocolate key lime mousse, then a lime and cookie mousse on top of that. Finish this off with some crushed Nilla Wafers and more lime zest!

Dive face first into this No-Bake Key Lime Mousse Pie. The Nilla Wafer crust is filled with a white chocolate key lime mousse, and a layer of cookies and whipped cream on top. Plenty of key lime to go around. I hope you all had a very nice July 4th holiday weekend. We kept things […]

Million Dollar Cookie Pie

June 26, 2017

This Million Dollar Cookie Pie is layer of Nutella, Dulce De Leche and Cookie Dough in a buttery pie crust. Every layers makes this dessert a million bucks!

This Million Dollar Cookie Pie is layer of Nutella, Dulce De Leche and Cookie Dough in a buttery pie crust. Every layer makes this dessert a million bucks! Yesterday we returned from an amazing long weekend in Bend Oregon. Bend has been on my bucket list since we moved here but we weren’t able to […]

Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Poke Cake

June 21, 2017

One bite of this Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Poke Cake and you’ll be hooked. This poke cake is a chocolate cake soaked in sweetened condensed milk, cherry pie filling and a cheesecake whipped cream.

This Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Poke Cake is a chocolate cake soaked in sweetened condensed milk, cherry pie filling and a cheesecake whipped cream. This is my first summer in Portland with my fiancé by my side. Last summer we were still living long distance and I spent lots of time traveling back and forth, so […]

To Die For Coconut Cream Pie

June 19, 2017

This classic Coconut Cream Pie is made with a sweet coconut custard filled with shredded coconut and it’s topped with fresh whipped cream.

This to-die-for Coconut Cream Pie has a dreamy homemade, sweet coconut custard filling and it’s topped with plenty of whipped cream. Today my neighbor asking me if I was still “batching it”, and I looked at him with a confused look on my face. “What’s that mean?” I asked. Is your fiancé still out of […]

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