... and when I say Quick, I really mean quick. This whole recipe was complete from start to finish in about 75 minutes - which is impressive considering its not just a "dump it all in" casserole. You have legit manual labor to do here. I was in the market for a good Father's Day breakfast dish. Typically I default to a batch of Monkey Bread for just about every holiday. It's incredibly easy and customizable. Christmas time? Make the glaze with eggnog. Summer? Toss some blueberries in. But I felt like doing something a little different. I've made quick cinnamon rolls before but nothing quite as simple and straight forward at these. I would just about guarantee you already have everything you need - except for the cream cheese in the frosting. It was rather astounding. That being said, I don't think the flavors in this were incredibly deep. To me, it did taste like I had only spent one quick morning on it. Everyone else that consumed it loved it for one reason o...
Well, this is my second cake. The frosting didn't come out quite as beautiful as the first one last week - but it tastes pretty delicious and I'm good with that. On Friday, I googled "spring cakes" and landed on this website called "The Cake Blog". So many good options. I'm actually a little tempted to try and do one cake a week - or other similar-ish dessert. I still had a couple of bananas leftover so this is a banana cake again - but it is different. There is a little less banana in the actual cake and the frosting has nutella in it. Amazing right? I'm not totally invested this whole cake baking process quite yet, so when the recipe also called for "homemade chocolate ganache" .... I just drizzled chocolate syrup on the cake and called it a day. I don't feel bad about it. The funny part about this cake baking is that I really have never thought of myself as someone who "likes" cake. I'll choose a cookie or a tart or a s...
Feel free to file these under "fastest muffin making".  I've been slowly working through a batch of very ripe bananas. It would be easiest to just eat them or put them in a smoothie - but oddly that feels like more work that baking with them. Last week I made this DELICIOUS banana cake that was so very very good. This weekend, I whipped up these cinnamon banana muffins very quickly on Saturday morning.  The muffins are a home run. They are so light and delicious - but would be very boring without the sugary topping. Yes, it would be healthier but also sad. It takes minimal seconds to melt the butter and dip them so don't scrimp on it. It just will not be worth it. I still have 2 bananas left so I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with them. Only time will tell. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray 12 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray. In medium bowl, combine the sugar, oil, eggs and stir with wire whisk. Add in bananas and vanilla, whisk until combin...
Ah banana bread. So delicious and wonderful ... and you secretly think you are making a healthy decision because of the bananas. I had/have a pile of very ripe bananas from when my baby brother stayed with me a week or so ago. It would have been very easy to just whip those bad boys into some bread, but I decided to stretch myself a bit more... and make this banana cake. Making a cake is not incredibly challenging - but I think making it look good is. Or at least for me that is the case. Since I am but one person, I opted to make a much smaller cake than the recipe called for. I used an adorable 7 inch springform pan and cut the recipe by a third. One human does not need a giant cake for themselves, but an adorable 7 inch cake? Sure. The upside to working from home is that I was able to do this all at some point during the work day. I made the batter in the morning, baked the layers during lunch, and frosted in the late afternoon. Candidly, I really wanted to use blueberries with this ...