When I made Real Crazy Cake last weekend, I didn't love the frosting and wanted to distract from it. So, I added sprinkles to the cake. This is totally do-able and a fun way to dress up a homemade cake! Here's how to add sprinkles to the sides of a cake. I researched...
I know some of you are trying to host birthday parties in the middle of self-isolating and limited grocery availability. Ugh. I'm so sorry if you have little kids who may have trouble understanding why they can't have their friends over. I'll work on some ideas for...
This easy Easter Cake is decorated with cookies and could not be any simpler. Step 1: buy cake, cookies and frosting. Step 2: affix cookies to cake. I've got a few more details for you below. While you could certainly make the cake and cookies for this "recipe" ......
Are you baking your way through the pandemic? I am. Anything I can do to keep my hands busy is what I'm doing, really. This weekend, it was baking banana bread. I've never made banana bread, despite meaning to try it for years. Oh, the things you find time for when...
Growing up in Minnesota, we grew rhubarb in our backyard garden, and rhubarb pie was a summer staple. So I had in my mind to create a version of my Grandma's rhubarb pie for the 4th of July, but we can't find her recipe. I swear we made it just last year, so it has to...
I'm always looking for ways to party a liiiitle less expensively. So I got all sprinkled inspired and then ran through the grocery store, looking for easy-to-sprinkle party treats. What I love about this idea is that you can customize store-bought treats to your party...
In our New Year's Eve Party Planning Challenge, we touched on serving appetizers and desserts at your party. But I really wanted to return to the topic of New Year's Eve party appetizers, and go into that in a little more depth. How much do you need to serve? How do...
We roast pumpkin seeds every year, and every year I try a different roasting method and seasoning. But this year, I think I've stumbled on the easiest way to roast pumpkin seeds. It just doesn't have to be as hard as Pinterest might lead you to believe (wink). And,...
One of my favorite cakes to make for my family is Martha Stewart’s Icebox Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake. Sometimes I follow the recipe exactly, and other times, I change out the cookies, or turn the cake into trifles. For this year's Halloween Party, I used...
Of the treats at our Witch's Tea Party, I think the girls were most excited about the Witch's Stockings Dessert. I make variations on this dessert all the time because it's so quick and easy and goooood. (It honestly deserves the extra o's.) If you've ever made Martha...
This week is all about getting ready for our bake sale to benefit The Confetti Foundation. (Here's why I support them.) And since this is a one-woman-and-twins effort, we have spent a fair amount of time on Pinterest, looking for recipes that are (1) bake sale...
My father loved creme brulee. Any type of custard dessert, really. Nilla Wafer banana pudding? Bring it on. Daddy was near impossible to shop for. One year for Christmas, I bought him a cookbook focused on custards and made one of the recipes as my gift. I remember...
All week, I've been sharing my Easy, Last-Minute Christmas Ideas. (See How to Make a Greenery & Ornament Swag, How to Style Your Dining Room, and How to Make a Christmas Ornament Garland if you've missed the other posts.) But today, I'm sharing my Mock Martha...
Bear with me now: this one is theoretically gross but actually yummy. And it makes me giggle. I do girl parties all the time, and sometimes, it's just fun to dive into something boy-ish and grody. And so I give you ... shark chum Jell-O! Shark Chum Jell-O Supplies...
Did you miss my first Shark Week party tip? Click here to get the easy how-tos for making Shark Fin Soda Bottles. Today is part two of my own little Shark Week: Shark Tooth Rice Krispies Treats! Of course, these are a snap to mix up, but my version was even easier to...
Here in Georgia, back to school time is almost here. We've ordered backpacks, bought our unbelievably long list of school supplies (are 48 pencils really necessary? that's more than one per week of school...), and Grandma has taken the girls shopping for their...
As usual, I am getting ready for the holiday just in the nick of time. I keep telling myself to skip ahead to the next holiday so I have time to do something really wiz bang, but I can't seem to let a celebration pass me by. So here we are, getting ready for...
"I had an idea," said Baby A. "We could make cookies for Earth Day with that royal icing." Well, given that it was 3 p.m. the day before Earth Day and she had three injured fingers from falling off the monkey bars, I had a different (and by "different," I mean...
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