• Reviews

    Maple Glazed Pecan Hot Cross Buns

    Recipe: Southern Fatty Avg Rating: 🍯🍯 It’s spring time and by now your feeds have been flooded with classic desserts adorned with Cadbury eggs, some sort of rabbit themed dΓ©cor or a pastel parade. This year I wanted to try a little something different and fell in love with the idea of these Maple Glazed Pecan Hot Cross Buns. I…

  • Reviews

    Marble Cake

    Recipe: Once Upon a Chef Avg. Rating: 🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯 Seasonal desserts are the best. Making them makes the season more…real? No? Just me? Anyhow, when it comes to Spring season crowd pleasers you can’t go wrong with a classic Marble cake. With the saturation of recipe makers out there the options for this fan favorite are overwhelming. I did my usual…

  • Basics,  Cookies,  Desserts

    White Chocolate Chip Cookie

    For a long time, I thought I just wasn’t a cookie person. Besides bakery style cookies, which are usually so thick they’re cloying, any homemade cookie I’ve had was crisp and crumbly and, frankly, dry. Not a fan. One night, in the throws of a seriously terrible day, I decided to make some cookies. It was the day before our…

  • Desserts,  Holiday,  Pies

    Lemon Meringue Pie

    When I first approached this recipe I thought, “What could go wrong?” And I soon learned the answer is EVERYTHING. The crust, the runny filling, the weepy meringue–I did it all. And now I’m going to give you my FOOL PROOF recipe, because after making 4 entire pies, back to back to back, I’ve learned a thing or two. This…

  • Desserts,  Holiday,  Puddings

    Arroz con Leche (Rice Pudding)

    Growing up my grandmother was always in the kitchen. She’s the type of grandmother that loves feeding people and watching them enjoy her food.. During the holidays, this woman makes everything from the appetizers to the cakes and meringues–all from scratch! Out of the many amazing recipes from my grandma’s kitchen, arroz con leche is one that is near and…

  • Breads,  Cookies,  Desserts

    Brown Butter Banana Bread Cookies

    Over the past few socially-distanced months, banana bread has become the staple bake for seasoned and quarantine bakers alike. Don’t believe me? Go search up #bananabread on literally any platform. Insanity! However, even a tried and true recipe can get a little stale after 3 consecutive weeks. Enter: these bad boys right here. Take the flavorful, moist crumb of banana…