It is finally looking a bit like Christmas around here with a bit of snow on the ground and not so brown outside.  So I have been baking some festive treats! Of course I made some Christmas cookies, but also I have been craving gingerbread so I decided that I needed to make some.  As ..read more

I am all about enjoying the pumpkin baked goods lately. It is something I look forward to every year, pumpkin spices and pumpkin treats rolling back around! Last weekend I was in the mood for some pumpkin cake, but I didn’t want to make a giant one, or one I had to frost, so what ..read more

Since fall is finally here, and apple season is in full swing, I am all about the apple baked goods lately. It is the perfect time to do some baking now that it is cooling down a little outside.  I was really craving some spice cake, so last weekend I decided to bake a Vegan ..read more

Today is my Birthday, and the last couple weekends I have been choosing fun activities to celebrate it, because everyone gets a Birthday month right? So a couple of weekends ago we did something I have always wanted to do, visit a lavender farm!  We went to The Lavender Barnyard in Farmington MN, and it was such a magical experience!  I love using lavender in recipes, scenting my home with it and using it in personal care products so when I found out there was a local lavender farm I could visit I was all in!  This place is awesome, a little farm with rows of different varieties ..read more

I have always loved all things rhubarb, so I get excited when rhubarb season rolls around here in Minnesota.  My grandma used to grow a bunch behind her garage and she would always make the best rhubarb treats, especially her strawberry rhubarb sauce!  It has actually been rhubarb season here for a while now, but I just now got my hands on some rhubarb from my Dad's garden when I finally had time to pick some last weekend.  I knew I wanted to make something with it but I wasn't quite sure what.  I debated on making a pie or crumble, maybe involving some strawberries, but w ..read more

I am sooo ready for spring and all of the things that come with it.  It has been snowing for a few days here in Minnesota right now so it doesn't feel like spring quite yet.  Yesterday we went to a flower show just to escape the snow and cold and forget about the fact that we aren't quite in the green grass and flowers blooming stage here and it was nice to enjoy flowers even if they weren't outside.  Until I can enjoy spring I figure I might as well enjoy spring flavors!  So I made a Vegan Lemon Pistachio Carrot Cake last weekend!  Carrot cake is essential for spring ..read more

Samoas were always my favorite Girl Scout cookies growing up, what's not to love about a vanilla cookie with chewy caramel, coconut and chocolate?!  So now I love making desserts with that same flavor profile.  I have made cakes, cupcakes, replica cookies, granola, energy balls.  This time I decided to make Vegan Samoa Doughnuts!  I have been buying a lot of vegan doughnuts lately so I thought why not make some of my own.  These turned out so delicious I decided to share them with you all! I love having a doughnut pan, so I can make different flavors of doughnuts at ..read more

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays to make desserts for because I love all things pink and berry flavored!  So this year I thought it would be fun to make a Vegan Strawberry Rosewater Cake!  I know Valentine's Day is not for a few weeks, but I make stuff for the entire month before to enjoy!  This one turned out so delicious I had to share it with you all!  Also, it has been really cold here in Minnesota, it was in the single digits all last week so it was the perfect time to stay inside and bake a cake! For this cake I used my vanilla cake batter, and scented ..read more

It's not exactly a white Christmas here in Minnesota right now, we had rain last weekend, it is above freezing and it is rather brown outside.  That is ok though.  It is better for driving, perfect for running and I am still feeling festive as ever!  We visited a Christmas market last weekend, made a gingerbread house and I made a festive cake!  This Vegan Marble Peppermint Cake! I love a good marble cake for celebrations and I thought it would be wonderful with peppermint for a festive twist! This cake is pretty easy to make as far as cakes go.  For the cake batter ..read more

We are getting into the final part of fall where the colors are starting to fade and it is getting more chilly.  So I am soaking up every last sunny day before it is completely brown outside and the leaves are gone, enjoying running through the crunchy leaves (one of my favorite parts of fall).  You know what the perfect thing to do after being outside on a chilly day is though?  Baking something delicious in a warm kitchen.  So I decided to bake a cake!  I am not sick of pumpkin yet (I don't think I could ever be) so it was a pumpkin cake.  One of my favorite ca ..read more