This is my first year celebrating National Pi Day with a slice of homemade pie. Did you know that Pi day was deemed an actual national holiday by the House of Representatives in 2009. Now I do not actually know if everyone started eating pie 5 years ago, but I think it is a wonderful idea! I should have been celebrating it since math was one of my favorite subjects in school.How about a nerdy fact … [Read more...]
Alfajores and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from The Cookiepedia {Review + Giveaway}
More baking!! I am loving it and I hope you are getting in some too! A few weeks ago Quirk Books sent me a few cookbooks to look through and I feel in love with Cookiepedia. Do you have trouble deciding what to make every year and you get stuck making the SAME cookies every year? I felt that way this year even though I did express that I hardly baked last year. It still countsI perused through the … [Read more...]
Boozy Cake with Dulce de Leche and Spiked Apricot Filling
This cake has been a long time coming. We had two birthdays in the last 10 days and I knew I had to have a good cake for my loved ones.Growing up my Chilean grandmother would make each member of the family their favorite cake. She would make a 13 to 15-inch cake and fill it with the birthday boy or girl's choice spiked jam. Mine was always apricot spiked with brandy. I even had our wedding … [Read more...]
