Decadent chocolate cake, creamy peanut butter frosting and amazingly good peanut butter Oreos make these cupca

  It's time to celebrate the 4th of July! The Independence of the USA - a great American holiday! And wh

The temperature outside is INSANE hot here in Bavaria!  We went from downpours of rain and stormy weather str

Happy Father's Day!  Today is a beautifully sunny, warm day in Bavaria and our backyard is the perfect place

Tomorrow is the last day of school for my 7th grader!  Can't believe it really... the ending of this year mea

I'm going on vacation next week.  Yup... 6 days away from home with my soldier and our beautiful kids.  We a

There's no real reason for making these cookies.  No special occasion.  No person to gift them to.  Really,

I'm always on the lookout for a new dinner recipe.  I pin recipes to Pinterest all the time to my "It's Dinne

I've been wanting to try making a pineapple upside-down cake for a few months now... but just didn't have the

Rich chocolate cupcakes on a pretzel crust topped with peanut butter buttercream, chocolate ganache and a choc

Fresh strawberries macerated in honey and sugar are used in the cupcakes and frosting for these super sweet su

These cupcakes came together on a whim this morning.  I was making the chocolate cake layer for an upcoming c

Tonight I'm making a chili and cinnamon rubbed port tenderloin for dinner... and I'm topping it off with apple

Rich and decadent, this double chocolate layer cake is the ultimate in chocolate desserts!

I love nothing more than a good cookie.  I mean seriously... chewy cookies that are just a little crisp aroun

Learn to make royal icing flowers with this simple, easy-to-follow tutorial!  I am making vanilla cupcakes to

Army life has it's share of ups and downs, good times and bad... happy and sad moments.   Since moving to Ger

Shortbread cake filled with caramel sauce and topped with whipped white chocolate frosting!

I'm headed to Frankfurt this weekend to watch the US Women's National Soccer Team play against Germany!  Heck

Yesterday was my son's 1st birthday party and I've been super preoccupied with getting his Sesame Street cupca

Last week I participated in the Spring Hop Along Peeps party with 22 other amazeball bloggers and I collecte

It's the week before Easter and I wanted to make something super special for my daughter to take to school to

Easter is right around the corner and I wanted to make something unique to share on the blog.  Everyone and t

I had never intended for these Buttercream Rose Sugar Cookies to be their own post...  But, after I piped on

I needed my recipe for basic chocolate buttercream today and as I went to look for it on my blog, I realized I

Horray! It's almost time for Spring and I am so super excited for the sunshine and warmer weather!  Springtim

Dark chocolate Guinness Stout cake filled with Bailey’s cream cheese frosting topped with Bailey’s

So my husband is gone for 3 weeks training for his upcoming deployment... one could call these three weeks tra

It's Sunday morning, the hubby has been gone for a week already and I need a little something guilty to start

I have no real reason for making these rich, decadent Amaretto Truffles other than I wanted to eat them myself

Last week I was going to host my son's 1st birthday party until 75% of my family got sick.  I had already pur

These chewy lemon cookies filled with white chocolate chips are a treat that's sure to make everyone happy! A

If you're looking for the best peanut butter frosting ever... STOP!  You've found it in my Perfect Peanut But

A mint lovers dream, this mint chocolate chip cake is layers of dark chocolate cake filled and covered with cr

  I made a cake recently and garnished it with homemade mint chocolate chip bark.  It was so super simple

Chewy, fudgey, brownie like cookies with chunks of dark chocolate and Raspberry Dark Chocolate M&Ms.