In the kitchen with Aidan: cake

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June 7, 2011

Aidan's 1st Birthday

My beautiful healthy baby boy turned one this year, and all eyes were on him (as usual). We had a very small family gathering, as all first birthday's should be. It was tons of fun and he was surrounding with more love than he could handle as always.
For his first birthday cake I made him a carrot currant cake with cream cheese frosting and fresh pineapple.

The adults cake had walnuts in it, but in his petite cake I left them out.

He came out of the womb smiling, I'm so proud of him!

gorgeous.

his beat machine, which he loves to annoy us with!

March 24, 2011

Get Rich or Get Fat Tryin'

Submission test recipes I created for the Pillsbury Bake off

pumpkin pie stuffed cinnamon rolls in a pumpkin icing

Brownie fluffernutter bites

More pumpkin pie in a cinnamon roll, one with pecans and one without.

Pumpkin pie cookie ice cream sandwiches with homemade carmel sauce

angel food cake bread pudding with mixed berries

Sweet N' Sassy

Breakfast banana spring rolls in a star anise coconut sauce

Lemon squares

Harvest Pumpkin Bars - my recipe
1 earth balance stick "butter"
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1- 15oz can organic pumpkin
1 3/4 cup AP flour- (i use king Arthur flour)
1 Tablespoon pumpkin spice mix
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chopped nuts & dried fruit of choice (i used cherries,cranberries,walnuts,pistachios & almonds)
1/2 cup chocolate chips or Cinnamon chips

put butter in a microwave ready bowl or heat on stove, melt. Add brown sugar & mix thoroughly.. get to a boil and cool to touch. Place in a mixing bowl and or stand mixer. Mix in baking powder, spice mix & egg. Add pumpkin, then add flour. Lastly add nuts/fruits/chips.

Bake at 350 for 40 min in a square pan of choice or until done- check with toothpick, do not over cook. ENJOY!