Almond Plum Big Top Muffins

Almond Plum Big Top Muffins

Stone fruit is still going strong here in Paradise, and for some reason, I waited quite a while before I brought home some plums.  I love plums — especially the black ones with golden fruit inside — and when I see them in the store, 

Danish Braids:  Daring Bakers June Challenge

Danish Braids: Daring Bakers June Challenge

  Call me Murphy because if anything could go wrong, it already has.  You know when you get to the end of a very long post and you see that spinning wheel?  The one that indicates that something’s not quite right with your browser?  Yes.  

Banana Pound Cake with Chocolate Chips

Banana Pound Cake with Chocolate Chips

Bananas, chocolate, and I go way back.  In a banana split, as far as I’m concerned, the only purpose for the ice cream is to hold up the bananas and chocolate syrup.  And frozen bananas dipped in chocolate? I’ll never forget the first time I 

Banana Pecan Muffins with a hint of…?

Banana Pecan Muffins with a hint of…?

What does one do when one brings home a cute little bunch of bananas from the Asian food market and only three are eaten?  It means that the menfolk in this house are trained to not eat something that looks suspiciously like it may end 

Babycakes Three Ways

Babycakes Three Ways

You’d laugh if you saw my calendar.  It’s not a real calendar per se.  It’s the iCal on my Mac.  I actually spent quite a bit of time one day putting all the food events I could find on it so I could plan to