Fresh and Light Peach Ice Cream – is there anything better than homemade ice cream on a hot summer day? This recipe is from an old Cooking Light magazine I had hanging around. Â It uses whole milk and half and half instead of heavy cream. Â No precooking makes it a breeze! There is a…
Dessert recipes
Delicious and easy to make desserts are our specialty!
Double Chocolate Almond Biscotti
We love biscotti here and this is a fabulous way to get your chocolate cookie on! Â If you have never made Biscotti before you are in for a treat. Â Easier than traditional cookies and not overly sweet…my kinda of cookie! Biscotti – so impressive but easier to make than traditional cookies – there are tons…
Pecan Pie Snack Cake
When a big cake is just too much cake this Pecan Pie Snack Cake is the perfect size! Packed full of pecans, it has a great flavor and so easy to make! 5 Ingredients, one bowl and you have yourself a tasty little snack cake. Â Perfect for a small family or three back to…
Pineapple Bars with Coconut Drizzle
 Pineapple Bars with Coconut Drizzle!  A super easy to make recipe that has tons of flavor! I woke up early on a Saturday morning….like way too early!  Of course Mr. Laughing Spatula was already up and out,  putting gas in all the cars.  You see, Mr. LS takes very good care of his girls.  Every…
Old Fashioned Yellow Cake with Easy Chocolate Frosting
Who doesn’t remember Old Fashioned Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting! – Fresh easy ingredients baked up into a delicious and tender cake! Â Flour, eggs, sugar…just the basics. Â This cake is as easy as a box mix but tastes like Grandma made it! Â Nothing says I love you like cake! Scratch cake that is with fluffy…
French Toast Muffins
It’s a tasty tri-fecta! Â It’s a muffin, french toast and bread pudding all in one! Â It’s like French Toast and Bread Pudding had a baby…a really yummy baby! It’s a tasty tri-fecta! Â It’s a muffin, french toast and bread pudding all in one! Â It’s like French Toast and Bread Pudding had a baby…a really yummy…
Coconut Sheet Cake
This Coconut Sheet Cake has a tender white cake with fluffy coconut frosting!  This reminds you of the stuff of your childhood! Holy Sheet Cake this is good! It’s an old time recipe that tastes like the cake that your Grandma used to make (not my Grandma, YOUR Grandma,  mine couldn’t cook worth squat). It has 5…
Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Maple Frosting
Pumpkin Sheet Cake!  This super delicious cake is great for a crowd and is super easy to make.  Don’t wait until the holidays to make this fabulous cake! I love that sheet cakes are so popular again. Who has time to bake up a couple layers and decorate? I can almost guarentee  that you will…
Fresh and Light Apple Crisp
Apple Crisp! Fall must be in the air. I really hadn’t planned on blogging this, I mean why? Apple Crisp has been published a million times…but it is a dessert staple around my house and I really do love it and it was just sitting there, waiting for the attention it deserves. A few questions you…
Caramel Banana Upside Down Bread
This Caramel Banana Upside Down Bread is so pretty but so easy to make! It’s a bread…no it’s a cake! It taste like cake to me…like really, really good cake but it’s cooked in a loaf pan so it’s bread? I really don’t know and don’t care…I just love it! Caramel Banana Upside Down Bread Ingredients…
Raspberry Cordial
Nothing says summertime like fresh fruit…like fresh raspberries….like fresh raspberry flavored booze! Like Whoa!  I believe it qualifies as a serving of fruit as well…bonus point, sold!…cha-ching! (And yes, I’ve been sampling…what kinda cook doesn’t taste her own wares?) This takes about 2 minutes to throw together but needs to sit for about 1 week and can go as…
Peanut Buster Parfait Ice Cream Cake
This was such a hit! Mr. LaughingSpatula had two, yes two pieces! Salty, sweet, caramely, chocolaty goodness…all served up over a cookie crumb crust. And how long does this masterpiece take to make? Oh, ’bout 10 minutes to assemble. Pop in the freezer for about an hour and you got summer yum! NOTE: You could…
Blueberry Pie Bars
I found several variations of this recipe on Pinterest (cause’ that’s where all the groovy recipes are).  I eventually settled on Kleinworth & Co. version. Why?.. well they had the best picture of course so they must be the best, turns out I was right! You can use fresh or frozen blueberries and I’ll just bet you…
Magic Cake – One Batter, 3 Layers!
The first time I tried to bake this I killed it, I mean that literally …a total disaster!  I shouldn’t have been near an oven that day, let alone a European recipe that I didn’t understand! After I put the cake in the oven and was cleaning up, it was not a big surprise to…
Lemon Crinkle Cookies – Made with Cake Mix!
I have this pretty amazing kid. Ya, I know, spoken like a Mom, but I do, I do, I really, really do! She is 23, (where did the time go) and she has always had a very natural instict when it comes to cooking and food. She was 5 when she fell in love with Pesto…. so much for…