Trifle is one of those quintessential British desserts that generally makes an appearance at parties. It always looks more complicated than it is to make, but it’s not! You can just let your friends and family think it was hard to make! Haha! This trifle only needs 4 ingredients: store bought angel food cake (of […]
In England, kids leave a mince pie out for Santa on Christmas Eve, unlike in the US where we leave out cookies. Since Amelia & Matilda are American & British, we leave out both! Santa is very lucky when he comes to our house!! Mince pies are often mistaken for savory pies in the US, […]
I picked up the cutest cupcake liners (from Meri Meri by Anthropologie) the other day and was hoping to use them in time for Christmas this year. Since we always have too many bananas laying around, I decided to make banana bread cupcakes with the festive liners. They are just the cutest with their little […]
When I was a kid, my parents always bought rugelach for holiday desserts. My dad got me so hooked on it, that I will eat any flavor any time of day. If you don’t know what it is, think of the softest, most buttery pastry wrapped around some kind of jam or chocolate. It’s rolled […]
Sugar cookies are easy to make. Cut-out sugar cookies are harder because you don’t want them to spread and need them to maintain their shape. But you also don’t want to eat a cookie that’s hard as a rock. There are lots of methods that help a cookie keep its shape, like precutting it and […]
When I think of doughnuts, I think of going to my local doughnut shop and buying the gooiest, creamiest filled doughnut topped with a glaze and sprinkles. Of course it had to have pink glaze when I was younger. I still love those doughnuts, but pink glaze doesn’t scream Hanukkah. So, this year, I decided […]
Have any leftover cereal you don’t know what to do with? Make crispy treats with them! You can use any cereal, not just Rice Krispies. And, making them festive is even more fun. These are SUPER kid friendly from mixing to decorating, so let the kiddos get a little messy and enjoy them while counting […]
Pastry is one of those things that seems easy to make when you look at the ingredient list but is ultimately quite complicated. The hardest part is keeping the butter cold enough while you’re working with the pastry crust. You can shave frozen butter in or cut the cold refrigerated butter in quickly and then […]
I like to think of my mother-in-law as the Martha Stewart of England. She is one of the best, most natural cooks I’ve ever encountered and she inspires me every single day. While they don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in England, she does make one heck of a pumpkin pie. This is her recipe that she wrote […]
Many apple pie recipes are too gooey to me. Yes, I said it and it’s true! They use too much butter and two types of sugar, which is too much for me. My apple pie recipe has most of the butter in the crust rather than mixed in with the apples. And, it uses tart […]