Life is short, friends, so let’s start the week with dessert, shall we? Oh, and, hello! Hi. I’m alive! I’m pretty sure the last two weeks have been a couple for the record books. I could tell you all about how Bob seriously broke and nearly severed the end of his finger the week before …
Desserts
These tasty vanilla bean cake donuts are the perfect treat dipped in delicious homemade blueberry glaze. They are light, fruity and ideal for brunch or even dessert. When I first start playing around with making homemade donuts, these vanilla bean cake donuts with blueberry glaze were a smash hit with my family right away. I …
As I’m spending time with our new little one, some of my best blogging buds are covering for me. Today please welcome the lovely Caitlin and Manda from The Merrythought! Hi there – we’re Caitlin and Manda from The Merrythought! We’re happy to be here sharing a recipe today while Cyd is enjoying time with her sweet baby girl. We’re …
As I’m spending time with our new little one, some of my best blogging buds are covering for me. Today please welcome my sweet friend Ashley Rose from Sugar & Cloth! We’re all about adding some color and festive touches to our desserts, especially around the holidays! Plus you can’t really go wrong with adding chocolate to a cookie favorite, right?! …
As I’m spending time with our new little one, some of my best blogging buds are covering for me. Today please welcome our old friend Kelly from Studio DIY! Oh hey! Kelly from Studio DIY here. I’m popping in to talk about one of my favorite topics – dessert. I mean, I love the trees, the stockings, the decking of …
As I’m spending time with our new little one, some of my best blogging buds are covering for me. Today please welcome my super sweet pal Courtney from Pizzazzerie! Merry December, ya’ll! I’m Courtney (from over at Pizzazzerie.com) and I’m thrilled to be swinging in to share one of my favorite cookie recipes with you while Cyd enjoys some sweet baby snuggles! …
You guys know by now that I have a killer sweet tooth, which makes it only appropriate that today marks the first of several Christmas cookie recipes I’ll be sharing with you throughout the month. Even better? Today, nine of my best blogging buds and I have teamed up for our take on a virtual Christmas …
This post was sponsored by Seattle Chocolates. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that so generously allow The Sweetest Occasion to keep on keepin’ on! I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in my love for chocolate-covered fruit. There is just something so darn delicious about fresh fruit covered in a really good chocolate that makes people …
I seriously can’t get enough of all the peaches popping up right now at the farmer’s market and the local grocery stores. I find myself wanting to bring more home just about on the daily. They’re so darn good just to snack on or grilled, roasted, worked into salads, whipped into cocktails, you name it. Today …
I remember my mom making funfetti cake precisely zero times as a kid. Don’t worry. We weren’t cake-deprived. She just made us really yummy cakes from scratch. The fact that she didn’t make anything funfetti doesn’t dampen my fond memories of this rainbow-speckled treat, however. In fact, the nostalgia is strong with this one, friends! …
This post was sponsored by Skinnygirl® Cocktails. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help make The Sweetest Occasion possible! Every once in a while, I seriously blow my own mind. I know, I know. That’s probably completely uncouth of me to say, but it’s true. These blackberry raspberry sangria popsicles? Mind. Blown. Back when I …
This post was sponsored by Seattle Chocolates. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that so generously allow The Sweetest Occasion to keep on keepin’ on! I’m glad I have never shied away from admitting to you guys that I have a life-dominating sweet tooth, because I’m about to bring all the sweetness today. A couple of months …