A magical cake that will make your mornings extra sweet. This Coconut Almond Ricotta cake has a crunchy coconut and almond top and sweet coconut milk glaze.
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A gooey Upside Down Caramel Apple Spice Cake to start the Fall season right. It’s your favorite retro cake with a spicy Autumn apple makeover!
You guys, I’m a little sad. I think it has finally hit me that Dubai will never “feel” like Christmas. If you don’t know, I live and breathe Christmas. Many of my friends and especially my husband know my secret. I break out Ella Fitzgerald’s Swinging Christmas and Dino’s Christmas as soon as July hits. I told you I’m crazy! Well guys, I can say Dubai has finally broken me. It’s September and the sugar plumbs haven’t even crossed my mind. It’s hard to feel cozy about the holidays when the temperatures are steadily hanging in the low 100s. And the sand. It’s everywhere. It’s like living in Tatooine! I think Norman (my kid’s Elf on the Shelf) is probably thinking “Where on Earth have you taken me?!” We are about to have a serious pow wow soon. I need his advice on this one. He is an elf after all.
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Flaky pie crust filled with creamy ricotta, tart cherries and sweet apricots. This rustic Apricot and Cherry Ricotta Galette is my favorite lazy pie.
Our family just got back from an amazing road trip vacation in Europe. One German car, two small anxious kids, one big college bound kid, and two crazy parents. Don’t worry though, we were already crazy before the vacation. We started in Frankfurt Germany and drove to Europa-Park in Rust, which is one of the most amazing theme parks I’ve ever been to. Next, we drove to a small French town in the country and visited Nigloland. This was another European theme park and definitely one of my all time favorites. It was quaint, gorgeous, and wonderful for little kids. My husband’s coworker’s family owns the park, so they set us up in a cute little hotel room in the park. We slept inside the theme park, right under the Ferris Wheel! Who can say they’ve done that?
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Make summer feel like fall with these Spiced Pear Tea Cakes with Blackberry Jam. Juicy pears baked inside cinnamon spiced mini tea cakes and smothered in fresh blackberry jam.
Dubai has schooled me on what a real summer feels like. Scorching sun all day, everyday, with highs of 120 and lows of 100. Lows of 100?!! On a positive note, I will say that bright sunshine everyday makes for great lighting while taking photos of food. You food bloggers would love it here!
Some facts about Dubai summers:
If taking a shower in the middle of a summer day, turn the water all the way to cold and it will be too hot to use. The water has been boiling in your outside pipes all day, while the hot water tanks are inside being cooled by the air conditioning.
You will definitely incur third degree burns on the bottoms of your feet if you decide to step outside on the pavement without foot wear. Even for a couple of seconds to run the trash out.
Nice summer night winds? Think of the hottest setting of your blow dryer hitting your face continuously. Or opening an oven in your face.
And yes, you can definitely fry an egg on the sidewalk. In the shade.
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Warm up your winter mornings with this tropical inspired Pineapple Coffee Cake with Raspberry Glaze. Moist cake full of pineapple, topped with crunchy cinnamon sugar streusal. A tart fresh raspberry glaze gives it a burst of berry flavor.
I don’t want to jinx things, but Oliver my four year old has been quite well behaved lately. It’s almost suspicious. I’m guessing it has something to do with the “rainbow” chart at his preschool. If you make good decisions (not biting or scratching. What are they, cats?) your name will get moved to the color blue or purple. You don’t want red. Red is bad. If you stay in the “good zone”, at the end of the week you get a treat. Kids have it so good don’t they? At what other time in your life do you get rewarded for not biting someone or using potty words. And they get treats! Treats people. For being good little humans.
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Apple spice cake with Biscoff Cookie Butter mixed right into the batter then swirled with cinnamon and nutmeg spiced cheesecake. Cinnamon whipped cream with chopped walnuts and Biscoff Cookies finish this Biscoff Apple Spice Cake Cheesecake.
I’ve known about Biscoff Cookie Butter for a long time. I think I knew about it the moment I could finally chew solids. Even then I liked to stay informed on all things sweet and diabetic coma worthy. Those things are important! I just never baked with it until I started this blog.
It has rocked my world.
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