Hello, Lover!

RED VELVET WAFFLES Cream Cheese Whipped Cream “Frosting” Valentine’s Breakfast for a special someone?  Perfect.  Lazy Sunday morning for those you love all year?  Amazing gesture! These are gorgeous and have the familiar red velvet flavor that’s coveted.  A hint of cocoa, slightly sweet…and a fun deep red that makes them seem more work than [...]

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Kiss, kiss, love, love…

RED VELVET CAKE Hello, Beautiful! Sometimes being bad is really very good…and with this cake, on a special Valentine’s Day (with someone or alone!) it’s even better. I’ve cut the original recipe in half to give you a single layer, but split it and stacked the gorgeousness into an impressive little number that will get [...]

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A Holiday beauty!

CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT CAKE ROLL Chocolate and cake in the same dessert is wonderful.  Add in some cool, wintery peppermint-laced cream filling and let’s just swoon and get it over with, shall we?! So pretty! Your holiday table will love you for the effort you put forth to make this.  (And it’s not hard – don’t [...]

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Okay…so I love cheesecake…that is old news!

SWEET POTATO CHEESECAKE How convenient! Just in case you bake off too many sweet potatoes for your souffle or candied-whatever you will now have something fabulous to do with them. Glad I could be of help. ~~~~       Crust: 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs OR sugar free shortbread crumbs 2 tablespoons Splenda [...]

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Holiday Gorgeousness!

PUMPKIN ROLL This is my version of the famous orange-label recipe.  It’s low-sugar, completely moist and spicy.  I took out the butter from the filling and added whipped cream.  It’s easier than it looks and always gets rave reviews. (Don’t be scared of a cake roll.  Even if it cracks or breaks it still tastes [...]

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No sugar added Caramel Swirl Pumpkin Cheesecake. With all the flavor, though. Don’t worry about that!

PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE WITH CARAMEL SWIRL The caramel isn’t needed for this to be a great success…but it does add a festive Holiday sort of touch, don’t you think?!  I used a fabulous product called Cinnamon Bliss, but any sugar free caramel sauce will work. ~~~~     Crust: Vegetable cooking spray 1 1/2 cups graham [...]

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Spiced Mini Cheesecakes…a little is better than nothing!

SPICED MINI CHEESECAKES Portion control.  IF you can control yourself and eat just one! I love cheesecake – and it’s so easy to make sugar free.  Tastes fabulous (gets better as it sits at least a day in the fridge) and takes no time to whip up a batch of these little beauties. Took a [...]

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WHAT’S in that cake?!

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE When I saw this recipe I was very skeptical…usually these kind leave a LOT to be desired. But this is one moist and delicious dessert!  And unless you told someone they would never, in a million years, guess what the secret ingredient was. It’s very flavorful and rises well…not eggy or too [...]

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35-Second Lemon Cake in a cup…

(not my photo…from the web) 35-SECOND LEMON CAKE The chocolate version of this was such a hit that I started making other flavors.  Hon’s very favorite – so far – is the lemon using the regular extract from any supermarket. But to make other flavors, I love the LorAnn candy making oils.  They are super [...]

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Simple, but elegant…

ALMOND CHEESECAKE Cheesecakes are one of my favorite desserts to make because they are so forgiving. Taking minutes to whip up, the oven does the work and you reap the rewards. Rich, decadent, lovely, and gorgeous – everyone you serve them to will love you for taking the time. This one is flavored with almond [...]

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