Celebrate Warmer Days with this Easy Spring Flower Cupcake Recipe #LMDConnector

One of the things I love about spring is that time after the snow has melted and there is green grass and new little flowers everywhere. Here in Saskatchewan, that’s not something we get to enjoy in March too often. And this year has been especially miserable with the snow still taller than me out in the yard and temperatures that have only just started to reach the melting point in the last day or two.

I may not be able to enjoy green grass and sweet smelling flowers for another month or two, but spring is here and I want to celebrate! So I decided to create some fun little cupcakes for the family that captured the things I most love about spring. Taking my inspiration from the recipe for Spring Flower Brownies on the Life Made Delicious website, I treated my boys to Easy Spring Flower Cupcakes!

Easy Spring Flower Cupcake Recipe [Read more...]

Kat’s Chocolate Zucchini Squares with Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing-The Best-Ever Recipe For Your Extra Zucchini

Every year I plant zucchinis in our backyard garden and every year I seem to end up with more than I can use, but this year has really been something else. I literally have a countertop full of zucchinis.

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This is maybe a third of the zucchinis that I have to cook up. I have no idea how I’m going to deal with all of them!

I’m not sure how I’ll use them all, but I do know many are going to be used to make my very favourite zucchini recipe of all time: Chocolate Zucchini Squares. Whether or not you like zucchini, you will LOVE this recipe. And if your kids turn up their noses at vegetables, it’s a great way to sneak a little extra nutrition into their sweets! [Read more...]

Mixed-Berry Cheesecake-An Easy Summer Dessert That Keeps the Kitchen Cool #LMDConnector

I love to bake but our house is 100 years old and holds heat like an oven, so baking in the summer just isn’t an option for our family. So what’s a creative mom with a dessert-loving family to do? Turn to the refrigerator, of course!

I have a great collection of no-bake foods ranging from main dishes to desserts but if there’s one thing I love about cooking, it’s trying new things! So when my mission as a Life Made Delicious Connector was to share one of my favourite cold recipes, I headed to the Life Made Delicious website to browse the site and find some inspiration.

It didn’t take long! I was tempted by some of the hearty-looking main-courses and scrumptious salads, but in the end my love of dessert won out and I decided to take the flavours from the Mixed Berry Cream Tart and combine them to create a delicious refrigerator cheesecake!
whole mixed-berry cheesecake [Read more...]

Get Cooking with 150 Best Cupcake Recipes-Candy Bar Cupcakes

150 best cupcakes coverIs there anything better than a cupcake? Moist cake with creamy icing that you hold in the palm of your hand…what tastier treat could there be? I’ve always loved baking and so when I recently received a copy of 150 Best Cupcake Recipes to review, I knew I had to test out one of the recipes as soon as possible.

Choosing which cupcake to bake took a bit of time, but eventually I decided on the decadent-sounding Candy Bar Cupcakes. A combination of rich chocolate cake batter and chopped chocolate bars creates a cupcake perfect for kids and adults! [Read more...]