Knock Knock!
Me: Who’s there? Child: Banana! Me: Banana who? Child: Knock knock! Me: Who’s there? Child: Banana! Me (said with a sob in my voice): Banana who? Child: Knock knock! Me: (as I bang my head off of a...
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Back in 19…well, 19 something and lets just leave it at that shall we, I worked at T.J. Applebees which was the name the restaurant now known as Applebees went by back in the day. One of the Friday...
View ArticleAnyone For High Tea?
Dontcha just want to dip a finger...or hand...or face...into that creamy butter? I have always had a fascination with anything originating in the U.K. I have a habit of talking in British and Scottish...
View ArticleBut…But…But…It Has CARROTS In It!
Admit it. You want this. I have never been a fan of carrots. I actually go through salads and pick out all the little shreds of carrots. I do however like them heavily buttered but only baby carrots....
View ArticleBaking Therapy
Ever have one of “THOSE” days? Maybe you know the kind I mean. You get up with a headache… keep forgetting to make yourself a cup of tea or take pain meds (coffee maybe for you strange people) because...
View ArticleSome Things Are Just Meant To Be Together.
It's really hard to make aslice of bread pudding look pretty. Sorry. The best of them of course being my husband and I but that’s another story. But think peanut butter and jelly, bacon and eggs,...
View Article“A Loaf Of Bread, The Walrus Said, Is What We Chiefly Need”
Lewis Carroll amazed me when I was a kid and truthfully, still does even now that I’m an adult. The reasons are a bit different though. When I was a child, I just loved reading about Alice, the little...
View ArticleWe Gotseses TREES!!!
Soft Frosted Orange Cookies Some of you may remember that late last year my husband and I bought a house and land. We’re in our late 40′s and this is the first time (for all intents and purposes) that...
View ArticleTradition! Tradition! (Insert “Tevya” from “Fiddler On The Roof” voice Here)
Chocolate Orange Muffins Back when my older kids were little, I started a tradition that still goes on today. It will probably continue when I am too old to see the stove and burn everything and...
View ArticleFresh Fruit Salad With Honey/Lime Syrup & A Creamy Mascarpone Topping
Fresh Fruit Salad With Honey/lime Syrup & A Creamy Mascarpone Topping It’s funny the things that you associate with certain words. Forevermore, the words fruit salad will make me think of a toy...
View ArticleBlood Orange Curd
Blood Orange Curd I may have mentioned once or twice that I absolutely love citrus fruits. The plethora of lemon posts on the blog shows how much I love them, but my heart really lies with oranges....
View ArticleChocolate Iced Yeast Doughnuts With Blood Orange Filling
Chocolate Iced Yeast Doughnuts With Blood Orange Filling I’ve always been a doughnut fan. I mean, it’s fried dough which is then usually covered in a glaze or frosting. What’s not to love, right? Back...
View ArticleMini Carrot Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Mini Carrot Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosting I’ve never been a huge fan of carrot cake but my husband loves it and I love cream cheese frosting. The only carrot cake I have ever found myself to like is...
View ArticleOrange Chicken
Orange Chicken My family and are still on a quest for a good Chinese restaurant. It has to have a buffet, because, for one, we’re feeding two teenage boys, who are simply walking hormonal stomachs....
View ArticleCranberry Apple Cake
Cranberry Apple Cake I have always loved cranberries in anything. When I was a kid, my mom always got the canned cranberry sauce during the holidays. You know the kind…. it slithers out of the can with...
View ArticleDark Chocolate Cranberry Orange Bread
Dark Chocolate Cranberry Orange Bread I can never do anything normally, can I? Nooooo, not me. Other bloggers post lovely recipes for cranberry orange this and cranberry orange that and make us all...
View ArticleOrange Creamsicle Cookies
Orange Creamsicle Cookies When I was a kid, I lived in inner city Chicago. Not the suburbs (not till I was a bit older), not someone saying “I’m from Chicago” who actually grew up in Des Plaines or...
View ArticleCheesecake Filled Blueberry Citrus Muffins
Cheesecake Filled Blueberry Citrus Muffins I realized a few days ago that I haven’t done a muffin post in a while. GASP! Forgive me!? I mean, my blog IS called From Cupcakes To Caviar and what are...
View ArticleCinnamon Orange Cappuccino Brownies With An Orange Glaze
Cinnamon Orange Cappuccino Brownies With An Orange Glaze When I first moved to this side of Kentucky, I missed all the big malls that were in the Louisville area. We pay for the beauty of this side...
View ArticleFudgy Brownie Cupcakes With Tangy Orange Vanilla Buttercream
Fudgy Brownie Cupcakes With Tangy Orange Vanilla Buttercream I want Autumn! I want Autumn! I want Autumn!! *Falls on the floor in a raging temper tantrum, kicking and screaming* Sorry. I’m fine now....
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