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Baked Desserts From That New Cafe

Posted on June 6, 2014 by LFFL

Toffee Cookie, Cinnamon Crumb Muffin, Brownie, Pumpkin Bread, Chocolate Chip Cookie, Maple Pecan Bar, Lemon Pound Cake, Chocolate Baby Bundt Cake

There’s nothing like stopping by my new hometown cafe for nothing other than loading up on a lot of baked desserts all for myself. I’ll tell you—that Corner Bakery Cafe isn’t getting rid of me anytime soon. Everything looked so fantastic that it was hard to choose—so let’s just start loading up with one of each so our brains don’t have to think that hard.

When I finally got home, I arranged them out all nice and pretty on a couple of plates so I could look at them for brief spell.

Ohhh, where to start, where to start???

So, if you have nothing else to do today, rise and shine early and go grab a variety of fresh-baked lovin’ straight from the oven from your local bakery, cafe, or diner.

Take-Away Life Lesson: There’s nothing like starting your day off right with fresh-baked desserts.

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Cookies & Cupcakes From Love

Posted on February 14, 2014 by LFFL

Made with Pillsbury Big Deluxe Chocolate Chip cookie dough and Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip cookie dough; with sprinkles on top.

I had a beautiful and fun day today with my 5-year-old niece who spent the entire day with me baking her little heart out. I must say, this is all her handiwork. And we’re talking almost 50 cookies!

Though all she had to do was tear the pre-cut cookie dough from the package—she DID put the sprinkles on all by herself! This is a talent in and of itself. You’re either born with it or you’re not. After all, sprinkling is an art form.

She also had a tub of cookie dough which required using the mini-scoop, squeezing the scoop—which took all the strength she could muster from both of her tiny hands, and then dropping the balls onto the baking sheet.

Made with Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge cake mix, eggs, canola oil, and water; with sprinkles on top.

Here is more of her handiwork in these bite-sized mini-cupcakes. She whirled the cake beater till the batter was good and smooth, put the liners in the cupcake tin, poured the batter from a measuring cup into each individual paper liner, then strategically placed each individual sprinkle by hand one-by-one exactly where she wanted them to go.

And that’s three batches of 24—THREE! For a minimum of 72 mini-cupcakes that needed sprinkles.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, do some baking with your little nieces, nephews, or some random kids.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Allow a minimum of 13 hours for strategically placing sprinkles one-by-one for each round of cupcakes and cookies.

Drowning In Dessert

Posted on February 5, 2013 by LFFL

Assorted Desserts

Apple Pie

Caramel Apple Cobbler

Double Dark Chocolate Cake

Longhorn Steakhouse Chocoate Stampede Cake

Chocolate Stampede Cake

Bread Pudding

Baked Apple Dumplin’

What can I say? I’m a dessert fanatic. The only problem is, it’s hard to get dessert after you’ve eaten dinner because you’re so stuffed from your meal it’s hard to find room for dessert. But I usually manage to find a way. And, if nothing else, I’ll take it to-go and chow down on it later at home.

These are some of my dessert adventures from different restaurants in my hometown. Oh, the yummy goodness!

So, if you have nothing else to do today, pick at least 10 restaurants in your area, stop in and order one dessert to-go from each place, take them home, spread them out on a table, and go to yummy town!

Take-Away Life Lesson: Order dessert as the first course in a restaurant and your dinner as the second course. At least then you know you got the dessert in. Hello! Problem solved.