Tag: cherries

  • Maraschino Cherry Cake w/ Elderflower-Honey Buttercream

    It’s birthday cake time! Last year I made a drunken Frangelico blueberry cake, and the year before it was an amaretto-drenched cake. Plus, for Preston’s birthday he got an orange brown sugar whiskey cake. Boozy cakes have become a birthday tradition. True to that lovely tradition, my mom made me INCREDIBLE tiramisu cupcakes for the…

  • Mango Cherry Lassi

    I may have had a small stroke this week.  I was reaaaallly excited for the Mango Guava Lassi I’d planned.  But then I ate the vanilla soy yogurt I bought for it and forgot to buy the guava juice in the first place!    Good going, Leslie.   I just wasn’t in the mood for…

  • Marzipan Black Forest Soy Ice Cream

      I cannot tell you how excited I am to finally have this ice cream!  I thought of this idea when my blog was still brand new, but I did an unusual ice cream flavor right off the bat, and wanted to have a little more variety before I did this one.      Then…

  • Chocolate Cherry Pie Breakfast Truffles

    That’s right – I said truffles for breakfast!  I am on such a high from an amazing workout this morning, and these truffles are partly responsible (I’d like to take some of the credit myself.)   I’m the kind of person who has to work out in the morning, or I just won’t do it…

  • Maple & Cherry Granola

    Yaaay, granola!  This is more of a how-to post than a recipe.  Granola is surprisingly easy and totally customizable! Plus, store-bought granola can be deceptively unhealthy – full of fat from oils and loads of sugar.  Mine is deceptively healthy – all the fat from this is from nuts, chia seeds, and coconut.  And the…