After taking an unexpectedly long blog hiatus (& then being swarmed by friends inquiring about all of the holiday recipes I’d created), I’m finally back! Since most of Decembers Christmas baking consisted of cookies, cupcakes and more cookies, I couldn’t help but cave in to my longing for a good new cake recipe. And since […]
[Continue reading...]Happiness Project Recipe #21: Sweet Pea’s Nutella Banana Bread!
If you’ve never had chocolate with your banana bread, then you’re missing out on life, my friends! Not only does it make for a gloriously messy kitchen experience but your house will smell just like Christmas! Mine did and I was nearly frothing at the mouth like a mad woman because of it! The hardest […]
[Continue reading...]Happiness Project Recipe #20: Southern Mama Chocolate Coca-Cola Cake!
Coca-Cola in cake?? Yes, please! Why though have I never before indulged in this sweetened, chocolaty delight?? Perhaps, because before now, I had never heard of such a lovely cake! So for the 1st time since recovering from my surgery (and after being horribly sick for the past 2 & a half weeks), I finally […]
[Continue reading...]Happiness Project Recipe #19: “Love, Baby” Vanilla Sprinkle Donuts!

Oh lovely, yummy, drool worthy donuts! How dearly I heart thee! Besides my weekly cravings for peaches, pizza and curly fries, lately donuts have set my taste buds a wildly a-spinning as well! However, for the sake of my baby’s fast developing health, this is one craving which I will not so easily cave in […]
[Continue reading...]Happiness Project Recipe #17: Cinnamon French Toast Niblets!

Oh breakfast! Bacon, eggs, hashed browns, pancakes, waffles and yes, we must not forget the most popular household staple: french toast! Since becoming pregnant 10 & a 1/2 weeks ago, this wiggling, waving little one has demanded so much from me, it’s actually quite astounding. Never before have I felt such a GROWLING need for comfort […]
[Continue reading...]Happiness Project Recipe #15: Celebration Sprinkle Cake Pancakes!

All I’ve been yammering about for the past 7 days is my near constant craving for cake batter pancakes so after my husband & I discovered something rather miraculous last night (Patience, my friends! You’ll have to wait & see!), I decided that even with all the cramping & nausea, I had to whip up a batch […]
[Continue reading...]Happiness Project Recipe #14: Husband-Hero Cinnamon Oat Muffins!

It’s been an emotional week (to say the least) & whenever my body forces me into round-the-clock bed-rest, I tend to become either very depressed over it or very contemplative. Last night, as I lay exhausted in bed, listening to my beautiful red dog snoring softly from the floor & my husband’s slow, steady breathing […]
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