Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I'm back with another sweet dessert recipe to share with you. This birthday cake popcorn is not only totally delicious and addicting, it's also incredibly easy to make! Is it just me, or does it seem like spring is birthday season? I know people have birthdays all through the year, but during the spring and early summer, it seems like my kids are invited to a birthday party nearly every weekend. I'm usually pretty good at maintaining a … [Read more...]
Spring Sugar Cookie Bars
Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I'm so excited to share these spring sugar cookie bars with you today. Not only are they adorable, delicious, and fun to make, they're also super easy and way quicker than roll-out sugar cookies! After a long series of rainy and snowy days in the past few weeks, we've finally had several days in a row of sunny weather, and it is making me all kinds of excited for spring! It's almost like a switch has flipped in my brain, and now all I can … [Read more...]
Coconut Lime Pound Cake
Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I'm back with another delicious dessert recipe to share. This coconut lime pound cake is so light and tender, full of flavor, and easy to make, too! One of my favorite things about baking is finding combinations of flavors that complement each other well. There are some pretty obvious ones, like peanut butter and chocolate (yum!) or blueberry and lemon, but I love finding less commonly used combinations. It's so fun to take two totally … [Read more...]
Easy Carrot Patch Cupcakes with Strawberry Carrots
These carrot patch cupcakes are so easy to make and they look so adorable for spring or Easter! This is such a cute way to decorate cupcakes and it's surprisingly easy! This was a really great week for our little family! FINALLY the kids are all healthy... knock on wood... you know, now that I've said that we're going to be doomed! haha But it was great. The kids have gone where they needed to go, and I was able to work full days, all week long, uninterrupted, and this is - wait for it - my … [Read more...]
Chocolate Snickerdoodles
Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I have another tasty dessert to share with you today. These chocolate snickerdoodles are cookie perfection - they're soft in the middle, crisp around the edges, and so fudgy and sweet. They're the perfect treat to make when those chocolate cravings hit, and they are super easy to make, too! My mom has never been much of a baker, and I don't remember her making a lot of desserts when I was a kid. She was very into healthy food, so we … [Read more...]
Mixed Berry Coffee Cake
Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I have another sweet dessert recipe to share with you today! This mixed berry coffee cake is completely delicious, and easy to make, too, It's the perfect treat to whip up to share with company, without spending all day in the kitchen. One of the unusual things about my family is that my mother and my mother-in-law share a birthday. And it's today, January 8! Having both birthdays on the same day has always made it tricky when it comes to … [Read more...]
Raspberry Cream Cheese Sweet Rolls
Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I'm so excited to share these delicious raspberry cream cheese sweet rolls with you today. If there's one thing I love, it's an easy dessert that's still totally delicious, and these sweet rolls are just that! When I was a child, my neighbors a few doors down had a commercial bakery in their garage. Not only did they make the whole street smell delicious, they were also very generous about sharing treats with the rest of us. I remember one … [Read more...]
Birthday Cake Scones
Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I have another sweet and tasty dessert recipe to share with you today. These birthday cake scones taste fantastic, and they're so quick to make, too! They're the perfect way to enjoy that delicious birthday cake flavor with almost no effort on your part, which is the way I like it! My husband and I are working hard right now to save up money for a down payment on a house. One of the ways we've challenged ourselves is to go a whole month … [Read more...]
Cranberry White Chocolate Blondies
Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I'm back with another tasty dessert recipe to share. These cranberry white chocolate blondies are not only delicious, they're also super easy to make! They are the perfect simple dessert to enjoy this holiday season. One of my goals for this holiday season is to deliberately slow down and enjoy the little moments. Every year, it seems like the holidays go by so fast, and it's all just a blur! This year, for the first time, we won't be … [Read more...]
Classic Cream Puffs
Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I'm back to share another amazing dessert recipe for you! These classic cream puffs are the perfect holiday dessert! They're beautiful and delicious, but also totally easy to make. They're just the thing to wow your holiday guests without having to spend all day in the kitchen! Does your family have any great holiday recipes? The kind that are passed down from generation to generation, and written down in grandma's handwriting on faded, … [Read more...]
