You are probably wondering where the pictures are. Let me tell you - it's bread week again. I don't do so well with bread and frankly I probably won't until I get a standing mixer. So this my friends is going to be filed under "to bake". I can tell you that my Bake 52 friends kicked a$$ making their bread and one day I will be as good as them. I promise to go back and bake all the recipes that are listed under "to bake" and will post everything and which week they were supposed to be under. 

Until then. If you would like to see the delicious mouth-watering multi grain bread our host Jennifer made this week - you can go to her BLOG and find it there and also the recipe. Hope you enjoy!

Here's to being able to conquer bread in the future!!!! hahaha

I'm behind on this post but we have been dealing with some family issues which has caused me not to blog too much. This week was such a fail for me!!! I seriously need to make these French Macaroons again and try something different. They were great tasting but did not turn out anything like they were supposed too. Needless to say these flat macaroons still got eaten by two little boys who demolished them in a day! I'm glad I did something right but they weren't what was supposed to be done. 

I still liked the recipe and Betsy picked a good one but I'm definitely going to have to make these again one day! Try try again is what they say.

If you would like the recipe and see how they are supposed to be done then you can go to Betsy's BLOG and find it there. You can also go under my BAKE 52 friends list and see how theirs turned out :D.
Again - I will try another day!

Well after reading a few blogs I think many of us turned this cake into cupcakes. The reason I decided to do cupcakes is due in large part to my two little boys who like easy snacks and to be honest - I only have 1 left out of 12!!! My 2.5 year-old has loved these cupcakes and I have to say I was indifferent towards them. 

I wasn't a big fan of the topping because I believe in leaving butter chunks in the topping to give it a little crunch. I felt like this cake was a little dry and I should have added some diced fuji apples like I normally do when I'm make a coffee cake. Next time I think I will tweak the recipe just a little and see what I can come up with.

Jenn at Zolly Zoo was our host this week and she did great picking a recipe that I haven't tried before. I think what made it different was the topping. I did end up using light instead of dark brown sugar (pretty much because I didn't want to make an extra trip into town to find the dark sugar) and like Jenn said in her post - it looked like uncooked sausage. I would have to agree but it was still good. Needs more brown sugar and butter for my liking though.

If you'd like to find the recipe for this cake you can head over to Jenn's BLOG and she will have it listed there. Thank you for being a great host this week Jenn!!!

Here are a few pictures of my New York-Style Crumb (Cup)cakes!!!

YUM! You tell me we are making pancakes and my household gets super excited! I made so many of these delicious treats I have them wrapped individually and frozen for when my kids need a quick breakfast treat :D My boys - all 3 of them love pancakes and who could resist making breakfast - the most important meal of the day.

I ended up adding strawberries to my classical pancakes and then made a strawberry-wine (non alcoholic) reduction maple syrup. Talk about delicious. I could have used the syrup over a banana sundae!! I'm not going to lie though - I will probably make this syrup again with my wine I have in the fridge instead of the cooking wine. I bet it will taste great and to be honest a lot of the alcohol will cook off in the pan.

Either way though - great pick from Jesse. If you want the recipe for either the pancakes or the syrup or both - you can go to her BLOG and find everything there!! Thanks Jesse for being a great host this week! This was a major hit in my house!!!

Here are a few pictures from my baking the pancakes and syrup. For some reason I ended up adding a little milk to make my batter a little thinner because my buttermilk was being obnoxious and made my batter thick. All-in-all though the pancakes were wonderful!

Classic Pancakes w/ Strawberries!

Alright - I was not a fan of this creation but I did have an Uncle-In-Law who enjoyed it so I'm guessing I did something right :D 

Baklava doesn't look appetizing to me - I don't know why but it just doesn't. I did actually enjoy making it because I have never worked with phyllo dough before but I probably will never make it again unless requested. 

Talesha was our gracious host this week and if you'd like to find the recipe for Baklava you can go to her BLOG and she has everything posted there! 

Again I would post more but I just wasn't a fan. I think it was the cloves. I think cloves stink therefore my taste pallet doesn't handle it well I guess haha....

Here are a few pictures from my Baklava :D