Gâteau au Yaourt (Yogurt Cake)

Gâteau au Yaourt (Yogurt Cake)

In case you missed it, I am giving away a week’s worth of Brown Cow Cream Top Greek yogurt to two lucky readers this week!  Click here to find out how to enter. [Giveaway opportunity has passed] With all that delicious, creamy yogurt lying around, I knew immediately that I wanted to make a...

Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe

Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe

Whew! It’s been a whirlwind week of travel for me—which is why this post is a little late in coming! Last week, I told you about a dinner party I held at which each course of the meal corresponded to a course I took from a local shop!  We did a cheese course and...

Low-Sugar Carrot Cupcakes

Low-Sugar Carrot Cupcakes

I wanted my little one to have the joy of a birthday cupcake—without the sugar crash. So I concocted these low-sugar carrot cake cupcakes for her first birthday party from a muffin recipe. They were a big hit with little people and big people alike!

Recipe: Laughing Lemon Sponge Pie

Recipe: Laughing Lemon Sponge Pie

The name of this website, Laughing Lemon Pie, comes from a cooking mishap that has become the stuff of legend in my family. Many years ago, my grandmother made a lemon pie for the family, but something must have gone slightly awry in the kitchen, because as the pie was served, everyone noticed immediately...

Use it or Lose it: Apple Pie Ice Cream

Use it or Lose it: Apple Pie Ice Cream

I have something very shameful to admit. I bought an ice cream machine in October and only finally put it to use last week.  It had been sitting in my garage, lonely and unused, all that time. But when I finally did use it—well, it was definitely worth the wait! About two weeks ago,...

Christmast Foodie No. 10: Caramel Cracker Crack

Oh, people.  I wish I could tell you that I had a cute and festive name for this treat. Like, “Crunchy Caramel Crackers” or “Holiday Cracker Caramel Crunch.” But I’m the sort of gal that likes to call a duck a duck.  So this is called Caramel Cracker Crack. (Actually, the original name was...

Feral Cherry Pie

Feral Cherry Pie

I knew that Butterpowered Bike and I would be friends when she showed me where she’d found cherry trees for foraging. I mean, that’s friendship, right there. But I knew we were really truly foodie buddies when she helped me pick—and then let me take ALL—the cherries because I told her I wanted to...