Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Soft Cakes 9
Palm springs 11
Banana nut bread 11
Spicy date loaf 17
Carrot Cake 18
Peanut butter donuts 21
Apple cardamom cake 22
Chocolate espresso bundt cake 25
Fudge brownies with flaked salt 26
An oasis in the desert 28
Lemon and vanilla bundt cake 30
Raspberry blondies 32
Cokkies and Sweets 35
Venice Beach 36
Snickerdoodles 41
Peanut butter Cookies 42
Chocolate and macadamia nut cookies 45
Chocolate chip cookies 46
Triple Chocolate chip cookies 49
Geneva Cookies 50
Brown sugar shortbread 53
Chocolate fudge 54
Rocky road 57
Ice cream sandwich 58
Joan's an Third 61
Joan's Nutella Pop tarts 64
Blueberry bars 67
Cakes, Pies, and Cheesecakes 69
Downtown 70
Flag cake 74
Devil's food chocolate cake 77
Magnolia Bakery 78
Magnolia Bakery's banana cake 83
Summer berry cake 85
Espresso cake 86
Hollywood 88
Sweet Lady Jane 89
Red velvet cake 90
Key lime pie 95
Pumpkin pie 96
Salted caramel chocolate tart 99
Cheesecake in a jar 100
Michigan apple pie 103
Chocolate cream pies 104
Snickers cheesecake 107
Pecan tarts 108
Apple cheesecake 111
Frozen peanut butter cream pie 112
Chocolate cheesecake 115
Strawberry cheesecake 116
Cupcakes and Cake Pops 119
Beverly Hills 121
Cappuccino cupcakes 124
Nutella cupcakes 127
Chocolate raspberry cupcakes 128
Coconut cupcakes 131
Lemon meringue cupcakes 132
Oreo cupcakes 135
Smares! 137
S'mores cupcakes 139
Snickerdoodle cupcakes 140
Peanut butter cupcakes 143
Peanut butter cake pops 147
Oreo cake pops 148
Nutella cake Pops 151
Sweet Breakfast 153
Good morning 155
Apple Pancakes 159
Granola 161
Chewy oatmeal cookies 162
Waffles 165
Banana chocolate chip pudding 166
Cinnamon rolls 169
Blueberry muffins 171
Index 172
Acknowledgements 175