KH Confections

April 26, 2020

Coffee Cake

Nothing is better than a lazy weekend morning filled with coffee cake and a good cup of coffee. I’ve tried a few different coffee cake recipes, but found a lot of them to be very dry or there isn’t enough cinnamon filling. I ran across this recipe a few years ago and it’s not our…

April 20, 2020

Orange Cranberry Bread

In an effort to clean out items in our pantry/freezer I decided to make orange cranberry bread. With all of our cookbooks packed I scoured the internet for a recipe to try and found one from Sally’s Baking Addiction and having all of the ingredients on hand I decided to give it a go. Normally…

April 12, 2020

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

This dish is one of my favorites and was a staple at our house during various holiday meals. Before we dig into the particulars for this recipe let’s go ahead and address the elephant in the room… As its name implies, it is a salad; therefore, it’s okay to eat during the meal and it…

April 7, 2020

Tea Latte

Over the last few years I’ve become more of a tea enthusiast and one of my favorite drinks now is a tea latte. I worked as a barista in a coffee shop for years and tried almost every drink on the menu except a tea latte (a.k.a. London Fog). Maybe it was because I needed…

March 31, 2020

Perfect Blueberry Muffins

Tonight’s ingredient: blueberries. I purchased these last week and knew if I didn’t do something they’d end up going bad before I could use them. I love blueberries muffins and decided this was a great time to try a new recipe. After a little research I found the Perfect Blueberry Muffin recipe from Smitten Kitchen.…

March 21, 2020

Homemade Vanilla Extract

Several years ago my cousin Kacey gave me a bottle of homemade vanilla. It was delicious, and considering how much I like to bake I thought this would be a great project for me. That was about three or four years ago and I finally got around to actually following through on this back in…

March 11, 2020

Deconstructed Apple Pie

I realize it’s march and apple pie is generally more of a fall dessert, but I had some apples I needed to use and wanted to make something easy, light, and refreshing. After a little research I ran across Jamie Geller’s recipe for Deconstructed Apple Pie and thought it’d be a fun dessert to try.…

February 25, 2020

Vanilla Sables

After my failed attempt at the Poppyseed and Lemon Cake I was a little apprehensive to try another Great British Bake-off recipe, but after a disappointing dinner we wanted to finish the evening off strong. In full disclosure, I had no idea what sables were before today. Apparently they’re the french version of shortbread cookies.…

February 12, 2020

Poppyseed and Lemon Cake

Let’s jump right into things… I’m pretty certain this is not how the cake is supposed to look. Given the ingredients I feel like this was supposed to rise more than it did and I’m not really sure what happened. Well, I do have some ideas… All of the recipes in this particular cookbook (see…

January 29, 2020

Mardi Gras King Cake

I had been craving king cake for weeks and being unable to find one in the grocery store I finally just decided to make one myself. I attempted a gluten free King Cake a few years ago and it did not go well (as many of my gluten free attempts turn out…). However, I decided…