Hello & Happy Thursday              Lately we’ve been reviewing recipe categories to offer more diversity with options. Believe it or not, we didn’t have a lot of cake recipes. (cue the tears) Cake is one of those things I don’t like to do on a regular basis, but when I do, I like it to be seamless. Layer cakes can be more...

                      When it comes to baking cakes, I’m all about the effortless. Layered cakes with crumb coats and icing designs, is honestly just not my thing lol. I personally love a good sheet cake that I can whip up on a whim and if it involves one bowl.. I’m game!   That being said, countless dessert concepts on EDS are focused on the 1 bowl concept to make the...

                        Hello & Happy Thursday           On the weekends I love to do a dessert concept, and right now I’m all about the sheet cake! Gone are the days where you have to get fancy with icing and layer cakes. You can easily create an effortless sheet cake with half the time effort you can have an amazing cake, so I’m hooked! When...

                        Hello & Happy Wednesday!!               Christmas is coming in just a few days, so we’re whipping up all the holiday classics! When it come to holiday flavors, it’s all about the cinnamon, eggnog, gingerbread, and cranberries! If like the majority you cringe at can cranberry sauce, I’m right there with...

                    Hello & Happy Saturday!!               One of my food obsessions this past year? Sheet cakes! Typically layer cakes are more tedious and detailed, and I love a fuss free cake that can be thrown together in minutes. Once I found the perfect balance for a vegan sheet cake, we produced countless variations for every flavor preference and...

                          Hello & Happy Tuesday!!         I have to admit, if there is something that pushes people to get in the kitchen and connect with their food, I’m all about it. Needless to say, I love the holidays and it’s the perf time to learn classic concepts that you can recreate throughout the year.    I personally love Thanksgiving recipes as the...

                      Hello & Happy Friday!!             Thanksgiving is next week, so I’m already craving all the Christmas concepts! One of my personal favorites, is gingerbread cake! There is something that is just captivating about the flavor. It’s rich, flavorful, and just screams Christmas to me. I’ll be honest, it’s not...

                        Hello & Happy Wednesday!!           Fall is officially here. So that means you officially don’t look crazy for posting all things pumpkin and apple cider! I personally get excited about the shifting of the seasons, because towards the end I’m craving something new. While summer foods are my favorite, I love all things...

                      Hello & Happy Saturday!!           Typically on the weekends I feature brunch concepts, but I’ve been craving new pumpkin concepts. Lately I’m all about the sheet cakes as they are just so seamless, so it was clear, I had to do an effortless pumpkin sheet cake!!   What’s great about pumpkin is that you can find it...

                        Hello & Happy Saturday!!           Every week I love to do a sheet cake! With summer coming to a close I knew I had to do a pineapple cake before it’s just too late. I honestly don’t us pineapple enough in recipes. However, these pineapple cupcakes and muffins are still some of my favorite recipes today. That says a lot of of...

                  Hello & Happy Friday!!           Fridays are for cakes, so this new vegan Lemon Blueberry Cake seemed like a no brainer! I once found cakes to be overwhelming and too tedious, but a simple sheet cake can be thrown together in minutes and removes all the stress of a layer cake. What’s even better about layer cakes is that this one requires just one...

                            Hello & Happy Sunday!!             Since the start of 2020 I’ve been making my way through my food bucket list and with the 4th of July weekend, I knew there was a concept I had pushing off, vegan Funnel Cake!   Whether it’s because its a dessert, it’s fried, indulgent, or far from anything I...

                        Hello & Happy Thursday!!           If there is one thing we all need, it’s an effortless cake recipe. I personally love sheet cakes. They are seamless to throw together, easy to store, and the list goes on. While many are all about the chocolate cake, I’m honestly team vanilla. I love the simplicity of the flavor and the...

                          Hello & Happy Friday!!         In going thru new concepts, I came across another current food trend, the Depression Cake. At first glance I thought, this has to be a joke, no cake is depressing, and it’s not, especially this cake! The story behind this cake is that is was big during the Great Depression. Times were tough,...

                              Hello  & Happy Wednesday!!             I typically don’t feature cake on a Monday, but Valentines Day is coming and I’m all about cooking! This holiday is typically centered around going on to eat and giving the tangible, but cooking is love, especially when it’s chocolate cake!!  ...

                            Hello & Happy Tuesday!!           While we’ll be celebrating indoors, Easter is still coming! Out of all the cake flavors, Carrot Cake has always been one of my personal favorites. Being a November baby, it was still the one I always picked.    I gravitate towards all things vanilla and cinnamon more so than...

                    Hello & Happy Wednesday               When it comes to Christmas time, I’m all about the gingerbread! For years I was never a fan, but there is something about the pairing with cream cheese that just draws me in. One of my favorite concepts is bundt cakes. it’s basically a cake mold making the process of creating something...

                    Hello & Happy Tuesday!!           If you’ve been following along, I’ve been on a pumpkin rampage to produce all my cravings! Something I always love is a good bundt cake. Even though I cook full time, baking a full cake with icing just isn’t my thing and I find I can cut the sugar with a bundt cake even with the icing...

                          Hello & Happy Monday!!         While I sometimes forget, I have deep Southern roots being from Georgia! There are some concepts from childhood that will forever be staples, one of them in particular, is Pound Cake! Ironically it’s not a go to for other cultures and the majority have only experienced with the store bought...

                        Hello & Happy Thursday!             With the warmer temps I’m always crave fruit forward concepts with it be savory or sweet. While I don’t do a lot of mimosa’s, but I do love the flavor profile that champagne gives desserts! it’s just a hint, but adds a flavor dimension that just keeps me coming back for...

                  Hello & Happy Monday!!             Last week was one for the books! My days are typically jam packed with cooking (my preference), but I was inundated with projects and shooting new images for EDS, and simulataneously sick, which I never am.    I was so busy that I only got to feature one recipe!   With wearing myself thin with work and...

                        Hello & Happy Tuesday!!                 Words cannot express how grateful I am to have finally explored olive oil cakes last year. This concept had been on my foodie bucket list for a long time, but like many of us, I go from one concept to another and before I know it I’ve forgotten about that recipe I was...

                                    Hello & Happy Monday!!             I don’t know about you, but I love using fresh herbs in.. Well just about anything, but especially desserts!    They add another dimension of flavor and aesthetic appeal. My personal favorites are rosemary, sage, and thyme!   I was on a...

                              Hello & Happy Thursday!!               I had made upwards of 6 Easter recipes and although I loved them all, there was so many that I didn’t get to share each one. For me personally, I love all things carrot cake and it’s become a staple flavor that you can find it year round at the market...

                        Hello & Happy Thursday!!             I must be tired, because in all honesty I had to check my calendar to confirm the day of the week today lol. If you’re swamped with life right now, then quick and easy concept will be your saving grace! Within the past few years I’ve gravitated away from smoothies, but even having...

                  Hello & Happy Thursday!!       It’s not even December, and I’m ecstatic to share some of my favorite holiday concepts from last year! While I’m not a chocolate person, and more of a fruit person, I’ve never been a “cranberry” person.    Especially, fresh cranberries.    Perhaps it stems from the cranberry jelly in a can that was big...

                            Hello & Happy Thursday!!               As pedestrian as pumpkin has become today(it’s in everything), I loved it long before the pumpkin epidemic! lol   I’ve never been a chocolate person so vanilla and cinnamon are always my go to’s! What I love about pumpkin is that it’s...

                        Hello & Happy Thursday!!         If there is one food I have an affinity for, it’s anything cinnamon!!   I haven’t done a breakfast recipe in a while as your typical concepts are simply pancakes, waffles, crepes, french toast etc and that’s the extent of it. However, I love a good french toast bake as well as a fun...

                          Hello & Happy Friday!!                 For the record, I love fresh strawberries in the summer! They are in season, which means they pack optimal flavor, can be more sustainable, and you can buy them by the buckets for half the price!     While some strawberry shortcakes can be more biscuit like, this...