Blue Ridge Baker

This week's SMS selection is one that I was quite excited about. As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I love any excuse to make a quick...

Sweet Melissa Sundays took a bit of a break around the holidays, and I got so used to not making the SMS treats, I completely forgot that w...

Every time I make a cheesecake, I wonder why I don't do so more often. Then I eat half of it within the first day, and I remember why. I...

I have not been a good SMSer lately, and I apologize to my fellow bakers! I skipped last week, and then I went and skipped this week's r...

I was raised by a single mom. It was just the two of us, and I was fine with that. My parents divorced when I was very young, so I really ha...

So, I know that I just posted a cranberry bread yesterday, but here is another one! I'm quite happy to be baking it, too, because I hav...

I haven't had the best luck with Devil's Food Cakes (or other chocolate cakes). Though I LOVE chocolate, I don't often think ch...

This is one of the recipes that I was considering when it was my turn to choose something for everyone to bake for Sweet Melissa Sundays . G...

Every year, we take our kids (at least a few times) to Hickory Nut Gap Farm , a local farm that has been in the same family for many generat...

I will admit, I wasn't terribly excited about these muffins. Especially after reading about others slightly blah results. After making a...

I love scones, so I was really happy that these beauties were the SMS pick for this week. Everyone I gave them to agreed that they are the ...

Goodness, I'm late in posting this! I didn't wait until the last minute to make something for a baking group - for once - but there ...

This week it was finally my turn to pick a recipe for Sweet Melissa Sundays ! It was no easy task, let me tell you... I finally settled on t...

This week for Sweet Melissa Sundays , JoVonn of The Givens Chronicles chose Fresh Peach Muffins for all of us to make. I actually managed t...

Yet another recipe that I was none too excited about at first glance, but happy to have made in the end. I love banana bread, but we just ma...

This week we were actually supposed to make hazelnut truffles, but I just don't like them. I love just about every other truffle I'v...

Snickerdoodles. Such a strange name for the simple little cookie with the telltale cinnamon-sugar topping. I haven't eaten many snickerd...

I was never a child who liked PB&Js - I'd take stir fried veggies and basmati rice any day. The only way I've ever enjoyed peanu...

The task this week for Sweet Melissa Sundays was to make preserves. I've never made preserves, but it seemed simple enough when reading...

This week's SMS recipe was for a lemon blueberry cheesecake with cornmeal crumble crust. That is not what I made. I had been wanting to ...