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Easy to make rich chocolate peppermint cupcakes topped with a fudgy peppermint frosting are a fun and festive holiday dessert!

Chocolate peppermint cupcakes with fudgy peppermint frosting recipe

This holiday season delight your guests with these peppermint mocha cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting. Easy to make, moist and tender, bursting with both peppermint and mocha flavor and topped with the most delicious chocolate buttercream frosting! 

Peppermint mocha cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting recipe

Perfect for all pumpkin lovers, these moist and sweet pumpkin cupcakes topped with an easy to make caramel frosting are a fall favorite dessert!

Pumpkin cupcakes with caramel frosting recipe

From the kitchen

3 ingredients caramel candy cheesecake dip

Unbelievably delicious and super easy to make, this 3 ingredients caramel candy cheesecake dip will be the first thing to go at parties! Perfect with sliced apples, pretzels, vanilla waffers and more! Halloween as a holiday is probably my least favorite holiday, but in the same time is one of my favorites as well. Confused? Let…

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A decadent, deliciously easy no bake chocolate pie with a graham cracker crust filled with a dreamy chocolate mousse filling. It comes together in less than 10 minutes but will be devoured in seconds!

No bake chocolate pie recipe

A decadent, deliciously easy no bake chocolate pie with a graham cracker crust filled with a dreamy chocolate mousse filling. It comes together in less than 10 minutes but will be devoured in seconds! Nothing beats a cold creamy dessert during the hot summer weather. As much as I love baking, putting together a sweet…

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Chocolate vanilla affogato recipe

An easy summertime treat, this chocolate vanilla affogato combines three of my favorite: chocolate, gelato, and espresso! Now, what is an Affogato?  The word “affogato,” comes from the Italian word “affogare,” which means “to drown,” and that is exactly what this dessert is: gelato/ice cream drowned in freshly brewed espresso. Obviously, it is the easiest dessert…

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An easy and simple recipe that combines sweet coconut and dark chocolate, these chocolate coconut truffles taste like a piece of heaven!

Chocolate coconut truffles recipe

An easy and simple recipe that combines sweet coconut and dark chocolate, these chocolate coconut truffles taste like a piece of heaven! I’m a choco-coconut-aholic. Yes, that is totally a word! I love chocolate in all forms but what I love more than just chocolate is chocolate and coconut together! Chocolate coconut has been my…

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Tips and tricks

Wine and cheese party (tips to host a party)

Bread Baking 101 – Baking with Yeast (types of yeast, proofing and a few tips)

Bread Baking 101 – Types of flour and how to accurately measure flour

Bread Baking 101 – Ingredients

Baking Bread 101 – Equipment

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On the go

10 Things you should know before traveling to Sicily

Spring at Lewis Ginter botanical garden

Ski weekend getaway at Massanutten resort

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Introducing …. !

Blog’n Bake Retreat

Roxana's Home Baking 2016 reader survey

2016 reader survey

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Hi there! I'm Roxana. I have a passion for all things food, a sweet tooth that can’t be tamed and a severe case of the wanderlust. I make midweek meals exciting by sharing approachable recipes, both sweet and savory, that taste completely sinful. Read More →

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