Peach Pound Cake with St. Germain Glaze

It’s rewarding when you make a recipe that turns out great. But it’s REALLY rewarding when you invent a recipe that just rocks your socks off. And that, my friends, is what happened here.

A few days ago a friend of mine gave me a bottle of St. Germain, an elderflower liqueur. The irony here is that neither he nor I really drink all that much…somewhere between rarely and next-to-never. But, St. Germain is a very light, very refreshing liqueur that doesn’t even taste like alcohol. It can be easily mixed with champagne, club soda, or tonic; it would go nicely in a mimosa, and even when sipped alone it doesn’t make your face all pucker up. Continue reading

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Pina Colada Pie – my first post!

After some deliberation I’ve decided to start a baking blog.  As luck would have it, this very week that I set out to start it we are in the midst of a major heatwave.  It’s day 4.  102 degrees today. So, I decided to outsmart the heat and make an icebox pie.  I found a delicious sounding recipe for a pina colada pie that suited me and I bought all of the necessary ingredients.

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