Pipka 6 days ago 2 min St. Patrick's Day Almond Cake “Top of the morning to you all!” It’s time to bake my St. Patrick’s Day Almond Cake filled with swirls of green, iced with a white sugar...
Pipka Feb 10 3 min Door County Apple Crisp Yummy, warm and crunchy Door County Apple Crisp right out of the oven is the go-to breakfast or dessert treat on a cold winter day. When ...
Pipka Feb 2 3 min Homemade Graham Cracker Cookies Just in time for Valentine's Day! Back in the days when we could travel, I often drove to Minneapolis to visit my family. I discovered a fabulous bakery/deli that became m...
Pipka Jan 25 4 min Valentine Cardamom Cupcakes with Lingonberries and Cream Cheese Frosting Door County was settled by Swedes who came to this county and found that its rugged terrain, thick forests and deep waters reminded them ...
Pipka Dec 16, 2020 3 min White Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Kisses and White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. Christmas is right around the corner and besides the usual Christmas cookies, I like to make at least one treat that is extra special. I'...
Pipka Nov 27, 2020 2 min Chocolate Mint Filled Cupcakes Chocolate Mint Filled Cupcakes are a blend of not-too-sweet chocolate cake, a chocolate peppermint patty as filling and topped with a ric...
Pipka Nov 2, 2020 3 min Little Gingerbread Cakes What could be better than little Gingerbread cakes filled with a really easy recipe for homemade Lemon Curd and topped with Ginger Butter...
Pipka Oct 6, 2020 4 min German Chocolate Cake Cupcakes Do you like surprises? Then you'll love my German Chocolate Cupcakes made with my Fillable Cupcake Pan from Germany. This pan is inspiri...
Pipka Sep 22, 2020 3 min Black Forest Cherry Filled Cupcakes The first pan that changed my life was my Almond Cake Pan. Now another pan is changing my life, my Fillable Cupcake Pan from Germany just...
Pipka Sep 18, 2020 2 min Sweet & Salty Zucchini Bread Did you know that the zucchini plant is over 7000 years old? Me neither! But after some research, I found that the plant originated in Me...
Pipka Sep 17, 2020 1 min Jake Baked A Cake Recently a friend gave me an old book entitled Jake Baked A Cake. The book is 24" x 19", published by Scholastic Big Books, copyright 199...
Pipka Sep 15, 2020 3 min One Recipe. One Bowl. One Book. One of my favorite cakes is Lavender Cake. Just substitute Pipka's Lavender Extract for Almond Extract in the basic Almond Cake Recipe an...
Pipka Aug 25, 2020 3 min Donna's Summertime Meal Are you wondering what to do with all your garden bounty? I don't have squash in my garden but recently I bought beautiful organic butter...
Pipka Aug 18, 2020 3 min Cherry Almond Upside Down Cake Do you like cherries? Do you like almond? Do you like cake? If you've answered yes to any one of these three questions, you'll love, lov...
Pipka Aug 6, 2020 2 min Leading a Vibrant Life Are you feeling like a couch potato? Bored with everything in your fridge? I was too until I came across this book "The Vibrant Life", ea...
Pipka Jul 31, 2020 3 min American Apple Pie What do you do when it's 90 degrees outside and you are hot, grumpy and hungry for comfort food? You might do what I did . I baked an ap...
Pipka Jul 16, 2020 3 min Rachel, The Cookie Lady Analog Coffee and Ice Cream On of my favorite spots in Sister Bay is Analog Coffee & Ice Cream. For over 15 years, Rachel Lohman, also kn...
Pipka Jul 7, 2020 3 min Almond Lemon Curd Cupcakes Almond Lemon Curd Cupcakes are a combination of Pipka's Almond Cake cupcakes filled with Lemon Curd and topped with a Lemon Buttercream F...
Pipka Jun 30, 2020 2 min Bee Buzz Over 20 years ago, I was at an open air market in Schwabisch Hall, Germany. A group of customers were standing by a table where a vender w...
Pipka Jun 18, 2020 2 min Easy Lemon Lavender Trifle Oh my goodness, and I mean GOODNESS! Donna made this cake for my birthday and it was one of the best desserts I've ever had...and, she s...
Pipka Jun 16, 2020 2 min Lemon Lavender Cake The lovely essence of lavender brings visions of lush rows of lavender growing in the fields of Provence. Commonly used in cooking, lave...