This spiced winter sangria is made with a mulled cranberry syrup, cinnamon and cloves, freshly squeezed orange juice, triple sec, and red wine. In a blogging world of mostly desserts, let’s be a holiday sangria, yes? Since I’ve been blogging for nearly 7 years now, there are a lot of recipes that exist on my…
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Orange Creamsicle Cupcakes
Simple orange cupcakes topped with swirls of orange and cream cheese frostings. Let’s think back to childhood for a second… Do you have a flavor that instantly comes to mind when you think of a treat you had often? My childhood flavors are cardamom and orange creamsicle. Weird combo, huh? I know that my mom…
Glazed Mimosa Muffins
Tender citrus muffins made with a champagne reduction and topped with a boozy orange glaze are the sweetest way to get your mimosa fix. You didn’t think I would let December go by without rounding out my Muffin of The Month collection, did you? I mean, I know we had a LOT going on this…
Morning Glory Muffins
Hearty whole wheat muffins packed with fruits, vegetables, nuts, and flaxseed to fill you up at breakfast time. What do you immediately think of when I say “healthier muffin?” Is it something like a bran/fiber muffin, tasting much like cardboard, with a dense and dry texture? Yeah. Me too. So I’m here today to scratch…
Orange Blueberry Muffins
Classic blueberry muffins with a pop of orange flavor. Today, we celebrate 4 years of marriage. Four years ago, it torrential downpoured all day long, it was about 150ºF, and I had a sinus infection. But it was the most wonderful day, and I look back on pictures and see nothing but happiness, fun, love, merriment,…
Orange Creamsicle Cookies
Sweet and tart crinkle cookies bursting with bright orange flavor. TGIF. Can I get an amen? These last few weeks before Christmas are flying by and I feel like my shopping and to do lists are just staring at me saying “hey, remember us?” Thankfully, I think we are 90% done with our Christmas shopping,…
Orange Creamsicle Layer Cake
A moist and flavorful layer cake full of bright and zesty orange marmalade. Sunny orange cream cheese frosting makes this creamsicle cake irresistible! Do you ever get inspired by yourself? Because I think it happened to me for the first time a couple weeks ago when I hopped back into the cake world and whipped up…
Orange Poppy Seed Scones
Bright and sunny scones that are full of tangy yet sweet orange flavor, made even better with an orange simple syrup soak. Are you completely frozen yet? If you don’t live on the east coast (or even some other unfortunately unusually cold areas of the United States), don’t answer that. It has been single digit…