Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread

If you’ve been around my blog long enough you know that I am a lover of banana bread.

I have tried many different banana bread recipes, all good, but none is as delicious as my Mom’s secret banana muffin recipe…which will remain a secret for now, sorry!

BUT, you don’t have to be sad because this is a close second and it is absolutely delicious.

I love cinnamon.

Therefore, what could be better than banana bread filled with a cinnamon sugar swirl and topped off with a crunchy and melted cinnamon and sugar crust?!

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Vanilla Bean Birthday Cupcakes

Yesterday was my 25th birthday and I figured we could celebrate with some cupcakes!

This is Magnolia Bakery’s vanilla cake recipe and I added some vanilla beans and a vanilla bean buttercream frosting.

My favorite cupcake is always red velvet, which I had for breakfast this morning since my fabulous friends brought me a variety box from the amazing Molly’s Cupcakes yesterday.  But my favorite cake is a simple white on white.

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Chocolate Sugar Cookies

As you have probably noticed, mustaches have taken over the world.

If you can make it, build it, touch it or grow it…you can probably put a mustache on it.

At first the craze was cute…now it is out of hand.

My dad is somewhat known for his mustache.

For as long as my Mom has known him, she has never seen his upper lip.

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