Tina's Chic Corner

Little Apple Crumble Cheesecake

November 14th, 2024Tina0 Comments

What do you make if you are craving apple pie and cheesecake? Combine them both together of course. The crust is a traditional graham crack crust which is so delicious. Duh, it’s graham cracker crust. In fact, when I pulled it out of the oven my husband said that I could stop there because he’d happily eat the crust by itself. It was a tempting offer, considering I had most of the recipe yet to go. Luckily my husband stuck around to help me finish baking, which made the steps go by quicker. Plus it was more fun. The cheesecake …

Butternut Squash Soup

November 7th, 2024Tina0 Comments

What is your ideal Fall day? This butternut squash soup is remarkably similar to the Panera version. If you’ve never had Panera’s butternut squash soup (or aren’t even familiar with the Panera food chain), this is a sweet creamy squash soup with warm spices. I like to add something on top of the soup, for texture, like pistachios. Let’s not forget to add bread of any kind to this party. My perfect Fall day starts with a coffee date with my husband, of course I will have a pumpkin spice latte. Then stroll around a small New England town or …

Snickerdoodle Bars

August 1st, 2024Tina0 Comments

Tis the season to be merry, or lie by the pool and soak up the sun, or both. The Hallmark Channel is airing their Christmas movies to celebrate Christmas in July. You better believe that I’m watching them even if I’ve already seen them 20 times before. Many of the movies have some kind of cookie baking scene so of course now I’m craving Christmas cookies. These snickerdoodle bars would be perfect for the holidays (in July or otherwise). All that sugary cinnamon-y goodness as got the holidays written all over them. Think snickerdoodle cookies but instead of scooping cookie …

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

June 27th, 2024Tina0 Comments

What do you do when you have ripe bananas that need to be used up? Make cake, of course. Lately I’ve been on a banana smoothie kick for breakfast (wow, I need to update those pictures). This cake is not exactly as healthy and by that I mean it’s not healthy at all. Hey, it’s all about balance and this banana cake is worth the occasional indulgence. This cake is exactly what you’d think it is, like banana bread only not bread shaped. Cover it with delicious cream cheese frosting and… Okay, see? Basically the same, only not. Once you …

Lemon Cake

May 9th, 2024Tina0 Comments

This is summer in a cake. I think of fruits and light desserts for the summer and this cake is both at once. The texture of this cake is light and airy and it’s got a wonderful lemon flavor. The secret to that lemony goodness is to use fresh lemons. I would never, (and I repeat) NEVER, use lemon extract because I think it gives desserts a distinctly bathroom cleaner flavor and smell, which is not good eats. Please tell me that I’m not the only one who thinks that. There’s no frosting here, which makes this cake not as …