Earlier this week we got out of the house and went strawberry picking. It was a beautiful day full of sunshine and bright red sticky strawberries. This experience was hands down my favorite activity we did this week. Naturally, I knew I had to do something with this huge bucket of strawberries we picked. I have been on a pretty big baking kick so I decided to experiment with a pound cake recipe for strawberry shortcake. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too! For more information, please read my full disclosure policy. To me, there is not JUST a recipe for pound cake. Traditional pound cake to me is exclusively associated with sweet…
When I was pregnant I experienced the biggest sweet tooth I have ever had in my life. I prefer salty and savory over sweet most days but when I was pregnant all bets were off. If it was sweet I wanted it. Pretty sure I ate a whole watermelon by myself one week (it was the dead of summer and I was 7 months pregnant what can a girl do?). Once I had to reign in my sugar, however, I resorted to small sweets like peanut butter. I would combine some peanut butter with a little whipped cream for a pseudo peanut butter mousse. After I had Danny, this led to the creation of my Peanut Butter Pie. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you…