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Brown Mountain Honey Cupcakes

Everyone loves cupcakes, but there's something special about bee-themed cupcakes at a summer party. With an old-fashioned recipe for brown mountain cake, creamy honey vanilla buttercream frosting, and easy-to-make edible bee toppers, these sweet treats will make your summer celebration the bee's knees and have everyone buzzing about this fun bee themed dessert!

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Easy Pina Colada Poke Sheet Cake

This incredibly easy-to-follow recipe for a dairy-free pina colada poke sheet cake perfect to bring summer vibes to your luau or tiki party. With the combination of flavors and ingredients like pineapple, coconut and rum, you'll be bringing a refreshingly tropical taste to your celebrations.

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Hummingbird Cake

If you're looking for a classic Southern recipe that's sure to wow your family and friends, Hummingbird cake is guaranteed to be a hit. This comforting, moist cake with its creamy cream cheese icing and dried pineapple flower garnish is perfect for impressing your guests and is a no-fail dessert.

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Easy Mini King Cakes

These Easy Mini King Cakes are a breeze to make, yet very impressive and fun! With Mardi Gras right around the corner, I was inspired to create an easy recipe for this time-honored cake. A two-ingredient cinnamon flavor filling and I used heated store-bought icing and sprinkles for a quick decoration. Don’t forget your little babies! Find out what the colors represent on a king cake.

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Elvis Cupcakes

These Elvis Cupcakes were inspired by none other than the king of rock n’ roll himself, Elvis Presley. I wanted to create an Elvis themed party cupcake with all of the flavors of Elvis's favorite sandwich and so I made a banana bacon cupcake with peanut butter frosting. I also added edible gold glitter dust, because Elvis was flashy and loved gold!

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Fairy Tree Stump Cake

This Fairy Tree Stump Cake is where magic and delicious collide. Wouldn’t this be the most enchanting cake for a fairy or girls birthday party? It’s decorated on the outside with charming fairy doors and windows molded out of chocolate, frosting grass, edible butterflies and stump bark made out of chocolate. On the inside, luscious layers of lavender and lemon cake covered in a vanilla lavender buttercream frosting is an enchanting combination.

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Easy Pina Colada Bars

These delicious Pina Colada Bars start off with a sugar cookie crust, then layered with rum-soaked pineapple and cherries, shredded coconut and sweetened condensed milk. Baked till golden brown, cooled and cut into squares. These would make a great tropical dessert to take to a luau party or family get-together. Makes 12 large bars.

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Key Lime Icebox Tart

This dairy-free Key Lime Icebox Tart will transport you straight to paradise at the first bite. A luscious, smooth filling that has all the flavors of a tropical vacation with lime and coconut, perfectly balanced out with a salty/sweet graham cracker crust. Only the crust is baked for 10 minutes. The filling is no-bake and easily mixed together and poured into crust, then frozen for an effortless yet impressive dessert. Optional easy meringue topping instructions also included.

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Flower Shortbread Cookies

These “melt-in-your-mouth” soft and delicious Flower Shortbread Cookies are easier to make than you think. With just a few simple ingredients you can have an impressive and beautiful cookie perfect for tea parties, Mother’s Day or gift giving. You can make them as plain shortbread cookies or add any flavor to the dough to enhance the flavor.

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Kentucky Bourbon Balls

These no-bake Kentucky Bourbon Balls would be the perfect Kentucky derby party dessert. They are dairy-free, vegan and gluten-free which makes them friendly for pretty much any guest. The taste is so amazing you can’t tell that these are a much healthier version made with pecans, vanilla protein powder, milled flax seeds, plant butter and sweetened with pure maple syrup. Makes 26 servings.

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DIY Easter Chocolates

One of my favorite candy bars is a Take Five, which consists of peanuts, caramel, pretzels and peanut butter all covered in chocolate. That was the inspiration for these DIY Easter Chocolates. I found some fun Easter silicone molds to use but you can also just use a muffin tin with paper liners or any mold you might have. So, I made more of a smaller candy bar bite, perfect to gift giving (or enjoying yourself!) This recipe is very simple, yet impressive.

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Blueberry Lavender Cupcakes

These dairy-free Blueberry Lavender Cupcakes are such an enchanting and delicious bite. If you are longing for summer, these are full of flavors that will excite you. The cupcakes have a vanilla and slight hint of lavender flavor. The center filling is a blueberry lemon compote made with fresh blueberries and lemon rum (you can substitute with lemon juice, if desired) and the frosting is a lavender vanilla buttercream tinted with a touch of purple.

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Pineapple Lavender Tea Cakes (dairy-free)

These dainty and delicate Pineapple Lavender Tea Cakes are the perfect three-bite treat for a whimsical luncheon or tea party. Sweet pineapple pairs beautifully with a floral hint of lavender and sweetened with a colored Honey Lavender Glaze. These are dairy-free and would be delightful with most any flavor tea. Cute bee themed summer dessert idea.

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Guinness Black Bean Brownies

Give these Guinness Black Bean Brownies a try for a healthier brownie version. Packed with protein, folate and antioxidants that are great for improving gut health, heart health, controlling your appetite and more. The creamy and delicious drizzle glaze represents the iconic creamy head when a fresh opened can of Guinness Stout is opened and poured into a drinking glass and the perfect sweet accentuation for this decadently healthier brownie.

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Strawberry Cheesecake Bites

These Dairy-Free Strawberry Cheesecake Bites are incredibly delicious and easy to make. The creamy center is made with a dairy-free cream cheese alternative mixed with honey, coconut milk and full of strawberry flavor thanks to Nature’s Flavors Organic Strawberry Flavor Powder. The crust is simply made with baked brownies and tops are sprinkled with chopped freeze-dried strawberries and drizzled with chocolate.

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