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This Microwave Sweet Potato Mug Cake is perfect for a quick, healthy dessert or snack. Ready in two minutes, you can top it with yogurt for breakfast or ice cream for dessert.

*Originally posted Sept 2015. Updated June 2019*

Hi Friends!

I originally shared this Microwave Sweet Potato Mug Cake back in September of 2015 and I still make it regularly. Have you ever tried a microwave mug cake? It’s basically a nice, warm dessert that’s ready in two minutes and doesn’t require an oven. Just mix a few ingredients, pour into a coffee mug or mason jar and pop it in the microwave. 

This is my favorite way to make dessert after a long day when I don’t have much energy left. However, I’ve also been loving this as a snack lately! I leave out the maple syrup and just add a handful of chocolate chips. This recipe is essentially a small batch of my Sweet Potato Banana Bites cooked in the microwave instead of the oven, so you could also add some mashed banana instead of maple syrup for sweetness if you want!

This Microwave Sweet Potato Mug Cake recipes makes the perfect amount to split between two mugs, mason jars or ramekins and share with a loved one. Topping it with ice cream is pretty much a must in my book. To make this on the fly, you’ll first need to cook your sweet potato. I just poke a few holes in mine and then microwave for five minutes. To make this even easier, I cook a sweet potato on the weekend and save it in the fridge so I have some mashed sweet potato ready and waiting whenever I want one of these!

Here’s how you make it:

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This microwave Sweet Potato Mug Cake is ready in minutes and perfect for a quick dessert or snack!

• Author: Lindsay L
• Prep Time: 1 min
• Cook Time: 2 min
• Total Time: 3 min
• Yield: serves 2

Ingredients

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• 1/3 cup cooked, mashed sweet potato
• 2 Tbsp peanut butter (or your favorite nut butter)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp vanila extract
• optional sweetener: up to 1 Tbsp maple syrup
• handful of chocolate chips
• ice cream or yogurt for topping

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Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well.
2. Pour into two greased coffee mugs, ramekins or mason jars.
3. Microwave (one at a time) for 1 min 45 sec.
4. Eat straight out of the jar or let cool slighty and transfer to a plate.
5. Top with ice cream or yogurt (and an extra drizzle of peanut butter) and eat!

Notes

I leave the maple syrup out of mine and add chocolate chips and top with a little dollop of ice cream but you can choose to skip the chocolate chips and/or ice cream and sweeten with maple syrup or mashed banana.

Keywords: microwave, sweet potato, mug cake, dessert, snack

See how easy it is? Especially if you have the sweet potato already prepped, this treat comes together in a flash! You could also try this recipe with pumpkin or roasted squash.

Life’s short. Eat dessert. Like cake. But when you don’t have time to make a full cake, make this!

Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

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These Puppy Chow Almonds are a fun twist on a classic treat. The nuts add an extra boost of protein and healthy fats, making it perfect for a special snack or dessert!

*Post and photos updated 12/2017*

Hi Friends!

If you find yourself craving a little treat anytime soon, I’m here to suggest these Puppy Chow Almonds. I don’t know about you, but I grew up with a major love for the original puppy chow/muddy buddies/whatever you want to call it recipe.

It’s one of those recipes that you learn to make at a young age, all by yourself, and it just never lets you down. So while I’m don’t really think it’s necessary to mess with the original recipe, sometimes it’s fun to change things up.

The idea for these Puppy Chow Almonds was born one afternoon when I found myself with craving for puppy chow, a giant bag of almonds and no cereal besides Cheerios. I don’t really consider Cheerios a good sub for Chex in this recipe so I thought I’d give the almonds a whirl.

The end result was delicious! Way better than eating a handful of plain almonds if you ask me 🙂

Here’s how you make them:

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These Puppy Chow Almonds are a fun twist on a classic treat. The nuts add an extra boost of protein and healthy fats, making it perfect for a special snack or dessert!

• Author: Lindsay
• Prep Time: 5 min
• Total Time: 5 minutes

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• 2 cups raw, unsalted almonds
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
• 2/3 cup powdered sugar

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Instructions

In a microwave-safe bowl, combine peanut butter and dark chocolate chips and microwave in 30-second intervals until melted. Let cool for 2 minutes.

Put almonds in a large ziploc bag (or bowl).

Pour melted pb mixture over almonds and shake or stir until well-coated.

Add powdered sugar and stir or shake until well-coated.

Notes

Add more powdered sugar if needed or desired.

So easy, right?!

Give these a try next time the puppy chow craving strikes!

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These Baked Apple Packets are a super simple fall recipe. Enjoy them with ice cream for dessert or top with yogurt for breakfast or an afternoon snack. The perfect way to end a day of apple picking.

Originally published 10/2012. Photos and post updated 9/2018.

Hi Friends!

Allow me to introduce you to these Baked Apple Packets. Have you been apple picking yet this year? Or perhaps you have it on your to-do list for an upcoming weekend? This easy recipe idea is the perfect way to use up some of those apples.

I like these as a dessert, topped with ice cream….but you could easily top them with yogurt or extra peanut butter and enjoy them for breakfast or an afternoon snack. Plus they’re easy to customize. I mixed my apples with cinnamon, ground flaxseed and hemp seeds and then topped with peanut butter, chocolate chips and ice cream. You could toss yours in just cinnamon and sugar if you wanted, drizzle with chocolate sauce, top with chopped nuts or granola, add a scoop of yogurt on top etc.

There’s no real recipe here because you can make as many or as few as you want. And no exact cooking time because you can cook them as long as you want depending on how soft you want your apples. AND if you wanted to, you could cook these on the grill or over a camp fire!

Here’s what you do:

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These Baked Apple Packets are a super simple fall recipe. Enjoy them with ice cream for dessert or top with yogurt for breakfast or an afternoon snack. The perfect way to end a day of apple picking.

• Author: Author: Lindsay
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 25 minutes
• Yield: 1

Ingredients

• small or medium apples, chopped
• cinnamon, ground flaxseed, hemp seeds, chia seeds and/or sugar for tossing
• peanut butter, chopped nuts, granola, chocolate chips, pumpkin seeds or other desired toppings
• ice cream or yogurt if desired.

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Instructions

1. Place chopped apple slices in a bowl.
2. Sprinkle with cinnamon, ground flax and hemp seeds (and sugar if desired).
3. Split equally between pieces of foil and fold into sealed packets.
4. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-25 minutes depending on how soft you want your apples.
5. Carefully open each packet and top with nuts, granola, chocolate chips etc.
6. Add a scoop of ice cream or yogurt and serve!

Notes

You can also add the peanut butter before baking if you’d like!

Don’t be afraid to experiment with other fruit either. I’m trying it with pears next 🙂 Peaches would also be a great option for the summer!

Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

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This Healthy Fruit Crisp is low in added sugar and packed with fiber and healthy fats. Serve it over yogurt or cottage cheese for breakfast or with ice cream for dessert.

*Originally published 6/2018. Updated 12/2022*

Hi friends!

This healthy fruit crisp is a fun way to change up your breakfast routine. I use frozen fruit which means I can make it any time of year and I added in chia seeds and ground flax for a dose of omegas and some peanut butter for healthy fats

Use whatever fruit you want but my biggest suggestion though is to always include some blueberries if you’re serving it more selective eaters. The dark purple color helps camouflage the chia seeds and make them less noticeable.

Healthy Fruit Crisp

The great thing about this Healthy Fruit Crisp is that it works two ways. With only 2 Tbsp added sugar in the whole recipe, you can feel good about serving it for breakfast. My kids love it over plain yogurt or vanilla yogurt or cottage cheese and they’ll eat it both warm and cold. You can serve it warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top!

Here’s how you make it:

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This Healthy Fruit Crisp is low in added sugar and packed with fiber and healthy fats. Serve it over yogurt or cottage cheese for breakfast or with ice cream for dessert.

• Author: Lindsay
• Prep Time: 5 min
• Cook Time: 40 min
• Total Time: 45 minutes
• Yield: serves 4-6 1x

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• 5 cups mixed fruit (berries and stonefruits work best)
• 3 Tbsp chia seeds
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/3 cup flour
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2–3  Tbsp ground flaxseed
• 4 Tbsp butter
• 1/4 cup peanut butter

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Instructions

1. Place frozen fruit in a 9×9 pan lined with parchment paper and sprinkle with chia seeds.
2. In a bowl, combine oats, flour, sugar, cinnamon, flax and stir to combine.
3. Cut butter into small chunks and add to the flour mixture. Cut in with a pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse meal.
4. Add peanut butter and stir until coated with flour. Use your hands to mix everything together really well and crumble the peanut butter and butter so it combines with all of the flour and oats.
5. Sprinkle crumble mixture over top of fruit.
6. Cook at 350 for 35-40 minutes.
7. Serve over yogurt or cottage cheese, or topped with ice cream.

Notes

For a sweeter crisp you could mix a few Tbsp sugar in with the fruit and chia seeds as well.

Sounds delicious right?! It’s one of my new favorites for sure!

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These dairy-free Frozen Layered Brownie Bars are perfect for dessert or an afternoon treat! They pair a layer of sweet potato brownies and a layer of peanut butter banana cream and even sneak in some cauliflower!

Thanks to Elmhurst™ for sponsoring this post.

Hi friends!

Allow me to introduce you to your new favorite treat. These Frozen Layered Brownie Bars are actually two delicious desserts in one. The bottom layer is a sweet potato brownie (a spin on this recipe) and the top layer is a creamy dairy-free blend of Elmhurst Milked Cashews™, peanut butter, bananas and, gasp, cauliflower. That’s right, I put sweet potatoes and cauliflower in your dessert and you’re going to love it!

I’m not really sure how this idea filtered its way into my brain, but I’m oh so glad it did. While it may be hard to believe here in Ohio, warm weather IS coming. And there’s nothing better than a cold treat on a hot day, am I right?

As I’ve mentioned a few times, especially if you follow me on social media, both my kids are currently having a little trouble with dairy products. They cause eczema flare-ups for Little Miss and constipation issues for Squish…so I’ve been trying to limit them. We’ve been trying out some different plant-based milk beverages lately and have fallen in love with Elmhurst Milked.

They have both nutmilks (almond, cashew, hazelnut, walnut and peanut) and grainmilks (oats and brown rice) and I’m so in love with their simple ingredient lists. They don’t use emulsifiers, stabilizers or thickeners and yet their products are so creamy and delicious thanks to their innovative process! They also offer both sweetened and unsweetened varieties.

For this treat, I used the Milked Cashews ™, which has 4g of protein and 2g sugar per serving.

Here’s how you make them:

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These dairy-free Frozen Layered Brownie Bars are perfect for dessert or an afternoon treat! They pair a layer of sweet potato brownies and a layer of peanut butter banana cream and even sneak in some cauliflower!

• Author: Lindsay
• Prep Time: 10 min
• Cook Time: 20 min
• Total Time: 30 minutes
• Yield: Makes 12 bars 1x

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Brownie Layer:

• 1/2 cup mashed sweet potatoes
• 1/2 cup pitted, chopped dates (4–5 dates)
• 1/3 cup peanut butter
• 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 egg
• 1 Tbsp maple syrup
• 1/2 cup Elmhurst Cashew Milk
• 1/2 tsp baking soda

Top Layer:

• 1/2 cup mashed banana
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup raw cauliflower rice
• 1/2 cup Elmhurst Cashew Milk
• 2 Tbsp maple syrup
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

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In a high powered blender or food processor, combine ingredients for the brownie layer.

Process until smooth. 

Spread into a 9×9 pan lined with parchment paper (batter will be thick) and bake at 375 for 20 min. 

Clean the blender while brownie layer is baking. Then add remaining ingredients, except peanuts and chocolate chips, and process until smooth. 

Remove brownie layer and let cool 10 minutes. Sprinkle 1/4 cup chopped peanuts and chocolate chips on top. 

Top with banana layer and spread until evenly fills the whole pan. 

Sprinkle remaining peanuts and chocolate chips on top and freeze at least 4 hours or overnight. 

Remove from freezer and let sit for 5 minutes. Cut into pieces and store in airtight container in the freezer.  

Notes

These are best if you let them sit on the counter for 2-3 minutes for eating!

Just a couple easy steps and these beauties can be in your freezer! Remember to use dairy-free chocolate chips if you need to keep this recipe dairy-free!

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These Frozen Yogurt Pumpkins are a healthy, kid-friendly Halloween treat! They’re easy to make and fun to decorate, perfect for a play date or party!

Hi friends!

Just popping in to share a quick Halloween idea with you! Squish and I spent some time in the kitchen on Friday morning making these. It was pretty spontaneous and I wasn’t really planning on sharing them on the blog, but they turned out so cute I just had to share them!

They’re super simple to make and were fun to decorate as well. The base is pretty much just my Pumpkin Yogurt Dip, shaped into pumpkin shapes and then decorated and frozen!

Frozen Yogurt Pumpkins

I took a poll on my InstaStories and the verdict was that whole almonds make a better stem than sliced almonds, but I used a mixture of both. Add a couple pumpkin seeds for the leaves and then decorate. You can make jack-o-lantern faces with kids that are a bit older or just let the little kids go crazy decorating!

Since I randomly thought of these at 7am on a Friday, I didn’t make a special trip to the store…so we just used what I had on hand to decorate. Some favorites were chocolate covered sunflower seeds, white and regular chocolate chips, and dried cranberries and blueberries.

If you were feeling extra ambitious, you could even pipe faces within the pumpkins and then fill in around them so you’d have holes for the eyes, mouth etc like real pumpkins. I clearly wasn’t feeling that ambitious.

I make mine pretty thin so they would freeze quickly but you could always make them thicker if you wanted to! They were so easy to make that Squish could do most of it by himself.

Here’s the official directions:

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These Frozen Yogurt Pumpkins are a healthy, kid-friendly Halloween treat! They’re easy to make and fun to decorate, perfect for a play date or party!

• Author: Lindsay

Ingredients

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• 1 cup plain or vanilla full-fat yogurt
• 1/2 cup 100% pumpkin puree
• 1 Tbsp maple syrup (or to taste), optional
• cinnamon, to taste
• almonds and pumpkin seeds
• candy, dried fruit and sprinkles to decorate

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Instructions

Mix pumpkin and yogurt in a bowl. Add maple syrup and cinnamon if using. 

Scoop into a ziploc bag. 

Cut off the corner and pipe pumpkin shapes onto a tray lined with parchment paper. 

Loosely fill in the outline with yogurt mixture and use a spoon to spread evenly. 

Add one almond and two pepitas to make stem and leaves. 

Decorate as desired. 

Freeze at least one hour or until frozen and eat!

Store in a ziploc bag or tupperware container in the freezer.

Notes

Aren’t they fun?! Be sure to tag me on social media if you make these so I can see your creations!

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This Chocolate Sheet Cake is an easy dessert recipe and a fun change from a traditional round cake. Top with your favorite ice cream or a drizzle of peanut butter and some fresh strawberries. 

Hi friends!

Let’s power our way through Wednesday with some cake, shall we? A few weeks ago, hubby and I had a date night out. Although we were fairly disappointed with the food at the new restaurant we chose, the dessert – Texas Sheet Cake – was amazing.

I immediately knew I wanted to create a sheet cake recipe of my own that I could make at home for special occasions. This week, Little Miss turns 10 months old and Squish starts early preschool. I’d say that qualifies as a good time to make cake.

I tested this recipe 3 times over the past couple of weeks. The first time it was good but way too dry. After some adjustments, it turned out better and then third time was a charm. The first two I made in a jelly roll pan. Mine is a little small but I think the average size for a jelly roll pan is about 10.5 x 15.5 inches. The last one I made in a cookie sheet with edges (as seen in the pictures). They both worked fine but I preferred the small jelly roll pan because it made it a bit thicker (since it was a bit smaller).

I’m actually not a huge fan of chocolate cake, unless it comes with vanilla ice cream. However, this is pretty good on its own. I also tried it topped with peanut butter and fresh strawberries. Yum! If you’re looking for a thick slice of chocolate cake, this probably isn’t the recipe for you. Although you could try baking it in a regular cake pan!

I used simple melted chocolate chips as the “frosting” but you could use your favorite chocolate frosting as well.

Here’s how you make it:

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This Chocolate Sheet Cake is an easy dessert recipe and a fun change from a traditional round cake. Top with your favorite ice cream or a drizzle of peanut butter and some fresh strawberries. 

• Author: Lindsay
• Prep Time: 5 min
• Cook Time: 30 min
• Total Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

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• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
• 1/2 cup strongly brewed coffee (or water)
• 1/2 cup full fat yogurt (plain or vanilla)
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1.25 cup white whole wheat flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• chocolate chips & powdered sugar for topping

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt butter. 

Add coffee, yogurt, applesauce, egg and egg yolk, and sugar and mix well. 

Stir in cocoa powder and mix until combined. 

Add flour, baking powder and baking soda and stir until just combined. 

Spoon onto a small jelly roll pan (or rimmed cookie sheet) lined with parchment paper and spread evenly.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 min. 

Top immediately with chocolate chips and let sit for 5 minutes. Use a knife to spread until top is evenly coated. 

Once cool, top with powdered sugar. 

Notes

So there you have it!

Let’s eat cake and enjoy the week!

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Serve these Blackberry Crumble Bars for a healthy dessert everyone will love! Make them with fresh or frozen blackberries and serve them for a party or a kid-friendly evening treat.

Hi friends!

Allow me to introduce you to this beautiful dessert! This recipe was actually published on my blog way back in like 2011 but a couple years ago I took it down because the photos were terrible. Believe it or not, these have actually been one of my favorite desserts to make at Christmas for many years because you can easily use frozen blackberries and they’re a fun way to add a little twist to more traditional cookie trays.

They’ve been on my list to reshoot for years and I’ve never gotten around to it. Until now. A couple weekends ago we went blackberry and peach picking and came home with A LOT of blackberries. I immediately thought of these bars and after testing them out with fresh blackberries and even successfully tweaking the recipe to make it a bit healthier, I knew it was time to share them with you guys!

Blackberry Crumble Bars

We gobbled up this most recent batch last week, enjoying them for dessert and even for an occasional afternoon snack. They do require a little bit of advance preparation because you need to give them blackberry chia jam time to cool and thicken, but making both the jam and the bars themselves is quite simple.

Here’s how you make them:

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Serve these Blackberry Crumble Bars for a healthy dessert everyone will love! Make them with fresh or frozen blackberries and serve them for a party or a kid-friendly evening treat.

• Author: Lindsay
• Yield: Makes 12–16 servings 1x

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• 3 cups fresh (or frozen) blackberries
• 2 Tbsp maple syrup, optional
• 3 Tbsp chia seeds
• 8 Tbsp butter, melted
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup white whole wheat flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups rolled oats, divided
• 1.5 cups blackberry jam

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Instructions

Place blackberries (and maple syrup if using) in a saucepan over medium heat.
Smash blackberries and bring mixture to a boil. 
Add chia seeds, reduce heat and simmer for 5-10 minutes. 
Transfer jam to a bowl and refrigerate at least 2 hours. 

When ready to make the bars, combine melted butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in a large bowl and mix well.
Add flour, baking soda and 1.5 cups oats and stir to combine. 
Press 2/3 of the mixture into a 9×9 pan (greased or lined with parchment paper). 
Add remaining 1/2 cup oats to remaining 1/3 of the mixture and mix well. 
Spread 1.5 cups of the chia jam you made earlier over the mixture in the pan. 
Crumble the remaining oat mixture over the top. 
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. 
Let cool before cutting. 

Notes

I store these in the fridge!
If your blackberries are on the sweeter side, you don’t need to add the maple syrup. I only added it because mine were pretty tart. 

Aren’t they pretty!? I haven’t done it, but you could easily substitute your favorite berry if you’re not a fan of blackberries. Strawberries would be delicious!

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Enjoy!
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These Vanilla Cake Parfaits are the perfect dessert. Adults and kids will love the layers of cake cubes, yogurt and fresh fruit. Assemble it ahead of time or set up a DIY parfait bar and let people build their own!

Thanks to siggi’s dairy for sponsoring this post.

Hi friends!

These Vanilla Cake Parfaits are another recipe I created for my partnership with my friends at siggi’s dairy this year. So far I’ve shared:

• Berry Farro Breakfast Bowls
• Small Batch Cinnamon Roll Scones
• Roasted Sweet Potato Yogurt Bowls.

Go check them out if you missed them!

These parfaits are the perfect party dessert. You can assemble a giant parfait in a big bowl for people to scoop from, or set up a DIY parfait bar and let people build their own.

The homemade cake is made with siggi’s yogurt and is lower in sugar than a traditional cake. The yogurt helps make it moist and a little spongier than a traditional birthday cake….but that actually helps it hold up better in these parfaits.

If baking isn’t your forte, don’t panic. This cake is made with just a few simple ingredients and is so easy to make! Of course, you could use a store-bought cake or box of cake mix, but the ingredient list will probably be a little longer and the sugar content a little higher. What I love about making the cake with siggi’s is that it allowed me to cut back on the butter and sugar without losing flavor…plus it adds a little protein punch!

As far as the parfaits themselves, all you need is more siggi’s yogurt and some freshly cut fruit. I used siggi’s 4% vanilla in the cake and siggi’s 2% coconut in the parfaits. The light coconut flavor pairs well with the vanilla cake and the fruits I chose – including cherries, peaches, blueberries and kiwi. Feel free to try other siggi’s flavors if you prefer – they have some great choices like mixed berry, black cherry, mango and strawberry rhubarb that would also taste great!

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These Vanilla Cake Parfaits are the perfect dessert. Adults and kids will love the layers of cake cubes, yogurt and fresh fruit. Assemble it ahead of time or set up a DIY parfait bar and let people build their own!

• Author: Lindsay
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 30 minutes
• Total Time: 35 minutes
• Yield: makes one round 8 in cake 1x

Ingredients

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• 3 Tbsp butter, softened
• 1/3 cup siggi’s yogurt (vanilla or coconut)
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup white whole wheat flour
• 1.5 tsp baking powder
• additional siggis yogurt for layering
• diced mixed fruit (blueberries, cherries, peaches, kiwis, mangos, strawberries, etc)

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Instructions

In a large bowl, beat butter, yogurt, sugar, eggs and vanilla with an electric mixer for 2 minutes. Add milk, flour and baking powder and mix until just combined.

Pour into a greased 8 inch round cake pan (i line the bottom of mine with parchment paper) and bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes.

Let cool, then cut into cubes of desired size.

To assemble parfaits, layer yogurt, fruit and cake cubes in bowls or mason jars and serve.

Aren’t they pretty?! They’d be perfect for your upcoming 4th of July party!

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These Dessert French Toast Waffle Bites are a kid-friendly treat that makes a fun, healthy dessert alternative to cookies or cake.

Hi friends!

Let’s talk dessert today because boy do I need it. This post was supposed to go up yesterday and clearly, it didn’t. We’ve had a rough few days over here trying to adjust to the toddler being in a big boy bed, no naps, crankiness, etc and then Squish woke up with a fever and sore throat this morning.

It’s time for this month’s recipe redux and honestly, I was going to skip this month. This week has drained me and I was feeling uninspired and I had pretty much given myself a pass when I randomly had this genius idea. If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I often make French toast waffles for Squish to eat for breakfast during my food prep sessions.

By French toast waffles, I mean just what it sounds like. Dip bread in egg and milk mixture but instead of throwing on a griddle, throw it in a waffle iron for a minute or two. They’re a staple in our house because they’re great for breakfasts and snacks.

Dessert French Toast Waffle Bites

Yesterday I had the brilliant idea to make a dessert twist. I stepped up my french toast game by sprinkling on a little cinnamon and sugar mixture, some rainbow sprinkles and a little melted white chocolate drizzle and boom! You’ve got a little treat that looks like dessert, but it also relatively healthy thanks to the base of it being whole wheat bread and eggs!

I make this with my favorite – Dave’s Killer Bread. Not sponsored – i just love their bread. And I especially love their thin-sliced varieties which are perfect for this!

So here are your directions one more time. Adjust the quantities based on how many you want to make! French toast is very forgiving so the measurements don’t need to be exact.

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These Dessert French Toast Waffle Bites are a kid-friendly treat that makes a fun, healthy dessert alternative to cookies or cake.

• Author: Lindsay
• Prep Time: 0 minutes
• Cook Time: 0 minutes
• Total Time: 0 hours
• Yield: makes 24 – 36 bites 1x

Ingredients

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• 9 slices of thin-sliced bread (or about 6 regular slices)
• 5 eggs
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• rainbow sprinkles
• 1/4 cup white chocolate chips

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Instructions

In a pie tin, whisk together eggs and milk.

Dip a slice of bread into the mixture and turn until well-coated.

Place on a greased waffle iron. Sprinkle the top with the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Add sprinkles as well if desired.

Close the lid and cook 1-2 minutes.

Remove and repeat with the rest of the bread slices.

Cut each piece of bread into 4 sections.

Melt chocolate chips, spoon into a ziploc bag, cut off the corner and drizzle over waffle bites. Top with more sprinkles if desired.

Notes

You can skip the sprinkles if you want.

You can also skip the white chocolate drizzle and just enjoy them topped with cinnamon and sugar.

You could also top with yogurt, ice cream, peanut butter, etc.

Aren’t they fun?! Like I said, skip the sprinkles or white chocolate if you want to. Try drizzling with peanut butter or topping a few with some yogurt or ice cream!

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Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

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