Happy New Year everyone! Yeah yeah, 2019 is so last week. Literally. We woke up this morning to a blanket of white and a school delay for the kids. Everyone’s finally out the door with their winter gear in tow.

I sat down at the computer and suddenly realized I hadn’t yet posted a BEST OF 2018 post. So here goes, drumroll please: Top 2018 Recipes from THLG!

The following recipes brought in the most web traffic here on the blog this past year.

#10 – Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting

Gourmet Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe: Light and fluffy cream cheese frosting, flecked with yummy vanilla bean specks. Cream cheese and butter combine for a gourmet cream cheese frosting that’s a showstopper on cakes and cupcakes alike! Perfect for anything that needs an extravagant swirl of sweet delicious.

#9 – Brown Sugar Hawaiian Ham Roll Sliders

Layer sweet Hawaiian rolls with sliced ham and sharp VT cheddar cheese. Then brush with a sweet and spicy brown sugar glaze and bake. Brown Sugar Hawaiian Ham Roll Sliders are heaven on a plate! Perfect for game day or pair with soup for a quick and easy lunch or dinner.

#8 – Authentic Italian Ricotta Pie

Ricotta pie is not to be confused with traditional cheesecake. The texture of ricotta pie is lighter and more “eggy” than cheesecake, similar to a thick custard. Ricotta Pie is traditionally savored in Italy and around the world on Easter and other special holidays. This authentic recipe comes from the old country.

#7 – Cinnamon Streusel Apple Coffee Cake

This tender, crumby Cinnamon Streusel Apple Coffee Cake deserves a spot on the menu for all your special breakfasts and brunches. Your new favorite sour cream coffee cake packed with apples, cinnamon filling and topped with sweet, crumbly cinnamon streusel. Perfection.

#6 – Peanut Butter Chocolate Acorns

Perfect little bite for kid parties and harvest time. Great DIY kids’ craft. Super cute. Fun to make, fun to eat. Perfect Thanksgiving favor. Squirrels of all ages will go nuts over these Peanut Butter & Chocolate Acorns!

#5 – Old Fashioned Fresh Squeezed Limeade Recipe

This Old Fashioned Fresh Squeezed Limeade Recipe will transport you to a bygone era, when chatting and sipping in the old porch rocker was summertime itself. Fresh-squeezed lime juice combines with pure sugar in this simple recipe for a refreshingly sweet tart summer sipper for everyone to enjoy.

#4 – Jordan Pond House Best Popover Recipe

These Jordan Pond House Popovers are known regionally as the best popovers in all of New England. If you’ve never tried a popover before, you’re in for a real treat! Enjoy warm, slathered with butter and strawberry jam for a homemade treat fit for the king. (Or queen….)

#3 – Ultimate Three Cheese Gruyere Mac and Cheese

The best, sophisticated and cheesiest homemade mac and cheese out there! Sharp white cheddar, coarsely grated Swiss-style Gruyere and dry Jack combine for the ultimate macaroni and cheese experience. Ultimate comfort food.

#2 – Sweet Stabilized Stiff Whipped Cream

Sweet (Stabilized) Stiff Whipped Cream: the perfect topping for cakes, pies, parfaits and summer desserts! It’s delicious and holds its shape, even in the heat. This is not Cool Whip and uses all real ingredients, no chemicals. I was surprised this recipe came in as #2, but apparently folks love their real whipped cream topping! And I know why.

#1 – Brick Street Chocolate Cake

And finally. Nope, I wasn’t surprised to see the Brick Street Chocolate Cake came in as #1 yet again!!!! This cake constantly gets great reviews. Here’s one from last week:

“I’m not someone that loves chocolate. It’s OK. But I never crave it. Well, I stumbled upon this recipe before Christmas and decided to make it for my family Christmas dinner. Your post had me intrigued. It was a HUGE hit! My Aunt also doesn’t love chocolate and both of us were saying how we couldn’t get enough of this cake! I did use my convection oven and made no modifications to the recipe. I look forward to having an excuse to make it again. Absolutely amazing.” -Kim

This cake is easy to make and a real crowd pleaser. The original recipe was developed for baking in a convection oven, but has been adapted here to bake in a regular oven as well.

Hope you try one or more of these scrumptious recipes in the coming weeks, and watch your inbox for more culinary delights in the new year!

XOXO,

You may also like:  Best of 2015, Best of 2016, and Best of 2017

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Hi friends! Here we are, on the very cusp of 2108. Happy New Year! 2017 was a remarkable year for me personally and also on the blog. And across the world too. It hardly seems possible the New Year is finally here, but I’m SO glad it is!

We just got back from a few days up in the tundra of Quebec City over New Year’s weekend. The Northeast is experiencing a cold snap right now, and -24 on the thermometer in Quebec City was beyond frigid. I’m thankful to still have a nose!

And so, without further ado…. here’s the countdown of your top favorite recipes here in 2017!

#10 Authentic Italian Ricotta Pie

Creamy and delicious, this ricotta pie is an authentic recipe from the old country. This pie has a lighter texture than cheesecake. Some add rice to Italian Ricotta Pie, but this recipe doesn’t. This scrumptious pie is not overly sweet, and is traditionally savored on Easter. But perfect for any special occasion.

#9 Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins

Jordan Marsh Blueberry Muffins continue to be popular here. What’s not to love? Moist, bakery-style muffins studded with blueberries and topped with crunch bakery sugar. This is an old New England recipe from the days of the Jordan Marsh department stores in Boston.

#8 Peanut Butter & Chocolate Acorns

These cute little Peanut Butter & Chocolate Acorns will have all your little squirrels rushing right over to help! These are a fun project do with the kids or grandkids, fast and easy! Many of you made these for Thanksgiving favors this year. (Me too!)

#7 Cinnamon Streusel Apple Coffee Cake

This Cinnamon Streusel Apple Coffee Cake is a new recipe on the blog this year and I guess you really loved it! My kids love the thick streusel topping. Apples are so good in coffee cake! The inspiration for this cake came following a family apple picking adventure in Vermont.

#6 Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting

This light and creamy Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting is out of this world good with the vanilla bean specks! (Use vanilla bean paste you buy in the baking section near the vanilla extract.) Everything’s more delicious with vanilla beans, especially frosting for cake and cupcakes!

#5 Grilled Corn, Basil and Tomato Salad

You all (note I did not say ya’ll, despite my many years living in the south!) enjoyed this Grilled Corn, Basil and Tomato Salad so much this past summer!!! That salty feta with the grilled corn, fresh basil and ripe garden tomatoes is the best combination on the planet. I think we made it weekly this past summer with freshly picked New England corn. Summer can’t come soon enough!

#4 Ultimate Three Cheese Gruyere Mac and Cheese

Creamy Mac and Cheese with Gruyere (and cheddar and dry jack!) is incredible. We like this as a main dish with a leafy green salad. In fact, I’m making it at our house tonight, by popular request!

#3 How to make Sweet, Stiff Whipped Cream

I was surprised that Sweet Stiff Whipped Cream landed as #3. But it’s so easy to make and it helps all those spectacular desserts using whipped cream to STAY spectacular. No more trifles that fall. This easy recipe for stiff whipped cream keeps pies, cakes and other desserts extraordinaire looking their best for days.

#2 Jordan Pond House Best Popover Recipe

These Jordan Pond House Popovers are the bomb, especially piping hot from the oven, slathered in butter. We discovered them when we visited The Jordan Pond House in Acadia National Park (Maine) a few summers ago. These are known regionally as the best popovers in all of New England, hope you try them this year! (Charlie and I made them over Christmas vacation.)

#1 Famous Brick Street Chocolate Cake

And last but not least…. the Famous Brick Street Chocolate Cake was #1.  I’m so glad you love chocolate as much as I do, we can be good friends. (Chocolate should be listed as one of the superfoods.) Seriously, this is one of the best chocolate cake recipes on the planet. If you haven’t already, you gotta try the Brick Street Chocolate Cake in 2018! It’s the perfect dessert centerpiece for Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas. And any other grand occasion.

Thanks for being such awesome readers and friends, providing great feedback throughout the year with your thoughtful comments, suggestions, shares and pins! I look forward to sharing many new recipes and ideas in the coming year.

Wishing you and your family a wonderful year of health, joy and peace in 2018! Cheers!!!

Allie XOXO

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