Kathy's baking, Spokane, WA.

My best friend in Spokane, Caitie's, mother, Kathy, might as well be Martha Stewart! She's an amazing cook, and an equally if not more fabulous baker! Here are her no-bake cookies and rice krispy treats! Absolutely scrumptious.

Daddy's birthday carrot cake.

Carrot cake batter with carrot and coconut shavings and all that good stuff.

Cream cheese frosting, almonds on the sides and toasted coconut on the top. :) This was a little bit rushed, but it turned out well for the time crunch and tasted great! My dad liked it, which is what really matters, right? ;)

Brunch with Caitie at Sante, Downtown, Spokane.

Crespella. Goat Cheese & Leek Stuffed Crêpe. Pesto. Tomato Confit. Basil Gastrique.

Le Parisien. House-Cured Northwest Prosciutto Pear. Brie. Peach Chutney. Baguette.

Summer Omelette. Vegetables. Fontina. Rissolé Potatoes. Ketchup.

Pumpkin cheesecake.

We also got a couple glazed madelines to go!

Sante is officially my favorite place to get brunch in Spokane. I've yet to go try their dinner though! :)

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Curried chicken salad, salad and seven layer bars.

Caitie, Eddie and I cooked dinner!

Curried chicken salad: Indian curry sauce, rotisserie chicken, apples, celery, cashews.

Salad: Romaine lettuce, toasted almonds, grape tomatoes, parmesan cheese, blue cheese vinigrette dressing.

Kathy's seven layer bars--an old favorite of mine! I remember when she would make these for us in high school.. sooo good! :)

Cherry upside-down cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

I used maraschino cherries with brown sugar and butter to make the upside-down mix and topped that with white cake mix with mixed in cherry sprinkles.

Mmmmm.

Cream cheese frosting and red & clear sprinkles.

I was really happy with how these turned out. Upside-down cupcakes are my favorite to experiment with. I'm going to try a strawberry next!

Note: paper cupcake liners aren't great for this--the foil kind work much better.

Peanut btuter banana muffins with chocolate and butterscotch chips.

I had 6 super ripe bananas so I decided to make banana bread. Well, I was going through recipes and came across some peanut butter banana bread recipes! I LOVE peanut butter and bananas together so I thought--brilliant! Then I went a step further and added my favorite chips--chocolate and butterscotch!

Gooey.

Into the oven you go!

Mmmmm. I love they way they turned out and they were a HUGE hit with my friends. Next time I'm going to add a bit more peanut butter though. :)