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Creamy Whipped Icing

Published on May 23, 2026May 23, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

We make a lot of birthday cakes around here and sometimes people don’t want their icing super sweet like our buttercream icing so I’ve been working on making a less-sweet version and this one seems to be a winner!

If you don’t care for cream cheese you can try it with butter, but we really don’t mind the hint of cream cheese in ours. This also reminds us a lot of the icing we use for my husband’s favorite bean cupcakes… so good! We don’t use any sugar or flour in those and no one ever knows any different!

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Tres Leche Cake: Facil y Delicioso!

Published on May 7, 2026May 6, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog2 Comments

Its been a while since I’ve had a Tres Leche Cake, so I had to give it a go again… it was just as good as I remembered!

You can add any kind of fresh fruit that you like, we used strawberries this time, but you can use whatever is in season, or go without any fruit at all.

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Recipes of the Month: March 2026

Published on March 14, 2026March 16, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

I will try to post a few recipes that should be fairly budget-friendly and easy to make for anyone wanting to learn to make things from scratch. This month is the start of a new menu for us and it is exciting to bring in new flavors and colors as nature is doing the same.

This month is full of special holidays, but I thought I’d start with National Pi Day on March 14th. We usually go with Pizzas on this day. For sides, we will have breadsticks and/or salad. Here are a few of our favorite pizza recipes:

For dessert, we will make some sort of pie:

Special Holiday Meals: March Edition

Another fun holiday, full of special recipes, is St. Patrick’s Day. We have a whole day of fun recipes planned out HERE:

Special Holiday Meals: St. Patrick’s Day

This includes fun recipes like Stuffed Onions, Potato Cakes, Fried Cabbage, and Apple Dapple Cake for Dessert.

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Recipes of the Month: February 2026

Published on February 2, 2026January 28, 2026 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

I will try to post a few recipes that should be fairly budget-friendly and easy to make for anyone wanting to learn to make things from scratch.

This month is full of special holidays, but I thought I’d start with Groundhog Day on February 2nd.

Special Holiday Meals: February Edition

We usually make a Woodchuck Pie, also known as a Shepherd’s Pie, and we have some of Phil’s Poppers on the side. There are a ton of variations to sides that you could make with this, but these are family favorites. Then for dessert we make dirt cakes with Nutter Butter ‘Groundhogs’… so cute.

Special Holiday Meals: Groundhog Day Meal

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Special Holiday Meals: Pizza Day Recipe Roundup

Published on January 31, 2026October 5, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

There are at least 10 different holidays associated with Pizza Day, so I thought I’d gather my pizza recipes into one post to make them easier to find! These can also work on Pie Days!

Pizza Day Recipe Roundup:

Impossibly Easy Pizza Bake

Mrs. B’s Good Easy Pizza

Sourdough Boule w/flavor variations and Pizza Crust options

Desserts

You can also find recipes for fruit pizza, which has a graham cracker crust, cream cheese ‘sauce’, fresh fruit slices, and then a simple glaze drizzled over… so yummy! I can’t find my recipe, but I do try to make this from time to time.