Black shadows of two trees, a station wagon, and two people standing face to face holding heart shaped ballons against a night sky filled with stars. A cresent moon has the numbers 2-0-2-1 hanging from it. Script across the bottom of the photo reads "Top Posts of 2021."

Top Posts of 2021

Are you as excited as we are to see what were the top posts of 2021? It’s New Year’s Day 2022, so that means we’re going to take a long look at last years top posts. Looking at what’s popular helps us to better understand the needs of our readers, so here’s our list. What were the top posts of 2021? As we have done […]

A collage of 9 photos arranged 3X3. On the top there is a photo of banana pudding, a photo of salisbury fake, and a photo of scrambled eggs with peas. The second row shows a plated rib with sauerkraut, a cup of glorified rice, and a pan of 4 ingredient butter biscuits. The bottom row is a piece of nectarine cobbler, a pan of macaroni and cheese. The final photo in the bottom right is a photo of roasted bratwurst and potatoes

The Top Posts of 2020

Our list of the top posts of 2020 is finally here. I realize that 2020 was a difficult year for everyone. Global pandemics, crazy election chaos, and food and toilet paper shortages were just a few of the not so pleasant highlights of the year, and though I’m a little late, We wanted to see which of our posts were the favorites of Patty Cake’s […]

Patty Cake's Pantry Top Posts of 2019

Top Posts of 2019

I always enjoy studying the statistics on my website to discover which posts that all of you, my loyal readers, prefer. This year’s list of top posts contains most of the same recipes that were on last year’s list. Before we see what recipes were the most popular during 2019, I would like to point out that one of the top 10 posts wasn’t a […]

Acknowledging our 500th post

What are Our Reader’s Favorite Recipes?

Do you ever wonder what recipes other people are making? I do, but I might be weird. Since Patty Cakes Pantry just published it’s 500th post, we decided to delve deep into our site’s analytics to find out what our readers enjoy most. But fist, there’ something that I want to share with all of your about reaching this milestone. Publishing 500 original posts on […]

So you want to start a blog

So, You Want to Start a Blog…

Today’s post came from a comment by Ashley from Germany.  The comment probably ended up in my spam folder because her email address was from Germany.  Akismet is usually correct, but it wasn’t that long ago that I found a comment from La Bella Vita Cucina in my spam folder, and that website is definitely legitimate.   I thought Ashley’s question was a good one, […]

Patty Cake celebrates 200 posts

The 200th Post Party

With the publication of the recipe for Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes on June 11, 2016, Patty Cake’s Pantry marked its 200th post.  Because I pretty much abandoned blogging for several months last year due to work commitments outside of cyberspace, the arrival of this milestone was nearly two months late, but it finally arrived.  I’m only pointing this out to encourage others to keep working […]

ANNOUNCING WINNER OF BLOG VS VLOG

Blog vs Vlog–Winners

February has come and gone, and it’s time to announce the winner(s) of our blog vs. vlog competition.   This competition has been fun for both of us, and has helped to keep us motivated to stick to a regular posting schedule.   If you want to know what happened in during the month of February, keep reading. Random Life Of A began this competition with a […]

Bloggin g is better than Vlogging

Why is Blogging Better than Vlogging?

As you know, February first marked the beginning of a competition between Patty Cake’s Pantry and the YouTube Channel Random Life of A.   To spur the friendly competition along, I decided to share my list of 10 reasons why blogging is better than vlogging.  I don’t have to be camera ready to blog.  In fact, I can show up to my computer and blog in […]

PattyCakesPantry.com vs RandomLifeofA YouTube Channel

Vlog vs Blog–A New Year’s Competition

It all started with a friendly conversation at Starbucks.   A very special person, Aaron, who can be found at the YouTube Channel RandomLifeOfA, and I were discussing our goals for our respective online projects.   He started a YouTube Channel last year while I started my blog two years ago.  Both of us need to do better at consistently publishing on a schedule and working to […]

Goals for 2016

It’s that time of year when we proclaim our New Year’s Resolutions.  Here at Patty Cake’s Pantry,  we are still just calling them our goals.  Here are our goals for 2016. Patty Cake’s Pantry is now two years old, and we are averaging about 10 – 20 visitors per day.  there are days when se have 30 -50 visitors, but that’s not the norm.  I […]