This is a post that really should have gone up in December during the holidays, but TOO BAD – you will be getting it now! As usual, for the holidays I was in charge of providing dessert for the family, and this year I scored with Joy the Baker’s Chocolate Peppermint Roll with Chocolate Ganache. […]
I promised some WeddSplosion activity, so here’s the first installment. First: Hooray Jeanne and Malcolm! This cake wishes you both a most excellent life together. Many platonic hugs, Me. A few weeks ago I made a Strawberry Cake with Chocolate Ganache Frosting, specifically in preparation for the cake you see here. The icing is, of […]
I had an early Easter dinner with my parents on Saturday. They’re going to visit my Grandmother for Easter this year and I won’t be able to go with them, darn plane tickets being so expensive these days. So instead of skipping Easter dinner altogether (unacceptable!) we had it a week early. And, of course, […]
I’ve been brainstorming the Peppermint Stick Cupcake recipe for awhile now and am way excited to have finally executed it. I was initially going to make this layered vanilla and red velvet, but decided that was a little more than I wanted to take on. Instead I made 2 batches of regular white cake batter […]
In early May I took a trip out Terrapin Brewery in Athens for a birthday party, and in the spirit of the birthday boy’s festivities I decided to make a batch of boozy cupcakes with one of their sweetest beers: the Liquid Bliss Porter, a porter brewed with cocoa nibs and peanut butter essence. This […]
As WeddSplosion II continues, it’s time for more frosting flavor experiments! Cinnamon is still a strong (and, I believe, very likely) contender, but I have 2 more flavors I wanted to try: caramel and peppermint. Separately, of course. For some reason a caramel-and-peppermint flavored frosting sounds pretty terrible. I started by baking up 2 dozen […]
Earlier this month my coolio friend Adam had a birthday party. It was all grilling, blue skies, light breezes and good times. Oh, and did I mention delicious but incredibly ugly cakes? Last year I made him a pretty similar chocolate-peanut butter cake, but this time I found a different recipe I wanted to try. […]
Soooo this post is a little later than it was supposed to be…my bad. >.> About once or twice a month I putter through Michael’s craft store to take a peek at what kind of nifty new things they have around, be they seasonal or otherwise. I used to do this just for yarn (I […]
WeddSplosion III: The Cake of Doom I’ve started giving the WeddSplosion episodes names. After the wedding cake project started rolling in a serious sort of way, Emily came to me with a recipe she’d gotten from a friend. “Apparently it’s supposed to be really good,” she explained, “They said they’ve made it for several weddings […]
It’s back! And this time it sucks a whole lot less. First, now that they’ve made it Facebook-Official (these things are important), a hooray for Adam and Emily on their upcoming wedding! As planned last Tuesday, I remade two cakes this week: the Strawberries & Cream and the Peaches & Cream with Bourbon. I made […]
When I started this post, I was thinking “I’m totally a swiss meringue buttercream master now. We are soulmates – I will now use it for everything.” I had a love, and its name was swiss meringue buttercream. Then last Sunday it stomped all over my heart and made me cry. ;_; Since I’d conquered […]
Teh BF and I had our second anniversary on May 5th (yes, Cinco de Mayo…it’s very convenient for remembering). Naturally, I want to bake a cake. I had actually planned on cooking up an entire spanish fiesta for the both of us and forgoing dessert (<3 Mod Mex Cookbook), but due to time constraints, instead […]
With a flurry of excitement, I recently convinced myself that not only was I going to finally tackle a batch of macarons, but that it was also going to be easy. I’ve been reading a lot of macaron recipes these days…that’s probably why I talked myself into it. Apparently by now everyone else has gotten […]
I’m sure everyone is wondering what happened with the peppermint stick cupcakes I baked last month for a contest at work. On the edge of your seat, I know. Well, the bad news is that I did not win the dessert contest. ;_; I think the 3 winners were a lemon-raspberry tart, a seven layer […]
Did I mention I ended up buying a stand mixer after all? Well, I did. Thanks Amazon, you’re the best! With this new mixer, my boyfriend and I decided to try out the S’more cupcake recipe I mentioned in a previous post from Bakerella. As excited as I was to use the mixer, it was […]