Author: Julia

Divided Cupcake: Orange and Orange Tinted with a Vanilla Buttercream Center and a Swirl of Vanilla Buttercream In celebration of the end of summer, I drew inspiration from a nostalgic ice cream treat: The...

Triple-layer 6″ Chocolate Cake with Toasted Pecan Coconut Caramel filling and Whipped Chocolate Ganache and Buttercream Frosting This was a doozy of a cake!  Our good friends were hosting family this past week here...

Triple-Layer Lemon Cake with Blueberry Buttercream filling and Fresh Blueberries covered in Lemon Buttercream frosting I just love a lemon cake that’s super lemony.  This cake has all kinds of lemon happening plus a...

Chocolate Cake with a ring of Chocolate Buttercream topped with Gooey Caramel, Toasted Pecan, and Coconut Frosting German Chocolate Cake is my  life partner’s favorite cake.  On our many walks, I often bring up...

Vanilla Cupcake with tinted Vanilla Cake Pop Center and tinted Vanilla Buttercream Frosting On our walk this morning, I was talking about five or six different cake ideas I had for today and the...

Triple-layer Hummingbird Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream and Pecan filling and Red Vanilla Buttercream Roses We had two special guests in our home today – a student peer of our youngest daughter is from China. ...

  Chocolate Cupcake, Cream Cheese filling with Cream Cheese frosting Chocolate Cupcake, Chocolate Cream Cheese filling with Chocolate Cream Cheese frosting Today just seemed like a chocolate cupcake day.  I truly do love baking...

Hummingbird Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Ok.  These are delicious.  That cinnamon-y goodness is tough to pass up.  The Hummingbird Cake is an amazingly flexible recipe that adapts to many forms (primary flavor profile: banana, pineapple, cinnamon). ...

  Lemon Cake Base with a Raspberry Buttercream crumb coat and tinted Vanilla Buttercream Ocean Vanilla Land Cake with a Raspberry Buttercream crumb coat and Chocolate Buttercream Ocean bits of Marzipan, edible Chocolate Rocks...

Double-Layer Chocolate Cake, Peanut Butter Buttercream filling, tinted Vanilla Buttercream frosting, sugar candy Lady Bugs I love the playfulness of this cake!!  It makes me laugh every time I even think about it –...