Author: Julia

“In 3 days … I’ll be 4!” 6

“In 3 days … I’ll be 4!”

  When it comes to birthday cakes, I’m not sure I know what I’m doing.  And I surely shouldn’t have volunteered to bake such an important cake as this one, considering ….”In 3 days...

Rainbows and Buttercream 2

Rainbows and Buttercream

Rainbow Cakes are amazing to look at and contemplate.  I really love this cake. More than a month ago, a sweet friend made a special order for a Rainbow Cake; she was responsible for bringing...

Vanilla Delight 2

Vanilla Delight

Vanilla Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream. What could be more classic or basic or simple? And yet, part of me wants to describe it as complicated? Can a cupcake be both? I’ve been watching Gordon Ramsay on...

Watermelon Cupcakes! 0

Watermelon Cupcakes!

  A couple weeks ago, several dear friends came to visit us in Heidelberg! The Americans came to Europe in celebration of their tenth wedding anniversary while leaving their three rugrats little cuties with...

Flower Garden Cupcakes 7

Flower Garden Cupcakes

I don’t even know what to call these cupcakes.  Cupcake Blossoms? Flower Pot Cupcakes?  Flower Garden Cupcakes? Here’s the deal…I had an idea. The good news is…I like ideas.  The bad news…almost all my...

Anniversary Cake, March 2013 0

Anniversary Cake, March 2013

 Happy Anniversary to us!!  My husband and I celebrated twenty-six years of marriage – consecutively, to each other.  We are life partners and we’re still in love. This is us, October 2012 Riding a...

Taco Night! 0

Taco Night!

The frosting on this is…pitiful. Instead, let’s focus on the tacos because the icing is just too embarassing.  A  short while back, our youngest and her friends declared they neededanother Taco Night at...

Starbucks Cupcake 2

Starbucks Cupcake

The Chocolate Mocha Caramel Macchiato Cupcake with Chocolate Mocha Ganache and Vanilla Buttercream topped with Caramel Sauce. Whew! That’s a mouthful!  And I loved creating it.  This was inspired by our walk down the...

My Big Fat Cupcake Event 5

My Big Fat Cupcake Event

While I’m busy baking and creating a new cupcake (Chocolate Mocha Caramel Macchiato with Chocolate Mocha Ganache and Vanilla Buttercream topped with Caramel sauce), I want to blog about a different cupcake event. My...

Citrus Neapolitan Cake 7

Citrus Neapolitan Cake

The Citrus Neapolitan Cake.  This is a cake I’ve been thinking about for a long time.  It’s such an effort (bake three cakes, make four batches of frosting)…that I wanted to make it when...