Embracing Winter Blues
I’ve had more winter and more snow this year than I’ve seen in the past five years .. combined! Of course it was cold in Heidelberg, but this level of cold plus snow in...
Category: Cupcakes
Hello, Dancing Lady
Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream and a Candy Topper I’m terribly excited that the sun is shining again and the all the bright colors are beginning to pop! This includes the brand new Homer...
Happy New Years! Vanilla Vanilla
Vanilla Cupcakes, Vanilla Buttercream, Dot Sprinkles Happy New Year and Welcome to 2017!! The last three months of 2016 was a doozy. We moved from Heidelberg, Germany (where we’d lived for nearly 8 years)...
Sunshine Cupcakes
Lemon Cupcakes, Lemon Buttercream, and Sprinkles All things lemon! When it comes to Lemon Cake, I don’t need an excuse to bake – I just love the amazingness that is lemon. I adore the...
Vanilla Cupcakes with Rainbow Sprinkles
Vanilla Cupcakes, Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream, and Sprinkles A quick little post to highlight the simplicity of a sexy Vanilla Cupcake. What I’ve learned over the last three years of baking… getting a Classic Vanilla...
Vintage Ad: Snowball Cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes, Vanilla Buttercream, and tinted Coconut I absolutely adore vintage advertisements – especially those ads focused on cooking, baking, and all things happening in the kitchen. From the 1920s through to the 1950s,...
Summertime Cupcakes
Red Velvet Cupcakes, Cream Cheese Frosting, and Lollipops It’s summer and that means cupcakes. All day, every day. This review is all about how to switch-up a design in your favorite go-to cupcake that can...
Memorial Day 2016
Vanilla Bean Cupcakes, Vanilla Buttercream, and a Cherry On Top A quick shout-out to remembering those Americans, women and men, who have ever worn a uniform in the service of their country. We also...
Cake Fail Trifle
Chocolate Sponge, Strawberries, Vanilla Sponge, and Blueberry Trifle This wasn’t the dessert I set out to make. It’s not even in the same category of desserts I was considering. But, it’s what I served after...
April: A Review of Cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes with tinted Vanilla Buttercream and Chocolate Candy Sixlets We’re celebrating April’s Cupcakes… not quite enough to be a blog post on their own, but collectively the sum of the parts is pretty...