A Spring Nest
Spring has finally sprung! I’m so excited I can’t stand it. The perineals we planted last summer (which I swore were dead and nearly yanked outta the flower bed under the pine tree out...
Category: Holiday
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Four Layer Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream Filling, and Vanilla American Buttercream Frosting garnished with Blue Marzipan Stars Nothing says the 4th of July quite like a red, white, and blue Chocolate Layer Cake!...
Yankee Doodle Lemon Cake
Double-layer Lemon Cake, Lemon Swiss Meringue Buttercream, and White Chocolate covered Strawberries with Blue Sugar Sprinkles Summer is here and that means picnics, neighborhood barbecues, family weekends, and…. the 4th of July! I love...
A May Wedding Cake
Bottom tier: Triple-layer Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Filling and Roses Top tier: Triple-layer Vanilla White Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Filling and Frosting May seems like a terrific month for celebrations… weddings, graduations, birthdays,...
Happy Easter!
Triple-layer Vanilla Cake, Vanilla Buttercream Filling and Frosting, Marzipan Cut-out, and tinted Flaked Coconut Happy Easter to all my friends who celebrate the holiday and Happy Sunday to my friends who don’t! There’s room...
Chocolate Halloween Cake
Halloween Dessert Table designed for www.AlwaysFestive.com I was thrilled to create this dessert table for Homer Lauglin, the geniuses who produce my very favorite Fiesta Dinnerware. Of all my ideas, this is what I...
It’s a Christmas Tree!
Orange Cake, Whipped Dark Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Filling, Vanilla Buttercream Ombre Ruffles, and a Lemon Tootsie Roll Star I have been thinking about this cake for a week or two. It’s Christmas-time and I...
Polka Dot Christmas Fun
Triple-layer White Cake, tinted Vanilla Buttercream Filling and Frosting with a Candy Cane Hershey’s Kiss garnish This little test-kitchen cake was all about me messin’ around in the kitchen. I was working on tinting...