While putting together the pictures for the blog post about color, I found the snapshots of the Polka-Dot cake I baked in April.  Now that was seriously fun! I was coming off of several...

I love color!  The magic of color and cakes cannot be understated.  When I first started messing around with cakes and color, I learned a few things.  And I’m happy to share that.  There...

Lemon Cake with a Fresh Raspberry Puree and Mascarpone Cream Filling frosted with Lemon and Raspberry Icing. Yesterday I helped a friend develop some cupcake decorating skills.  Afterwards, I thought more about lemons and...

Chocolate Cupcake with Strawberry Cream Cheese filling, frosted with Chocolate Ganache and a swirl of Cream Cheese Buttercream, topped with a single, whole Strawberry. Yesterday during my daily walk (I almost always stop to...

  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...

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 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...

  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...

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...

 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...