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...
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Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats!
Kellogg’s Rice Krispie Treats After two and a half weeks traveling and a serious case of jet lag, I might have found my land legs. And what better way to attack my blog than...
Yellow Cake with Chocolate
Triple-layer Yellow Cake with Chocolate Ganache Filling and Frosting with Dark Chocolate Roses This cake is a winner all.day.long. A sweet friend of mine asked me to bake a cake for her to take...
Autumn Apples & Cinnamon
Triple-layer Cinnamon Cake, Vanilla Buttercream and Apple Pie Filling with tinted Vanilla Buttercream Ruffles Apples and Cinnamon registers as a comfort food in my DNA… I just feel better when I’m around this natural...
A Bunch of Banana Cupcakes
A Bunch of Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate, Peanut Butter, or Nutella Buttercream A few weeks ago I was traveling.. and before I left, I baked more than a few Banana Cupcakes and went all...
Fall Button Fun
Triple-layer Pumpkin Walnut Cake, Vanilla Buttercream Filling and Frosting, Marzipan Buttons What’s more fun that buttons?! I love this design and I definitely love these Fall colors. Last December I created a very similar...
“It’s a CARROT Cake”
Bottom tier: Single-layer Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Fudge Frosting, Crushed Oreo Cookies Top tier: Triple-layer Carrot Cake, Vanilla Cinnamon Buttercream Filling, tinted Cream Cheese Frosting, non-edible Greenery “It’s a CARROT Cake!” I haven’t stopped giggling…...
Beehive of Buttercream
Chocolate Cupcakes with a tinted Vanilla Buttercream and a Sugar Bee I think I forgot how to blog!! No seriously. Over the past three weeks I’ve been working on a large-scale baking project, traveled to...
Banana & Chocolate Cake
Double-layer Banana Cake with Whipped Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Filling and a Frosting of Ruffles This sweet little cake is just as darling as could be. Being health conscious and all, I decided a Banana...
Chocolate Granola Oreo No-Bake
Chocolate Granola Marshmallow Squares with Oreo Buttercream and a Fresh Strawberry The cool days this week were so lovely that I was caught off-guard with today’s return of heat! Nuts. Today’s temperatures reminded me...