Each year I look forward to baking Matt a birthday cake. However, with a crazy toddler running between my legs and pulling out every pot and pan in the kitchen it’s really hard to find time (or patience) to whip up an elaborate cake these days. And believe me, as I was shopping for the …
Cake/Cupcakes
Last night we celebrated Kristen’s birthday. She loves red velvet cake so I offered to whip up some cupcakes for her birthday dinner. While I was at it, I decided to experiment a little bit with my standard cream cheese frosting recipe and wound up with an award-winning frosting. It hasn’t technically won an …
My newest pregnancy craving is pineapple! I just can’t get enough. Dried, fresh or juice, I love it all. This week I took down two whole pineapples on my own, which somewhat worries me because pineapple is also known to naturally induce labor – yikes. Anyway, I have an easy pineapple dessert for y’all today …
No seriously, ever. In fact, Matt and I both agreed this carrot cake wins top 3 cakes I’ve ever made. If you don’t believe me, come over and I’ll bake you one. I bet you won’t even be able to decide which is better – the freshly baked, super moist carrot cake or the whipped …
Over the weekend we celebrated one of our friend’s 30th birthdays. Of course, I offered to bring cupcakes to the party and found out the birthday boy specifically requested rainbow chip cupcakes…with rainbow frosting…in an ice cream cone. After quickly confirming whether or not he was turning 5 and not 30, I agreed to the …
Making a layered birthday cake can be intimidating, especially if it’s going to be sitting on display at a party for all to admire. So I’ve created a new and improved layered cake tutorial so you can see just how easy it really is! For this cake I kept it simple using a box of …