Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Cake”
It’s all about the base This week I’m wrapping up how I made the TARDIS cake for my new son-in-law. In Part 1 I told you about the Chocolate Buttercream Frosting my younger daughter & I used for the Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake layers, and Part 2 was the recipe for the Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake… [ Read More ]
A cookie as cake Show of hands…how many of you like Chocolate Chip Cookies? Sixty-three…Sixty-four…ok, lots of you. Now what if that cookie was turned into a cake, soft and chewy, with that enticing brown sugar flavor, and layered with a thick dark chocolate buttercream frosting…drooling yet? I certainly am. In my last baking post… [ Read More ]
Make it a surprise In my last baking post (two weeks ago…my how time flies!), I talked about the DIY Wedding Cake my younger daughter and I made for my older daughter’s wedding, and I mentioned the TARDIS cake we made for the groom. We all wanted to surprise him (both daughters and I), and boy did it… [ Read More ]
What IS that in my muffin? You know how you sometimes see little brown specks in baked goods, custards or frostings? No, those aren’t dirt from a careless chef…they’re something wonderful that adds a delicious flavor to all they touch: vanilla bean seeds. Using real vanilla beans can be expensive and messy, but they’re oh so… [ Read More ]
To try or not to try… Do you love a good challenge? After all, it’s called a comfort zone for a reason. The tried-and-true is safe, a known quantity, and yet…sometimes a challenge can be appealing. That can-I-pull-this-off-even-if-it-hasn’t-worked-before feeling can propel me into trying something new or trying something once more in the hopes of… [ Read More ]
Food blog follower I read a lot of food blogs, and their Pinterest-perfect presentations often inspire and challenge me. I often try (and sometimes fail) at replicating their recipes, but there’s always another recipe to attempt. One such recipe was for a checkerboard cake from Sally’s Baking Addiction. I was intrigued as to how it was… [ Read More ]
