"It's all about the recipe!"
This is the BEST cake to serve at this time of year (or any other time of the year, actually)! It’s a good chocolate cake – a very, very good chocolate cake; it’s moist, and nicely chocolate-y, and made richer with some pumpkin…
I know, I know, this isn’t a great picture. Please don’t let that put you off though! This is a delicious cake, one of my best! I found the original recipe on epicurious.com the year that my twins graduated from high…
Once a year I host a book club meeting at my house, and my night was last night. The book was “The Book Thief” so the theme was German food. Thanks to input from the internet, I decided to make a…
It was time for my cookbook club’s “Signature Cake” meeting. A “Signature Cake”, is show-y cake, one that we might become remembered for. A special cake our family and friends might look forward to, or even ask for, on birthdays and special…
Who doesn’t like yellow cake with chocolate frosting? It’s a classic! This recipe and photo is from Cook’s Illustrated. The little editorial near the recipe on page 51 of the Spring 2011 edition of Cook’s said everything I want to…
My daughter recently catered a birthday dinner for a very bubbly, champagne loving girl, and she knew that Champagne Cupcakes had to be on the menu! The good news is that these are great cupcakes not only for a birthday dinner,…
I have been in a funk all week—I made two more cakes from that book I was all aglow about last weekend, and I’m no longer glowing 🙁 First off, I wanted to try the Red Velvet cake recipe; the…
I received a request for some homemade frostings for a little girls birthday cake, so here are a few of my favorites! Hope one of them pleases the little princess (and her Mama) on their special day! Vanilla Bean Butter…
