I love Halloween. Such a fun time of year to experiment with creativity in the kitchen, along with the costumes. The funny costumes are my favorite. This year, I’m dressing up as a chef, and my daughter is dressing up as a cupcake. She is truly the best thing I’ve ever created. And cutest. AndRead More
When I was in college, I discovered something incredible when I was doing some Christmas shopping at Wal Mart. Walking down the sweets aisle, there they were. White chocolate covered oreos. My eyes got as big as golfballs and my mouth started to water. I picked up the package and handled it carefully, turning itRead More
Dark chocolate. Cheesecake. Dark chocolate. Cream cheese icing. More dark chocolate. Did I mention these cupcakes have chocolate in them? Oh, sorry! They have chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate. Here, I spooned an ice cream scoop full of dark chocolate cake batter mix into each cupcake liner. Then, I piped the cream cheese mixtureRead More
A few years ago, I threw a big birthday party for my mom when she turned 60. I hope she doesn’t beat me for writing her age. Anyway, she absolutely LOVES fruit and dark chocolate, so I made some dark chocolate covered strawberries. It was my first time making them, and I was shocked atRead More
This cake was for a 65 year old retiree who travels the world…literally. Ah, to be there someday, right? This is a 2 layer 12 inch cinnamon cake with cream cheese icing in the center, covered with buttercream icing. I figured a cake shaped like the world would be appropriate! The 65, boat and airplaneRead More
My best friend’s husband turned 30, and she wanted to throw a surprise dinner for him at a restaurant. She wasn’t sure what theme to go with, so we just used a few decorations of the color scheme from Party City, so I decorated the cake to match the colors. She couldn’t decide whether orRead More
Another boy! Seems like last year was the year for girls, but now the boys are catching up! The hostess couldn’t decide between chocolate or strawberry, so we decided to do both. Here are the chocolates, before adding as decorations. As you can see, the colors are blue and green. I used a toothpick toRead More
Ah, the big guys playing football! I honestly don’t have a favorite team (I don’t think) in the NFL, so I happily take suggestions of different people’s favorite teams. I started out with Green Bay Packers. Yellow cupcakes with buttercream icing. The helmets and footballs are made out of chocolate. Miami Dolphins cupcakes. Yellow withRead More
It’s football season! Since there are so many college teams, I’m doing a little bit at a time with the different teams. Tennessee Vols cupcakes! With buttercream icing. The footballs are made out of chocolate, and I had to freehand the T on the cupcakes. UNC Tarheels cupcakes! With buttercream icing. The footballs and NC symbolRead More
This cake was made for a retirement party, after the Barefoot Princess was sold to new owners. I did my best to make the cake look as much like the real boat as I could, and learned a lot from the process. This is what the actual boat looks like. Three levels, two enclosed, withRead More
