Happy Marti Gras! Here is a cinnamon roll variation of King Cake that I made this morning. All the recipes I have read for King Cake are cinnamon filled yeasted coffee cakes. I decided that cinnamon rolls are the perfect individual sized portions of King Cake. No baby hidden inside, the prize is the the cinnamon sugar awesomeness … Read More
How To Make Old Fashioned Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Today is my aunt’s birthday and we had a little celebration last night. I was lucky enough to get to get to bake her cake this year. Her favorite is my grandmother’s homemade pineapple upside down cake. This is an old fashioned cake, so if you have made pineapple upside down cake from a box, this doesn’t taste the same. … Read More
Vanilla Lime Cupcakes
These vanilla lime cupcakes are the perfect combination of sweet and tangy. The cool creamy lime curd contrasts beautifully with the sweet fluffy buttercream for a perfect treat! I love filled cupcakes. I feel like they are this awesome surprise tucked inside this otherwise innocuous pastry. I mean, from the outside, totally a plain vanilla cupcake, jazzed up with some … Read More
Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
Sweet, creamy peanut butter buttercream sandwiched between two classic peanut butter cookies for a decadent peanut butter sandwich cookie, perfect with a glass of milk. How do you make a soft, chewy peanut butter cookie even better? Slather some peanut butter buttercream in the middle. Heaven. Every time I bring sandwich cookies to a party, they are immediately devoured. Something … Read More
Easy Valentine’s Day Mini Cupcakes
Easy Valentine’s Day Mini Cupcakes are made with simple piped Candy Melt cupcake toppers and are the perfect tiny sweet treat for those you love. Sometimes a tiny treat is just exactly the perfect way to say I love you. And mini cupcakes are the perfect tiny treat. You can make half a cake mix worth of mini cupcakes (should … Read More
Pear Bread
I used to live in Seattle. It’s a really fun city with a lot to do and a lot of fantastic places to eat. I try and get back for a weekend visit every once in awhile. I have a friend who used to have a great condo right above the Macrina Bakery and Cafe. Every time we visit, I … Read More
How to fill a piping bag
When I first started decorating cakes and cupcakes, I used to get extremely frustrated filling my piping bag. I would hold the empty bag in one hand and try and scoop frosting in with the other. I somehow would manage to get frosting all over the outside of the bag and would often have trouble scooping the icing out of … Read More
Interesting Things
Here are some interesting things I read this week: This caramel walnut tart from Not Without Salt makes me drool. I was totally intrigued by this Chocolate Beet Cake from Joy the Baker. 10 minute lemon curd? Sounds awesome! Easy Chocolate Cookies Jamie the Very Worst Missionary is always hilarious. But this week she made picaken and it cracked me … Read More
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!