Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake with German Chocolate Frosting

Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream and German Chocolate frosting

Dense, chocolaty, made-from-scratch mayonnaise cake with chocolate buttercream and German chocolate frosting.  An indulgent celebration cake for sure! For as long as I can remember, I’ve baked birthday cakes for my family. Of course, back in the day it was a plain 9×13 inch cake from a box with a can of frosting slathered on top. (My sister and I … Read More

Football Cupcakes

Vanilla football cupcakes with strawberry rhubarb cream

I made these a few weeks ago for my brother-in-law’s birthday.  My brother-in-law loves both football and strawberry rhubarb so I thought I might try and combine them in one place.  And since last year he got a watery mess of a strawberry rhubarb pie, I thought that place should be cake. My brother-in-law is a good guy, a wonderful … Read More

Vanilla Lime Cupcakes

Vanilla Cupcakes with Lime Filling

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