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ZOMBIEEEEEE!!!!!
Jill's son's birthday is this coming week, so she decided to have a Halloween theme party for him. After telling me he wanted a haunted house cake, I went home and scoured the internet for some...
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One Crazy Week....
This week has tested my cake limits like never before. It started off with one big cake...the zombie (which, btw, I updated my last post with a better picture.) After that, I was talking to a good...
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Tiered cake + construction zones=YIKES!
I had to post this picture of my niece with her birthday cake. I dropped the cake off half way to my sister in law on Saturday, and let me tell you...4 hours worth of construction zones are a death...
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I Rock The Pie...
One would think that after making 100 (yes, you read that right...ONE HUNDRED!) 5" pies for wedding favors a few weeks ago that I would be SO over pie making. However, after a week of serious cake...
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Let it snow? Maybe in my kitchen...
I have to say that I think my piping skills have gotten a lot better over the last year, so I was excited to try out snowflake cookies again this year. Snowflakes have always been my favorite cut out...
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What a month!
It is unbelievable to me that Christmas is only two days away. Wow...how did that happen? And that seems to be the general consensus among everyone I speak to; time is just going so fast. November and...
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Cinnamon Roll Cookies=YUMMMMMM
I love when you come across a recipe and you just have that gut feeling that it's going to be a winner. Today I was on Foodgawker, and came across cinnamon roll cookies. I knew instantly that they were...
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Rose Cupcakes!
I had to post these cupcakes....I've made these many, many times and every time I love them even more. This time was for Cammy's spring festival at preschool...I also made them a few days later for Em...
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Spritz!
I love these cookies. Plain and simple. Piped spritz are so beautiful, in my opinion. Dainty and light, so pretty. I've tried many spritz recipes, but think I hit gold with this one. Butter Spritz...
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Awareness Ribbon Cookies
The past several years, Memorial Day weekend has been a big event for my family. We have always been involved in the Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides Walk, and about four years ago, my mom started...
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Cinnnnnnamon Rolls
I often refer to my daughter Emily as my "mini-me." I swear I've known since the day she was born that she was just like me. She looks like me and acts like me right down to stubbornness and sarcasm....
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Yankees!
A friend recently asked me to make Yankees themed cookies and cupcakes for a party she was throwing for her father's birthday. I didn't think they turned out too badly, and everyone at the party liked...
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Chocolate Chip Pancakes
The first time I had chocolate chip pancakes was at a diner that was down the street from the first house my husband and I shared together. Mmmm, the were so yummy...it's been a long, long time since...
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Soft Pretzel Awesomeness
These pretzels rooooocked!!!! I cannot even tell you how many times I made them! I originally had found a recipe for soft beer pretzels and they intrigued me, and while they were pretty good, they...
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A few decorating projects...
The last few years have been pretty tough for me, and I sincerely apologize to all who joined my blog and have not seen any new posts. Like many, the job market has not been kind to me; I had set aside...
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Ohhhh the CHANGES!
I feel like the past six months have been a whirlwind...changes, changes, changes. Every New Years I look back with amazement at the events that happened over the past year, and this year was no...
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Treasure Chest Cake!!!
My little daughter turned 7 last week, and this year she requested a pirate party. I don't know why...such an odd theme for her to choose, but who am I to judge?! I'm just really glad she didn't ask...
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Happy Birthday To Me....
Today is my 34th birthday. Or the 5th anniversary of my 29th birthday, as I prefer to say. On the way home from lunch out today, Adam, the girls and I got on the subject of past birthdays and started...
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Cookie Base #1
I love finding and creating base recipes. Maybe it's a bit of laziness, but I do partly think of it as my sneaky little secret...to make one big batch of cookie dough and see how many different...
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It's a boy!!!
I have been wanting to do a gender reveal cake forever!!! I finally got the chance this week. A previous co-worker found out that she was expecting, and decided to get a cake for the office to let...
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Death By Chocolate Meets Tye Dye
I found this pin on Pinterest three or four weeks back, and couldn't resist going right to town making them. Chocolate cupcakes. With a brownie baked inside. With fudge frosting. And chocolate...
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Assemble the Minions!
Quick and easy Minion cupcakes for my daughter's birthday party that we had at a local pottery place. I placed them on an artist palette (like paint.) Cute!
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Chipwich!
I am not a big fan of ice cream. Milkshakes, yes...ice cream, no. However, one of Adam's favorite treats is a Chipwich. I've been wanting to make them for a long time, so yesterday I decided to...
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Cowboy Cake
I did this cake for a friend this week. The bottom tier was dark chocolate with chocolate ganache and the top was vanilla vanilla. Cute!
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Happy Friday!
Earlier in the week I had extra cake batter. Normally I freeze my extra batter (*see note below!) but I already have a few containers of frozen batter, so I decided to bake off my leftover instead...
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