This past weekend, we took a family trip to the beach. Myself, my daughter, brother, sister-in-law and nephew all packed in the car and went to my parents house to harass them for the whole weekend. Lucky them! After the cupcake contest Friday evening, I was talking with my mom and sister-in-law about different ideasRead More
On Easter, we celebrated with my husband’s family. My mother-in-law always has great magazines that I like to thumb through, including Southern Living. Well, this issue had a section with just strawberry flavored desserts, drinks and other snacks. Just reading over the recipes made me excited and want to try a bunch of them, soRead More
During college, I worked on a dinner cruise boat as part of the waitstaff. Cheesecake was the usual dessert at the end of the meal, and after everyone was served, you could find me back in the kitchen, hunting for extra dessert that wasn’t used. That may have been my favorite part of the eveningsRead More
Easter is a big holiday for cakes, candies, chocolates…anything sweet, you name it. Since I haven’t made lemon cupcakes before, this past weekend seemed like a perfect opportunity for it, and to use family as guinea pigs. They’re just so lucky…or doomed. While thinking about colors and flavors with what to decide on forRead More
Easter is coming! Well, technically since it’s tomorrow, I guess it’s pretty much already here. We’re going to two different family gatherings tomorrow for the big bunny day, so I decided to make a cake and some cupcakes. Here is the cake, as you can see. This was the first time I made a 3DRead More
Today is my best friend’s birthday, and she looooooves Oreos. No really, she does. To the extent when I mention something about trying out an Oreo recipe, her eyes light up like a little kid who sees an ice cream cone, and I get the question from her, “Ohhh, can I try it??” Of courseRead More
In the past few months, I seem to keep learning more and more about many different cartoons, games and other themes that kids are really into these days. When my sister-in-law asked me if I could make a Pokemon cake for my nephew’s birthday, I was excited to do it…but immediately started searching for ideas, sinceRead More
As a kid, I remember lurking in the kitchen while my mom was baking cookies. At every chance I got, my little finger would go digging in the bowl with cookie dough, then get shooed away by my mom. “That goes in the oven, not in your mouth!” I’d giggle and turn around to walkRead More
When I came across a recipe using Coffee-Mate’s White Chocolate Caramel Latte creamer…I loved it. I did made a few changes to the recipe that I found to give it a little more of a kick with the flavors, and it turned out delicious! I’ve made cupcakes with caramel and chocolate, chocolate and coffee, butRead More
Over the hill cake…Nuff said. I love making cakes for these occasions, especially making them fun, entertaining and/or humorous. Getting older is inevitable, so milestone birthdays should be taken with a grain of salt…and a shot of tequila. 😉 Here is the front of the cake. The 40 is made out of white chocolate, andRead More
