Having grown up in the Midwest, I have no memories of having red velvet cake. Since the southern classic is a must for all bakers, last week I hit it with my best shot. (The lyrics take over sometimes, sorry.) The moist cake is most popular for it’s bright rosy hue, and in my book,…
Fig Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
For Father-in-Law’s birthday celebration, we took him out. “Out?” you say, “What’s so great about that?” Well, this was a huge event for us. You see, F-i-L has been pretty much bedridden for nearly two years and has not peered past his own fence but in an ambulance. Needless to say, we (and Brother-in-Law) were…
Tiramisu Cake
This weekend was full of birthday celebrations and C-A-K-E! We celebrated Grandpa-in-Law’s 76th, Dad-in-Law’s 47th, and through a long-distance call wished Dad’s a happy big 5-0! Let’s sing together now, 1-2-3 “Cumpleaños feliz, te deseamos a ti…” “Happy Birthday to you…” One of the great things I love about this month and the ones to…
Figgy Layer Cake
Last weekend I baked up a lovely fig-filled cake for a friend’s birthday. This is the friend you may remember mentioned in previous posts, for whom I’ve been creating a file of vegan recipes to accomodate her stomach’s unhappy reception of dairy products. After reading through my list of cake flavors, she chose fig. I…
I found “THE ONE!”
“The One.” I finally found it! No, I’m not referring to my principe azul. Thankfully, I found him in 2007. This “One” is the best, tastiest, most versatile and perfect frosting recipe to ever meet my lips. Having taste tested oodles of frostings without intense flavor & texture satisfaction, I was beginning to think that…
Iron Cupcake Returns!
This month marks the beginning of Iron Cupcake: Earth 2.0. I’m happy to say that this year I should be able to submit monthly, as I unfortunately joined the group in the last month of year one’s competition. Here are the lovely prizes we’re competing for this month: We love our prize providers! The Demy™…
Cozy Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Vegan baking has been made loads easier since the publishing of Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. I myself am not a vegan, but the goodies that have come from my oven with the “vegan seal of approval” have been mighty tasty. Why vegan? On Tuesday I was asked to bake a cake for the…
There’s a new lemon cake in town
Last week my landlord requested a birthday cake for her soon-to-be 3 year-old son. The piñata was “Cars” themed, so in keeping with this, I headed to the cake shop and found a cute plastic printout of Lightening McQueen (I’d forewarned her that my decorating skills are still a work in progress, so as not…
Celebration (and cleanup) time!!
Today’s my birthday! Yay! Husband will be posting my bday dessert later, but in the meantime, I thought I’d share a bit of advice that I’ve accumulated over my 25 years… Sometimes Mom is right. Just sometimes though. Yesterday I baked 2 devils food cakes for a bday celebration at Husband’s workplace. These really were…
Cuatro Leches
Yesterday I made a Tres Leches to send to work with Husband to sell. It was nicely soaked and looking so tasty that I couldn’t keep my fork out of it. This one stayed at home. A grocery trip and a few hours later Cuatro Leches was born, a prototype of my creation. Picture the…
