This was a birthday cake for Courtney’s friend Romina who loves Hello Kitty just like Courtney. Courtney saw this cake pan in Michaels and really wanted it so we got it to experiment with and see how fondant works on a cake made in one of these shaped pans and, as it turns out, it … Continue reading
This recipe comes from one of my cookbooks called “Death By Chocolate Cookies” by Marcel Desaulniers. The cookies are so named because they can be made and baked quickly. They were pretty quick to make and taste yummy! 2 cups flour 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 pound … Continue reading
This is the last cake we made yesterday for graduation today. It was for our awesome, sweet, funny friend Marlene who loves pandas! The head of the panda is a Devil’s Food cake made in the Pampered Chef batter bowl (recipe on blog under “Barbie Doll Cake”) then covered in vanilla buttercream frosting and finally … Continue reading
Our first “topsy turvy” cake for Courtney’s friend Janessa who is turning 18 today! She wanted chocolate so the cake is the “White Almond Sour Cream” cake recipe (with chocolate instead of white and vanilla instead of almond), my go to Vanilla Buttercream Frosting recipe and several different kinds of fondant – the white and … Continue reading
Courtney and I love the Tres Leches Cakes at Cafe Rio and Costa Vida and this, I think, is probably about as close as we’ll be able to get. It was so good! Homemade cake with 3 kinds of milk drizzled on top then homemade whipped cream topped with fruit, what could be better than … Continue reading
This recipe comes from the May 20, 2011 issue of “All You” magazine. My niece Heidi and her husband Mark are here visiting this weekend so it was time to fill up the cookie jar! 2 cups flour 2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 sticks (16 tablespoons) unsalted … Continue reading
Here is Carl’s other daughter Kelsey’s graduation cake. Kelsey loves chocolate and her favorite color is blue. This cake was made in the Pampered Chef Batter Bowl (the recipe for how to do this is on the blog under “Barbie Doll Cake”) with a Dark Chocolate cake mix. It has the Vanilla Buttercream Frosting on … Continue reading
My friend Carl from high school sent me a message on Facebook asking if we could make 2 graduation cakes for his twin daughters who are fraternal twins, not identical so he wanted two different cakes. Kiersten likes vanilla cake and her favorite color is purple so this is the cake we made for her. … Continue reading
Courtney and I are working on a couple of graduation cakes for a friend’s twin daughters (I’ll post the cakes later today or tomorrow) and we needed some cupcakes in order to make some graduation caps so this is a recipe from my big file of recipes that I hope to have time to make … Continue reading
I’ve signed up on a lot of websites for recipes and coupons and so I get a lot of recipes and coupons. This website called “Vocal Point” often sends me coupons for free items because they want people to try them and then give feedback so just recently I got a coupon for a free … Continue reading
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