So, um, yes, that’s a stripper cake and yes, there is a story behind it which I’m about to tell you. A few years ago when we were in England filming at Pinewood Studios in their big huge water tank, we had working with us what I can only assume to be one of the … Continue reading
And to finally finish posting about our St Patrick’s Day feast, we end of course with dessert which was this delicious cake which even though it wasn’t chocolate was gone the day after St Patty’s Day! The recipe comes from All Recipes and would be delicious anytime of year and with any flavor added in … Continue reading
The blog has been quiet for the past couple of weeks and not because I’ve been working but because I fell down the stairs like a complete idiot and hurt my ankle, not broken but sprained and torn ligaments and it feels like it’s taking forever to heal although it’s only been 2 weeks and … Continue reading
In addition to the mini Spider-Man cake, Eli also requested Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cupcakes, but only the orange one, who is Michelangelo. These were a lot of fun to make! Eli’s birthday celebration was on Friday so on Wednesday I made the TMNT cupcake toppers so that they would have time to dry. I … Continue reading
Cute little Spider-Man mini cake for our friend Eli’s 4th birthday. It’s a 6″ round single layer vanilla cake made from the “White Almond Sour Cream Cake” recipe, covered in our favorite “Basic Buttercream Icing”, covered in red Wilton fondant (their new fondant is pretty easy to work with) and then finished with spiderwebs made … Continue reading
Here is Ken and Sonja’s official wedding cake – a topsy turvey cake with polka dots in Sonja’s wedding colors topped with adorable bride and groom dinosaurs! I think this cake came out really cute and was perfect for them! The cake is a brown sugar cake taken from the White Almond Sour Cream cake … Continue reading
Two of my cute friend’s got married on Saturday and the bride asked if we would make the wedding cake and a groom’s cake too. Since I work with them both in the movie biz, we decided to do a slate cake for the groom’s cake. The groom used to work for Nat Geo and … Continue reading
And the last recipe from Christmas, another dessert, it was good but not great, nothing earth shattering, just chocolate cake with mint chocolate on top, could have used another layer, like a ganache layer and then the candy on top but then you know me, the only thing better than chocolate, is more chocolate! The … Continue reading
Still baking away and cranking out neighbor gifts! Woo Hoo! This recipe comes from “The Idea Room”, I didn’t try it so hopefully it was delicious! cake: 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 2 ripe bananas 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 dash salt 3 cups … Continue reading
I made this yummy cake/brownie for Bunco this past week. The name of the recipe is kind of misleading because it contains no fudge or vanilla (unless you decide to add it) but it is extremely good no matter what it’s called. It comes from a blog called “Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke”. It makes … Continue reading
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