My mom loves chocolate doughnuts so while my parents are here visiting I decided to make her some homemade doughnuts. This recipe came with the doughnut pan from Wilton, they were chocolatey goodness in the shape of a ring! 1 3/4 cups cake or all purpose flour, sifted 1/4 cup cocoa 3/4 cup sugar 2 … Continue reading
Courtney and I don’t have a lot of time to do cakes much these days but every now and then we are able to fit one in. This one was for Cort’s friend Michelle and when we were done with it, we both decided that it was one of our favorites. It’s a smaller cake … Continue reading
This weekend is General Conference for our church, if you are curious about that, you can click here to find out more. There’s this website that I love called “All Things Bright and Beautiful” which I subscribe to and she sent out this adorable reminder tag for the Young Women at church about General Conference … Continue reading
I wanted to make the Young Women at church a Valentine treat so I was wandering around Michaels as I sometimes do when I found this adorable pan in their Valentine display: They call it the “Wilton 20 Cavity Mini Heart Dessert Shell Pan”, rolls right off the tongue, doesn’t it? I couldn’t resist it … Continue reading
I was so excited when I found these Wilton treat pop containers on the after Christmas clearance rack at ShopKo for 50% off! I’d been wanting some so I could experiment with making treat pops but didn’t want to pay full price. Last night our group was in charge of the activity for Young Women … Continue reading
Courtney and I haven’t had a lot of time for cake making/decorating between our jobs and everything else. We’ve had to turn down a few but we were able to squeeze this one in for one of Courtney’s friends. In fact for this one we were never even together for the process as I baked … Continue reading
What better night to have homemade doughnuts than Halloween? I wanted to try making some homemade baked doughnuts so I bought a Wilton doughnut pan at Michaels and this is the recipe that came with the pan. They were surprisingly good! I made the chocolate glazed and some cinnamon sugar as well and I think … Continue reading
Courtney and I made this beach themed wedding cake for our friend Stephanie who got married yesterday. It was a fun cake to put together. The cake is chocolate then covered in buttercream icing and finished with white Pettnice fondant. The “sand” is graham cracker crumbs and the shells are Wilton white candy melts swirled … Continue reading
My friend Tesla asked if we would make a farm cake for her little boy Grant’s 3rd birthday, we knew this would be a fun one to tackle. We surfed around on the internet and found some cute ideas and then got to work. Each layer of the cake has a chocolate layer and a … Continue reading
I had another friend call to cash in on her coupon from the wedding for baked goods. It was her daughter Addy’s birthday and she wanted a soccer cake or cupcakes so I said why not both? I think this is my favorite thing to do for birthdays, a mini cake for the birthday person … Continue reading
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