When Emilie and I first started our baking blog, I had no idea just how fun it would be. Not just the baking and trying new desserts, but the part where we get to share our love of baking with our friends and family ... and then see those friends try our recipes too! Just the other day Emilie shared her mom's Banana Flips recipe and right away I knew it had to be good, I mean it looked absolutely amazing, … [Read more...]
Whenever I'm attempting a new cake or decorating technique, I MUST practice beforehand. You see, Kaydee is turning the big 3 on July 1st and has been begging for a Cinderella Princess Party for months now. She's even gone as far as looking through pictures on the Wilton website with me and fell in love with the 3D doll cakes. They are beautiful! And I'm terrified of trying to make one. I just have … [Read more...]
With the 4th of July just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to make a practice cake with my new Wilton Checkerboard Cake Pan Set. While it's meant to be used with two cake colors I decided to press my luck and go with three. After all, it just wouldn't be very patriotic of me not to include red, white and blue! Let me tell you though, red cake batter is not easy to make. I ended up using … [Read more...]
For my last cake in my Ultragold Bakeware series, I wanted to try something completely new to me. Sponge Cake! It goes perfectly with all of those big, juicy strawberries I just picked and I just happened to have all of the ingredients hanging around in my cupboards. What I didn't realize was the degree of difficulty in making one. Or maybe it's not difficult and I just need more practice. I started … [Read more...]
This is my baking crew and with their help, we pulled together all of the ingredients needed to make The Pioneer Woman's "Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Ever!" Only, we didn't make a sheet cake but rather turned this awesomely rich chocolate cake into the ultimate layered Smores Cake! This time I pulled out the very handy and deep 12x18x2 Wilton Ultragold Sheet Cake pan which was actually the inspiration … [Read more...]
This Mother's Day I was inspired to create a cake that was as beautiful as the dozen roses I wish my husband could have afforded to give me. Rather than tossing money into a vase full of flowers that would wilt in a few days, I got a mini shopping spree to the craft store where I picked up some new cake decorating supplies to go with the new set of Ultragold Bakeware I received from Wilton. Of course, … [Read more...]
Whenever possible I try to avoid self humiliation but this is one of those times that it was just too funny not to share. It also helps that I made a horrible mess into a beautiful dish with quick thinking. So if you happen to make a cake roll disaster, here's a great solution. So here I am in the kitchen, video camera ready, going through all of the steps and demonstrating how to make this beautiful … [Read more...]
When I see the grocery store produce section start to fill up with strawberries, I know summer isn't far away. It's most definitely that time and I'm ready to kick off strawberry season with my favorite strawberry dessert with a twist. The only sad part of making this dessert was I didn't get to pick the strawberries myself, but that will happen soon enough. This is a rather easy dessert to whip … [Read more...]
This past week I've been doing a lot of tweeting and facebook questioning, trying to find the perfect cheesecake recipe. With the help of a lot of experienced bakers (like Lori at My Wooden Spoon) and friends, I got plenty of helpful opinions and even more recipe variations. In the end, I just decided to wing it. LOL I know, that sounds strange, especially when it comes to baking, everything is about … [Read more...]
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