My grandson just celebrated his 9th birthday and asked for a Harry Potter cake. He went through Pinterest with his mom and picked out the cake he wanted me to make. I thought it looked pretty easy for the most …
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Banana Bread Revisited
My kids always complain that whenever they make one of my recipes it doesn’t taste like mine. They accuse me of leaving out steps or ingredients on purpose and I realized they are probably right. Well, maybe not on purpose, …
Fall Cookie Fun
I never did get around to making Halloween cookies this year and my grandson has been bugging me to make frosted cookies. So we dug through the cookie cutter bins and found a few good ones for fall. A few …
Graduation season is here – Grad cookies
Looks like graduation season is officially here. I had a friend ask me to make 5 dozen graduation cookies for her daughter’s graduation party. Green and gold were the school colors of course. I used my standard buttercream frosting recipe. …
Where the magic happens…
Well it has to be magical to be able to cook, bake and decorate cakes in this teeny tiny kitchen. Don’t let a tiny kitchen stop you from creating, I try not to. I know, I’ve been off my game …
Baby Shower Cookies – Baby Buggy and Onesie
Made some quick cookies for a friend not too long ago. Not real happy with how my photos turned out though. Talk about blurry! We have a cute little baby buggy Here’s a little onesie She used these as thank …
Pokemon Ball Cake
Now this was an easy cake! Seriously. Clean and simple, just the way I like them. Sometimes the more simple a cake the harder it actually turns out to be. It’s so simple that mistakes can’t be covered so you …
Cranberry Buttermilk Scones
I love scones but I have a very hard time eating bakery scones. They are too big and dry. These are the perfect size and not the dried out bricks you may get elsewhere. Straight out of the oven they …
Cranberry White Chocolate Fudge and Christmas Baking
Whew! I swear Christmas has come and gone at the speed of light. Here I was thinking I had all the time in the world to get everything done before Christmas but then, BAM, Christmas was here and I was …
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Dinosaur Cupcakes
Dinosaurs was the theme today. I was asked to make simple cupcakes for a birthday party with a dinosaur theme. I saw some different examples on Pinterest of course and came up with these little cuties. First I had to …
Under the Sea Cupcakes and Cookies
I love Pinterest, really I do, but it can be a real headache sometimes because people want you to recreate extravagant cakes, cookies, or whatever. This really was a fun project though. Cupcakes with fondant mermaid tails and under the …
Strawberry Margarita Squares
Let me tell you this is one refreshing summer dessert. Fresh, sweet strawberries and whipping cream over a layer of smooth cream cheese with just a hint of tart lime flavor atop a graham cracker crust. Sound like your kind of dessert? …
Star Wars Cake
It seems like my nephew had his 7th birthday not too long ago and here I am making a cake for his 8th birthday. Where does the time go? This year he chose Star Wars and was very specific about …
Cowboy Themed Cakes
The most recent request for a cake was rather vague regarding instructions. I was simply told “something rodeo or cowboy themed. Maybe some boots, or a horse, possibly bandanna themed”. I had no idea what direction to take. Most times …
Guitar Cake
I was asked if I could make this guitar into a guitar cake for one of my daughter’s co-workers. She had seen the white one I made for my nephew a few years ago and said it was perfect for her …
