5 Tips for Buying the Best Measuring Spoons & Cups 5 Tips for Buying the Best Measuring Spoons & Cups Don’t buy cheap because you want accurate measurements. Don’t buy cute because they’re often not easy to use. Don’t buy plastic because they can melt. And, don’t buy ceramic because they can easily break. Stainless […]
Black Forest Cupcakes Black Forest Cupcakes Makes 24 cupcakes. 1 recipe Chocolate Cupcakes 1 thirty-ounce cherry pie filling Whipped Cream Make the Chocolate Cupcakes and allow them to cool completely. Use a cookie scoop to scoop out the middle of the cupcakes. Set each of the scoops you remove from the cupcakes aside to use […]
Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is the fanciest cake in all of the cake kingdom. As pretty as it is delicious. Just look at her, there, sitting upon her throne in all of her glory. Red Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Makes four 9-inch cakes for a lovely four-layer cake. Red Velvet […]
Learn How to Make a Checkerboard Cake How to Make a Checkerboard Cake Make one batch of each kind of cake and divide the batter for each one into two 8-inch pans. When they have cooled after baking, wrap each one in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. The next day, unwrap and trim across the […]
Vanilla Ice Cream is the perfect recipe for creating beautiful ice cream sundaes or topping a fruit crisp or homemade pie. Vanilla Ice Cream Makes about 1 gallon. aAfter churching, freeze overnight for hard ice cream. 3 cups sugar 1 teaspoon salt 4 cups heavy whipping cream 5 cups whole milk 1 tablespoon vanilla extract […]
How to Make Buttercream Frosting is a trick every baker needs to know. It’s a classic for a reason and so versatile! I’m a professional cake decorator’s daughter and it only took me 12 years to post the most basic frosting recipe of all time. Well, isn’t that just the icing on the cake? How […]
Vanilla Cake With Raspberry Filling and Cream Cheese Frosting is a sight to behold. Swirly goodness and mercy she is a delight! Vanilla Cake With Raspberry Filling and Cream Cheese Frosting Serves 8-12 people. Preheat oven to 350°F. 1 recipe Raspberry Jam (or 13-16 ounces of store-bought is fine too) 2 3/4 cups cake flour […]
Orange Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting & Coconut Orange Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting & Coconut Makes two 9-inch round cakes – about 8 servings. Preheat oven to 350°F. 8 ounces unsalted butter, softened 1 3/4 cup sugar 4 large eggs, room temperature 3 cups flour or cake flour 1 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 […]
German Chocolate Cupcakes German Chocolate Cupcakes Penuche Filling 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 egg 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cups pecans, chopped & lightly toasted 7 ounces sweetened coconut, shredded Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. […]
Lunch Bag Snowflakes aren’t only easy to make, they are beautiful! Great news! If you’re a crafty person, you probably already have everything you need to make these. Lunch Bag Snowflakes 96 paper lunch bags (Here are some basic kraft paper lunch bags or these adorable polka dot lunch bags) Scissors About 12 inches of […]
Clown Birthday Party. Dotter has rhythm so she was always dancing to the music from her favorite purple dinosaur; but, we had already been there, done that with Barney birthday parties, so I was looking for some new shindigery for her third birthday. Clown Birthday Party Again, I am a theme-y themester, so this party […]
Garden Themed Birthday Party. When Dotter was a liddle nugget, I decided to throw her a Ladybug Garden Themed Birthday Party. All the liddles were instructed to wear a pretty outfit and bring a garden hat if possible. Of course, we had a few extras in case someone forgot to bring one too. Upon arrival, […]
It had to be an I Love Lucy Chocolate Factory Themed Birthday Party. You see, the church ladies I grew up with knew how to party. Every shindig had a fun theme to go with it. As a result, I too became a themed party thrower. The theme never has to be fancy or difficult, […]
Here’s how to make a swiss roll cake with giraffe spots. I’m gonna stick my neck out and guess that you’ve seen Animal Adventure Park’s live video giraffe cam of April the giraffe awaiting the birth of her mini-me. If you love giraffe’s as much as I do, you cannot wait for baby; so, while we […]
Surprise your favorite fan with their very own This Is Us Birthday Banana Muffin with Twinkie Frosting. You must… because, well, all da feelz! I don’t know how it happened. I decided to check it out but was full of doubt. I turned on the TV, watched the first episode, and I’ll be darned if, as a […]
New York Cheesecake… Ivory? Indeed. Plain? Never. Classy? Always. Sexy? You bet! Pearls and a classic cheesecake have much in common. New York Cheesecake Makes one 10-inch cheesecake (or six 4-inch pans). Preheat oven to 325°F. Graham Cracker Crust 18 whole graham crackers 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup (or 4 ounces) unsalted […]
I love a dark, moist German Chocolate Cake. The real magic, though, might be the penuche topping. I can still almost see it on top of my great aunt & uncle’s bar… a 9X13 pan of chocolate cake – all messy and perfect and messy. German Chocolate Cake Makes one double-layer 9-inch round cake or […]
Homemade Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting. I admit, my memories of carrot cake are a bit abnormal. When a bakery shelf becomes your natural before-school nap habitat, you catch glimpses of bakers taking full sheet cakes out of a room-size, Ferris-wheel oven. You watch your mom carefully remove parchment papers the size of a […]
Flower Pot Pudding Dessert. Psst. Don’t tell the others, but these flowers are actually hiding dessert. Never mind soil, how about homemade chocolate pudding? That’s garden work even I can get into. Find the prettiest garden shovel you can find and have fun serving up your tricky dessert. These can also be made in mini pots […]
Emoji Cake Pops haz all da feelz for Valentine’s Day. Cake pops + emojis = Valentine’s treats. Nothin’ could be sweeter. Emoji Cake Pops You will want a sturdy styrofoam block or a Wilton Cake Pops Stand before entering the world of cake pops because you will need to prop them up after dipping. Either of […]
Dotter’s owl-themed birthday party was such fun. It seems like just yesterday we celebrated Dotter’s 16th birthday. I told her and son they must never grow up but neither one of them listened to me. Son now towers over me and Dotter celebrated her 20th birthday this weekend. Cheese Fondue – Click here for the […]
Mud Pie or How to Make Friends and Influence People. My treasured mud pie recipe as seen on TV. Years ago, I decided to have a Christmas party. I didn’t realize it then, but the party would become a tradition and I’m convinced my friends are still in my life because of the dessert. Memorize […]
I’m about to share my top-secret Dark Chocolate Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Frosting recipe. This is just between you and me, right? Dark Chocolate Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Frosting Makes about 12 large cupcakes or 24 regular-size cupcakes. Preheat oven to 350°F. Chocolate Cake 2 cups sugar 2 cups flour 3/4 cup dark cocoa powder […]
How to Make Homemade Easter Grass If you are a scrapbooker like me who doesn’t like to waste your paper, you probably have scraps like this around. Although pretty, these papers eventually go out of style if you let them sit around too long. Don’t ask how I know this. I just do. I have […]
Have gone to a very fancy party, restaurant, or event and noticed it’s the little things done with love that make all the difference. Creativity without love = showing off & guests who leave with a void in their hearts Creativity with love = inspiration & guests who wish they could return again tomorrow If […]
How to Make Marshmallow Fondant. I’ll never forget Dotter’s Sweet 16 Birthday. We’ve thrown some fun shindigs but this one was special. T-shirts were made. Fun was had. And, the cake, well, the cake was pretty darn glorious. Decorating cakes isn’t really my thing but every once in and awhile I like to make sure […]
