Tag Archive: buttercream

Graduation Cookie Cake

You may have noticed that I've been a bit distant in the past week... You're not just imagining it! I have neglected to update my Project 365 photos on Flickr, I haven't been posting as much, and I haven't been keeping up with everyone's tweets! I do have a ...

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Sports Theme Cookie Cake

As many of you know, over the weekend, I made a birthday cake for our friends' two year old son.  They recently moved into a new house and decorated his room with a sports theme, so we decided to use that same theme for the cake. A lot of you ...

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Vanilla Bean Cupcakes

I'm on a mission to find the recipe for the perfect wedding cake! As I've mentioned before, I will be making the cake for my brother's wedding in December.  So, I have started making some sample cupcakes for my brother and future sister-in-law so that ...

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Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Brown Sugar Buttercream

Now that the word about my food blog has started to spread, it has become an expectation that I will bring food with me everywhere I go.  It's not really a bad thing, because it gives me a good excuse to get rid of some of the baked goods ...

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Daring Bakers August: Mini Dobos Tortas

The August 2009 Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers' cookbook Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague. This month's Daring ...

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Happy 4th of July!

It seems that whenever I ask what I can bring to a picnic or gathering, I am usually asked to bake something.  Before I really started cooking, I got into baking and cake decorating.  So, I have pretty much become of the official dessert-maker in the family.  This year, ...

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