You may think that I forgot about this month’s Kitchen Bootcamp challenge… But, I didn’t! I just waited until the last minute. Two weeks ago, as I was planning our dinner menu for the next week, I planned to make a nice beef stew. It was chilly at the time, and it seemed like the…
This weekend, my younger brother got married!
Though I’ve been married for over 5 years, for some reason, knowing that my younger brother was getting married made me feel kind of old. Fortunately, since I was baking their wedding cake, I didn’t really have too much time to dwell on it!
After much deliberation, they settled on a small wedding cake with lots of cupcakes for their guests. Since I love to make cupcakes, I was thrilled… Plus (I have to be honest), it made my job a bit easier! I’ve been testing cupcake recipes for months, and the winning flavors were chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, and spice.
Since they got married in December, they chose a winter theme for the wedding, decorating with greens, berries, and lots of candles. The bride’s dress was ivory, so we went with ivory for the cake and cupcakes, as well. I made lots of small ivory gum paste flowers dusted with copper luster dust to decorate the cake and cupcakes. To match the Willow Tree cake topper, the icing on the cake was intentionally left a bit unfinished.
On a cold, windy January day, nothing beats a nice hot bowl of soup. Right? Last week, I made a big batch of shredded beef in my slow cooker. After having the leftovers a few times, I knew I needed to re-purpose the leftovers and come up with something new. It’s been pretty cold here (and…
We’ve had some pretty crazy weather here over the past few weeks. It was strangely warm for a while, and then last week we had a few days that were pretty darn cold! I have to admit that I am a fan of the cold weather, and I love when it snows. Unfortunately, we haven’t…
