My friend Melissa is a culinary genius! She is passionate about food and about eating the best, most healthy food possible. A few weeks ago she went and stayed with her sister’s family and got to celebrate her niece and nephew’s birthdays. Her niece is allergic to eggs so Melissa came up with a recipe for vegan chocolate cupcakes, including… Read More
Wedding Cake for my Mom (Nature Wedding Cake)
On July 1st my mom tied the knot up in Trinity County. Their wedding was in the middle of nowhere on a beautiful campground so my mom wanted a cake that would fit the setting. Here’s the cake I ended up making for them. It was a camping wedding so here are a few pictures from Malea’s 1st camping trip…. Read More
Button Cake & a Vintage Bridal Shower
A friend of mine is getting married in a few weeks and I was asked to make the cake for her bridal shower. I’m not usually nervous when I make my cakes but I was nervous about making her cake because she is so beautiful and totally a perfectionist. I wanted her cake to be perfect! I was given… Read More
How to Bake a Perfect Cake (Baking Level Cakes)
A few years ago a friend of mine taught me this great trick for baking level cakes, and if gives you a perfect cake every time! I really hate it when you bake a cake and end up having to cut so much of it off to make it level, so I was super excited to learn this simple solution!… Read More
Chocolate Toffee Cake
Do I need to even say anything else? The picture and the title pretty much say it all. 🙂 A few weeks ago we celebrated my best friends 30th birthday with a huge Publisher’s Clearing House themed party. Since I’ve never really liked cake, until I started making them this year, I knew I had to make something fabulous… Read More
Cake Pop Birthday Cake
I have to show you want I did this weekend because I am super proud of it! One of my dear friends is turning 30 this week so Saturday night we all went out to celebrate. We to dinner and then I hosted the “after party” at our house. As my gift to her I made her this fabulous cake. … Read More