Chocolate Hazelnut and Salted Caramel Chocolate Birthday Cake
It seems like every year someone asks me who will make my birthday cake. And I guess that makes sense, usually people enjoy letting other people do some of the…
White Cake with Lemon Curd Filling
A recent birthday party provided an opportunity to bake a non-chocolate cake and experiment with new frostings. Concerns about the safety of certain ingredients led to a decision to use vanilla frosting instead of Swiss meringue buttercream. The cake featured a lemon curd filling and a fruity topping, resulting in a light and visually appealing finish.
Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
This cake is a match made in heaven for me. It's a rich, almost fudge like, cake topped with a light and creamy peanut butter frosting. I knew from the…
Basic Chocolate Cake
Hello from China and happy Valentines day! Well after months of anticipation and weeks of hard work, packing, moving, and flying, I have finally arrived in Suzhou. So now what?…
Pumpkin Praline Cake
> Originally I was thinking that if Jesse wasn't going to be home for Thanksgiving I would just fly back to Ohio. Unfortunately we found out too late and the…
Red Velvet Cake
As you slowly come out of your Thanksgiving food coma (or Black Friday shopping frenzy, for that matter) many of you are probably getting ready to shift into to Holiday…