Has anyone been following Master Chef USA? My husband and I watch it religously and while I completely disagree with the Season 5 winner, as with other past seasons as well, I’m loving the addition of SO many pressure test...
Category - Cakes
Butter Cake or Pound Cake, what’s the difference one may ask. Honestly, at some point I didn’t think there really was any difference. I’m meant to make a Ribbon Cake for a colleague’s birthday, a first for...
I recently lost my phone. GASP! I was running for the bus with my girls and husband and somewhere down the road I dropped it. The timing couldn’t have been worse, it was a Sunday, I had colleagues to meet, a flight to...
A few weeks ago I had posted my recipe for Carrot Cake. I’d made it for one of my bosses, who is a health freak, and loved it. But then our VP’s birthday was a few weeks after that so his brief to me was make a cake...
I was first introduced to carrot cake at the age of 6. Too young I tell you. My uncle was visiting us and invited us to come over and visit him at his hotel. He generously ordered room service and in came the waiter with a nicely...
My husband’s niece loves Coffee Cake, like absolutely loves it – or so she claimed when she was 11 (now a young lady). The few times that she would tag along for a shopping spree to the mall, I’d gladly buy her...
I know I’ve had a lot of Caramel entries the last few months. I promise this one will be the last for a while. I went through SO much trouble making this cake, it didn’t turn out exactly how I wanted it, and at the...
A few weeks back there seemed to be a shortage of shredded coconut. Not quiet sure why, but as all things, when you need something the most, you’re not going to be able to find it..right? So, when we finally found it, we...
It’s my husband’s birthday today! So obviously I’ve been hard at work trying to decide on what to make for him. He’s my biggest fan and my biggest critic, so while all this baking stuff is very relaxing...
During my final days of finishing Grad School I was often wiling away time in between writing my Thesis and procrastinating of course – you can’t be a student if you don’t procrastinate! And how can you procrastinate if you...