So, I know I’m about a week late in posting a Halloween cake, but lets just ignore that and carry on shall we? This cake was a personal one, I made it for our Halloween party which is always a good time to test out recipes on our guinea pigs *ahem* friends! I initially had [...]

Let me start by saying that what I know about South American cooking can be written on the back of a postage stamp… in large print. That is to say, I don’t know much. I first tried an empanada at the Farmers market, it was early, I was hungry, there was meat wrapped in dough. [...]

July seems to be a popular month for birthdays. This is a cake we made for one of the many July babies, though we won’t mention how old this one was turning *grins* The recipient is a regular on the blues dancing scene so the design needed to incorporate that general theme. A testament to [...]

Recently we acquired some new cookie cutters, one of which was the most adorable little tea cup, with a matching tea pot. Well, I just had to make something with them, the tea cups were so small, we thought about using them to top a cupcake.. But what cupcake would have a tea cup on [...]

July saw four friends sharing a birthday party. We wanted a cake that would give each person a cake at least partially tailored to them, while coming together into one presentation. We briefly considered a tiered cake, with each person getting a tier each, but put that idea to the side after deciding that it [...]

Butterfly book.  A 9″x13″ red velvet cake with cream cheese icing.  The butterfly and simulated text were designed and painted by Martin Whitmore.