It’s hotter than hell down here in Texas at the moment, making a devil’s food cake more than appropriate. Maybe I can bribe the heat with the cupcakes to go away and not return! Sadly I can’t claim this recipe as my own, I made no changes (excepting making cupcakes rather than one big cake [...]

It didn’t take me long to get round to a second attempt at fudge did it? I decided to start my adventures with “proper” fudge with a favourite flavour, chocolate.. with a few pecans added for good measure. Fudge comes under the category of crystallised  candy, the sugar has to be cooled and then beaten [...]

One day, a fair while ago, we were walking around Whole Foods with friends.I can’t speak for all WF stores, but ours (being the flagship and all) had a pretty impressive confectionery counter. Fudge, chocolates, truffles, bark etc. It’s fun to look and see what they have. On this instance they had orange creamsicle fudge. [...]

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 [...]