Cake
Red Velvet Cupcakes (The Bake Off Winner!)
Valentine’s Day is coming up. So if you’re like me, you’re planning to put on an apron and bake some Red Velvet Cupcakes for your sweetie (and/or just for yourself!). Last Valentine’s Day, I felt a strong urge to find the perfect Red Velvet recipe…so I did what anyone would do…I held a Red Velvet … Continue reading
Angel Food Cake
Today is a good day for Angel Food Cake. Angel Food Cake ¾ cup cake flour (or substitute ¾ cup flour and 1 ½ teaspoons cornstarch) 1 ½ cups sugar, divided 12 egg whites, at room temperature 1 teaspoon cream of tartar ¼ teaspoon salt 1 ½ teaspoons fresh lemon juice 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla … Continue reading
Fresh Ginger Cake
There are times when books just call to me from the shelves in the library…and David Lebovitz’s Ready for Dessert was calling, “Check me out and make the Ginger Cake!” I love following David Lebovitz’s blog and his dessert books are totally famous in dessert circles. I’ve only tried this recipe but that’s enough to … Continue reading
A Reveal Party
There’s a whole new world of parties out there so be sure to take note–reveal parties are all the rage! A reveal party is sort of like a surprise party to announce the gender of a baby-on-the-way. For the party, a cake is iced completely in white; the big news comes when the cake is … Continue reading
Lemon Pound Cake
I make cookies once a week. At times, I start wondering if maybe, just possibly, we don’t constantly need cookies in the jar. But then, if I try to skip it, Mitch and I still wander around our itty-bitty kitchen, looking for them, totally stumped as to what to do without them. So I keep … Continue reading
Chocolate Lava Cake
And now for some indulgence. Amid the bills and junk mail, I found this gem of a recipe in the King Arthur catalog that comes in the mail. I cut it out and added it to my vault of recipes-to-try-someday, and now today is the day. Basically the picture was calling my name though the … Continue reading