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Poker Night Fun We’ve got a new tradition in our house where the spouse hosts a monthly poker night with some friends from work. I love it; partly because we both love entertaining (even if I’m not...
View ArticleTiers for Fears
I’m starting to overcome the trepidation I’ve been feeling. After much hemming as well as hawing, I signed on to make a cake for my cousin’s littlest girl’s big birthday party. It’s the first time I’ve...
View ArticleOur Target: Cupcakes
Landscaping Rough or Rustic Freehand Work? For a kids’ party with outdoor games, including archery, I carried the theme into the cupcakes. I kept it outdoorsy using the grass tip for the background...
View Article3 Ways to Add More Spark to Your Memorial Day Buffet
Here are a few ideas to carry over Summer entertaining themes like cookouts and bonfires into playful additions to the buffet table. Devilled Eggs with a Twist For a savory stand-by, I modified regular...
View ArticleMessage in a Cookie
This seemed like a cute way to send a little “Thank You” to someone, though why limit it to that? I chose a sable dough, though you could totally use whatever cookie recipe holds up well for you...
View ArticlePeanut Butter Chocolate Monogram Cookies
I learned some good lessons from the first time around, so I took another pass at composing monogrammed cookies for a friend’s birthday. This time I dug out a peanut butter chocolate pinwheel recipe. I...
View ArticleKeg Cake
Inspiration A friend of mine was throwing a “beef and beer” fundraiser for her non-profit, Potential Inc., which provides support services for the autism community. The spouse and I were already...
View ArticleTeacher Appreciation Cake
A quick, relatively simple project for teacher appreciation. I added the white fondant coating mostly because I had some extra sitting around and because I wanted to use the new butter cream frosting...
View ArticleFireworks Cookies
I thought these cookies, showing fireworks in patriotic colors, would be a great addition to our Independence Day celebrations. As luck would have it, I had leftover, whole wheat cookie dough in the...
View ArticleGender Reveal Bundt
Here’s a simple way to make a “gender reveal” item for baby showers or other baby-related festivities. You just need to make batter for any Bundt-style cake mold and then dye roughly a third of it the...
View ArticleGhoulish Brie en Croute
Delayed Gratification I’m a patient person – or else a colossal procrastinator… I’d gotten this cutesy, 3-D lamb cake mold at least 10 years ago now, and always dreamed of doing something, well,...
View ArticleStar Wars Death Star Pie
I’ll admit it. I get bored easily. That’s annoyed a lot of people over the years, but in the interests of using my powers for good, here’s some fun I had with a standard apple pie. Star Wars is always...
View ArticleDía de los Muertos Cake
I got the opportunity to experiment with covering a cake with modeling chocolate again. Some friends of ours were throwing a Día de los Muertos-themed party. With our hosts planning to dress as a...
View ArticleCakethulhu!
I don’t often serve cake for just regular dinner parties, so I had a lot of fun preparing this for a small gathering of friends. This is a three layer, seven inch red velvet (dark purple velvet,...
View ArticleViking Pie/Cake
On the occasion of a dear friend’s birthday, I got to have a lot of fun making something less traditional. She’s a huge scholar of Viking culture and a culinary anthropologist. One of her very...
View ArticleGhoulish Brie en Croute
Delayed Gratification I’m a patient person – or else a colossal procrastinator… I’d gotten this cutesy, 3-D lamb cake mold at least 10 years ago now, and always dreamed of doing something, well,...
View ArticleNerf Cake
I got to have some fun making a cake themed around a Nerf birthday party. I struggled on a creative direction, but decided to go more traditional.
View ArticleHappy Pi Day!
This year’s occurrence of the geeky new tradition, Pi Day, coincided with a rare snow day in the Northeastern U.S. and I had an unlikely opportunity to throw myself into a little baking to celebrate....
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