This is the first Savory Cake I made and I had so much fun assembling and decorating it! We love smoked salmon and cream cheese so I decided to use these as the main ingredients for this savory cake. If you’re not into cakes, you can find some other delicious appetizer recipes on my website […]
Wedding Anniversary Cake – Chocolate Cake with Wild Berries Mousse & Chocolate Mousse
This is our 13th wedding anniversary cake – a delicious chocolate cake filled with chocolate ganache, chocolate mousse and wild berry mousse. The frosting is the chocolate ganache buttercream I shared with you before. Also, I sprayed the cake with a thin layer of tempered chocolate. I fell in love with the velvet texture I […]
Jungle Safari Cake
I made this Jungle Safari Cake a while ago for Daniel’s 1st birthday party. This post ends my series of posts about a Safari / Jungle Themed birthday party. Here are all the other posts in case you missed them: Part I – Dessert Ideas Part II – Appetizers, Finger Foods & Snack Ideas Part […]
Spider Cake
While the Ghost Cake was the kids’ favourite one, this Spider Cake was my favourite. I loved creating a cute 3D cake without having to use fondant for the details (which I almost always use for my custom 3D cakes). Also, I enjoyed covering the Spider Cake with the velvet texture made out of chocolate. […]
Ghost Cake
Out of the three Halloween cakes I made this year, this Ghost Cake received the highest number of votes from the kids – for both flavour and looks. I used a chocolate cake. However, if you don’t like this, you can use a vanilla cake or have a look at this section of my blog […]
Halloween Pumpkin Bucket Cake
This Halloween Pumpkin Bucket Cake is easy to make and is great if you don’t like working with fondant. It’s also a fun cake to make… the kids are undecided what they like more – the cake or all the goodies in the “bucket” :-)! I used vanilla cake. However, if you don’t like this, […]
30th Birthday Tuxedo Cake with Striped Bow Tie Tutorial – Triple Chocolate Mousse and Peach Jelly Filling Plus Other 30th Birthday Ideas for Men
This is the best cake I’ve made for the best surprise party to celebrate the best occasion of the year – my husband’s 30th birthday … well, best occasion until November, when I’m turning 30 :-P. If you’re looking for ways to surprise your loved one for their 30th birthday or another milestone birthday party […]
Red Velvet Naked Cake with Drunken Cherries for Our 5th Wedding Anniversary
If you’ve seen my previous post with 14 Fabulous Wedding Cakes with Modern Flair, you probably know that two weeks ago we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. I was super busy that week so I decided to make a very simple, yet special, Red Velvet Naked Cake with Drunken Cherries and Cream Cheese Filling. I […]
Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling and Cinnamon Pecan Topping
It wouldn’t be Fall in our house without a pumpkin dessert! My mom’s all-time favorite pumpkin recipes – oven-roasted pumpkin and a super easy pumpkin pie recipe that I’ll share with you one day. Well this past weekend I decided to test out a different pumpkin dessert recipe, something simple but unique – Pumpkin Muffins […]