This Pull-Apart Christmas Tree Cupcake Cake is the best alternative to a traditional Christmas cake. It’s so easy to make that I guarantee you will get great results even if you are new at cake decorating. You can even get your kids to decorate it! I used mini chocolate cupcakes and a simple, 2-ingredient mascarpone […]
Pregnant Belly Cake – Gender Reveal Party
I’m baking something pretty special this time… a bun in the oven :). This is the reason I haven’t been so active on the blog lately. We decided to organize a Gender Reveal Party and since I’ve started regaining some of my energy back I figured this would be the perfect occasion for another cake […]
First Communion Open Book Cake (Chocolate Ganache & Mascarpone Filling)
My cake baking challenge for this weekend was to make a first communion cake for our friends’ sweet little girl. I decided to bake an open book cake with two layers of filling – first layer with chocolate ganache & sour pitted cherries and the second one with a mascarpone cheese filling. It was a […]
Coffee Crepes with Strawberries
Do you enjoy crepes and love coffee? Then you’ll enjoy these coffee crepes with fresh strawberries, whipped cream and mascarpone. Adding some brewed coffee is a wonderful twist on the traditional crepe batter. The coffee adds a rich flavour and the crepes are just yummy! […]
Catalina’s Bachelorette Party
This past weekend hubby and I organized the bachelor & bachelorette parties for our dear friends Catalina and Virgil. They are getting married on May 7th (in Canada… party to be continued in Romania at some future date 
)and we are their godparents. Neither the groom nor the bride-to-be knew anything about what we […]
Bachelorette Party Corset Cake
Here’s the step-by-step recipe for the Corset Cake I made for Catalina’s Bachelorette Party. This cake is DELICIOUS so give it a try even if you want to make just a regular cake. It’s a two-colour sponge cake and the filling and frosting are made with mascarpone cheese and cappuccino. Time: 120 min, Prep: 90 min. […]
Cappuccino and Mascarpone Cheese Frosting
Ingredients: 720 ml chilled whipping cream (3 cups) 2 Tbsp cappuccino (dry powder) 80 g white chocolate, grated 450 g sugar (2 cups) 900 g mascarpone cheese Pink food coloring paste Directions: I got this frosting recipe from here but just used cappuccino instead of espresso powder. Bring 2/3 of the whipping cream to boil in […]
Cappuccino and Mascarpone Cheese Filling
Ingredients: 4 eggs yolks 100 g sugar 4 Tbsp cappuccino (liquid) 1 Tbsp cappuccino (dry powder) 400 ml whipping cream 450 g mascarpone cheese 21 g gelatin Directions: Combine the egg yolks, sugar, cappuccino (liquid & powder) in a bowl over a pot of boiling water. Beat until thick and creamy. Remove from the […]
