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 […]
How to Make Fancy Chocolate Eggs – Happy Easter!!!
I have always wanted to make my own chocolate eggs for Easter. A few weeks ago I came across some cute plastic egg molds on amazon so I decided this was the year to make my wish come true and have some fun in the kitchen. These are the chocolate molds I bought but you […]
Christmas Cookies Covered with Modeling Chocolate
To ease you into the holiday baking spirit I decided to share with you an easy recipe for cut-out Christmas Cookies Covered with Modeling Chocolate. I didn’t cover them in royal icing or fondant mainly because I tried to stay away from too much sugar. So I used modeling chocolate instead which really put a […]
10 Irresistible Christmas Tree Cupcakes
Today’s post is all about Christmas Tree Cupcakes! From classic cupcakes covered with green frosting to cheesecake trees stuffed inside cupcakes to festive cupcake trees. I mean, who can resist cupcakes? Especially when they’re so pretty! Making these cupcakes would be the perfect family activity for the holidays! So get your kids involved, I can […]
Homemade Raffaello Snowmen
Winter is officially here and the holidays are just around the corner so I thought I’d share with you the cutest, the easiest and most delicious treat you can make for your kids this season – my special Homemade Raffaello Snowmen. And if you haven’t noticed already I have “a thing” for snowmen made out […]
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 […]
Teddy Bear Fondant Cake Topper Tutorial
As promised, here is the full tutorial for making the cutest Teddy Bear Fondant Cake Topper, the one I showed you in Part I of my Safari / Jungle Themed First Birthday Party post. Here are all the posts from Daniel’s birthday party in case you missed them: Part I – Dessert Ideas Part II – Appetizers, […]
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 […]
Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcake Cake
Cupcake cakes are easy to make and even easier to eat… just pull a cupcake off the cake and enjoy it! Since Thanksgiving is just around the corner around here I decided to make a fun Thanksgiving Turkey Cupcake Cake and show you how easy it is to do it in this tutorial. I hope […]
