Recipes

Have you ever noticed that the best thing to pair with lemon seems to be . . . lemon? Every time I make a lemon cake or cupcake, aside from my occasional frolic with lavender and lemon or blueberr...

It's a Red Velvet Cake craze, my friends! I may be a little late to the Red Velvet party, but I've arrived, outfitted in a quintessential vintage red polka dot 50's dress, of course, and with a ca...

Neapolitan is one of those words that makes me feel like a little girl the moment I hear it or think about it. And while I never actually ate Neapolitan cake as a child, I ate my fair share of Nea...

Happy Good Friday! Well, it happened. Trust me, I know this is going to sound trite, but this cake is the the most delicious dessert I have ever eaten. Ever. As in not just the best cake, but the ...

So, it turns out I have not one, but two addictions: cake and Vanilla Bean Lattes. I suppose this shouldn't come as much of a surprise, since I am a coffee/espresso enthusiast as well as a vanilla...

Hello from the land of orange cake! I'm finally getting a chance to share this happy-happy orange cake with you guys. Let's just say since my last post, where lavender & strawberry made a summ...

Happy Thursday! I've been eager to talk chocolate cake with you, ever since my post on Classic Vanilla Butter Cake. If you read that post, you might recall that I mentioned my husband and I often ...

Happy American Thanksgiving! I was sitting here planning a bunch of upcoming baking posts, when I realized that we've never really chatted about some of the basic steps that make for consistent ba...

I have great news! My temporary cake-diet, you know, the one during which I stopped eating cake, is over, and I've resumed my more permanent cake-diet, the one where all I think about and often in...