You know how when you’ve baked something (cakes, muffins, whatevs), it’s sometimes hard to get the baked good out of the pan? Ever had a half-torn cakewreck as a result? (Not talking from experience. Nope. Nuh-uh. Incidentally, buttercream is my best friend and patches everything up!) Some people use cake-release spray. Some people use Pam….
Cakes
Mousse-Filled Chocolate Cupcakes & The Only Buttercream Recipe You’ll Ever Need
I like to find (or develop!) the best preservative-free recipes for everything that I like to eat. The best pizza dough? Got it. The best apple crumble? Got that too. I even found the always perfect chocolate cake/cupcake recipe, and never stray from it, because it’s just so perfect. And I think the only thing…
Triple-Strawberry Custard & Cream Cake: Birthday Cake Heaven!
A special birthday requires a special cake, n’est pas? The DH’s birthday is this week, and I made him a special cake, because he’s hitting a milestone birthday. I shadn’t say how old (or young!) he is now, as I shall hit the same birthday in a few months myself, and I’d like to preserve…
Mini Skor Cupcakes — Easy, Impressive, and (Most Importantly) Delicious!
The latest dispatch from the Anemia Front: After a week of diligently supplementing with iron pills, and eating large quantities of kale (via my yummy antioxidant smoothies), I feel like I’m finally regaining a modicum of energy back. Next steps including dosing myself with blackstrap molasses and cooking everything in cast-iron pans (iron leaches out…
Enter the Unexpected: Life, Health, and Chocolate Cake
I’ve missed a few posts lately for my online bake-a-long group. Why? Life, really. A change of weather brought a never-ending headache with it, and when that finally went away (after a week!), my insomnia went rampant and left me completely sleepless for a night. After 36 hours without a wink of sleep during the…