How to Stop Your Cake Collapsing: Guest Post by Marie Makes

How to Stop Your Cake Collapsing: Guest Post by Marie Makes

Today is a special guest post from Marie at Marie Makes! She bakes and decorates beautiful cakes in England and today she will be sharing a few tips with us all. Look at how adorable her cakes are. Marie, we wish you lived closer so 

Mardi Gras King Cake Cupcakes

Mardi Gras King Cake Cupcakes

Happy Mardi Gras! It’s that time of year again, when the streets of New Orleans are covered in green, purple and gold beads. Well…actually they’re always like that. But after this weekend there are even more than usual! The traditional dessert of Mardi Gras in 

Mardi Gras King Cake

Mardi Gras King Cake

It’s Mardi Gras! And if you haven’t been celebrating with king cakes for the past month, you haven’t been celebrating properly. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, don’t worry, I didn’t know until last year. Turns out living in Louisiana you learn 

Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake

Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake

It’s once again time for the #VirtualPumpkinParty put on by Sara at Cake Over Steak and Aimee from Twigg Studio. If you remember from last year, a huge group of bloggers all posted pumpkin recipes on the same day and we had so much fun, 

Whiskey Chocolate Cake

Whiskey Chocolate Cake

Why is it that I always seem to make holiday themed treats after the holiday has passed?? In my defense, I actually made this cake for St. Patrick’s Day, I just didn’t post it in time. Clearly since it’s June… but hey, we can look 

Rum Raisin Carrot Cake

Rum Raisin Carrot Cake

To me, carrot cake is the epitome of spring time. It’s light and fresh after a winter of rich heavy foods. It reminds me of a bright sunny day, which is exactly what I want following all the rain we’ve been having. If you’ve watched 

Valentine’s Day Chocolate Cake

Valentine’s Day Chocolate Cake

Today we have a guest post by Kelly’s friend, Anna! She made this amazing Valentine’s Chocolate Cake for her boyfriend over the weekend and it was a hit! Anna and Kelly were in the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority together at USC. She currently lives in Seattle, 

Red Wine Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Buttercream

Red Wine Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Buttercream

A few weeks ago I saw a Food & Wine article titled the Ultimate Cake Baking Bucket List. The goal is to bake a cake every month for a year and the idea is that each new cake will teach you new skills and give 

Cinnamon Apple Coffeecake 

Cinnamon Apple Coffeecake 

Ok, I’ve officially given in. I’ve been ready for fall for weeks and I’m just going to pretend it’s here. I mean August is over halfway over, I feel like I held out long enough. I’ll try to ease on into fall and not jump 

Angel Food Cake Cupcakes

Angel Food Cake Cupcakes

Once upon a time I made Angel Food Cake. And it was delectable and not nearly as difficult as I imagined. So I decided to make them in cupcake form. Because anything miniature is infinitely cuter. Within one week at work we had a retirement