So this only involves the best ingredients ever, and y’all, thank goodness it’s so rich, because I desperately wanted to eat the whole thing and yet managed to restrain myself. Chocolate and Valentine’s Day will always go hand-in-hand to me, but there’s obviously no need to restrict this to one day a year: Nutella cake […] Read more…
You know those chocolate oranges? I used to get them at Christmas ever year. They are some of my favorite things in the entire world, and I can’t buy them for myself unless I plan to share with other people, because I will eat a whole orange in a day. There is something about the […] Read more…
I know I don’t usually post on the weekends, but if your last-minute grocery lists look anything like mine, then you too might still be on the hunt for a Thanksgiving dessert recipe. I present to you a rich, heady two-layer cake, chock-full of seasonal flavors and topped with a lush, creamy frosting. Best of […] Read more…
I know I just did a blackberry/ginger dessert back in April. We’re doing it again: the combination is delicious, and when else are you supposed to eat berries, if not summer? This recipe came about because I was talking with my friend (whose wedding cake I made, hereafter known as Agent Sidney Bristow), while we […] Read more…
Now that you have your cake, curd, mousse, and frosting, you can proceed to assemble your Orange-Buttermilk-Lemon-White Chocolate Wedding Cake. Step 1: Remove Feline Menace, ban from kitchen. Step 2: Make yourself a quick batch of lemon simple syrup. Combine 1 c. granulated sugar, 1/4 c. water, and 1/4 c. lemon juice in a small […] Read more…
Empty your freezer, kids, it’s cake time. There’s no concise way to do this, so we’re just going to plow ahead. Recipes and instructions for the component parts are below, in the order you make them. I’ve provided a master ingredients list at the end, along with some scheduling tips. Assembly instructions/transportation advice will wrap […] Read more…
In a slightly abrupt change of programming, I’m going to share the results of Project Wedding Cake! It was a big project for me, an amateur baker, so I’m going to break the information up over the next few posts, starting today with equipment and then progressing through recipes, shopping lists, techniques, and other fun stuff. […] Read more…
I want to introduce you all to A Sophisticated Pair (and encourage you to glance at the blogroll in the sidebar for more recommended reading), a lingerie shop and blog based in North Carolina. I haven’t visited in person (yet!), but the blog is wonderful and informative, with reviews of individual bras, discussion of the retail […] Read more…