Author: Julia

  German Celebration Cake! Chocolate, Red Velvet, and Lemon   How fun is this!  And, a colossal pain in the rear to bake.  No word of a lie, this beauty is labor intensive.  I don’t...

Apple Cinnamon Layer Cake and Cupcakes It’s near the end of June and I’m in the mood for Apple Cinnamon Cake.  I know this is typically a yummy fall dessert, just not today.  Looking...

Red Velvet Rose Cake and Rose Cupcakes I absolutely love Red Velvet Cake.  I can remember my first piece of a double-layer Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting.  It was 1987, Alabama, and my stepmother-in-law...

Triple-Layer Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Filling and Chopped Roasted Peanuts, a Chocolate Buttercream Crumb Coat and Whipped Chocolate Ganache Frosting with a Reese Peanut Butter Cups Topping. This signature cake is one...

Mango-Vanilla Cupcake with Mango Curd filling, Vanilla Buttercream frosting and a Toasted Coconut & Macadamia Nut topper   What a tropical-sounding cupcake!  This cupcake was inspired by the ingredients available to me in Heidelberg. ...

The Cherry Layer Cake cupcake with Cherry Buttercream This past week I’ve been in the test kitchen in search of a delicious Cherry Layer Cake.  There are amazing cherry cake recipes on-line and in recipe...

While putting together the pictures for the blog post about color, I found the snapshots of the Polka-Dot cake I baked in April.  Now that was seriously fun! I was coming off of several...

I love color!  The magic of color and cakes cannot be understated.  When I first started messing around with cakes and color, I learned a few things.  And I’m happy to share that.  There...

Lemon Cake with a Fresh Raspberry Puree and Mascarpone Cream Filling frosted with Lemon and Raspberry Icing. Yesterday I helped a friend develop some cupcake decorating skills.  Afterwards, I thought more about lemons and...

Chocolate Cupcake with Strawberry Cream Cheese filling, frosted with Chocolate Ganache and a swirl of Cream Cheese Buttercream, topped with a single, whole Strawberry. Yesterday during my daily walk (I almost always stop to...