Embracing Winter Blues
I’ve had more winter and more snow this year than I’ve seen in the past five years .. combined! Of course it was cold in Heidelberg, but this level of cold plus snow in...
Category: Vanilla
Spring’s Flower Garden
Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Tinted Vanilla Cream Cheese Buttercream Hello Spring!! It doesn’t matter what the cupcake might be… this garden is ready for any party. I needed color and the sun was out. ...
Hello, Dancing Lady
Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream and a Candy Topper I’m terribly excited that the sun is shining again and the all the bright colors are beginning to pop! This includes the brand new Homer...
Sweets for My Valentine
Brownie Bites, tinted Vanilla Buttercream, Sugar Pearls Sweets for the sweet! I’ve been in full Valentine’s Day mode around here for more than a week… and there doesn’t seem to be an end in...
Happy New Years! Vanilla Vanilla
Vanilla Cupcakes, Vanilla Buttercream, Dot Sprinkles Happy New Year and Welcome to 2017!! The last three months of 2016 was a doozy. We moved from Heidelberg, Germany (where we’d lived for nearly 8 years)...
Vanilla Cupcakes with Rainbow Sprinkles
Vanilla Cupcakes, Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream, and Sprinkles A quick little post to highlight the simplicity of a sexy Vanilla Cupcake. What I’ve learned over the last three years of baking… getting a Classic Vanilla...
Brownies with Buttercream
Chocolate Brownies with Vanilla Buttercream Sometimes a delicious, homemade, chewy brownie can solve the problems of the day. And sometimes they’re a celebration! These beauties look like they’re on their way to a party. ...
Vintage Ad: Cake Prep
Double-layer Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream Swans Down Cake Flour produced a series of advertisements in the mid-1950s… and they took a different approach to highlighting their product. Instead of focusing solely...
An Every Day Cake
Double-layer Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Buttercream Filling and Frosting with a garnish of Strawberries, Cookies, Raspberries, White Chocolate Kit Kat Bar, and Candy These two layers of my favorite Chocolate Layer Cake is the work-horse...
Brownies and More Brownies
Chocolate Brownies with Buttercream Let’s talk about brownies. This is a classic and a favorite, easy go-to dessert. Also, we could bake a batch of these in a minute and have something to carry...