Pretty Spring Petals
It’s my hope that Spring will arrive soon – while we wait, here’s a little cake of inspiration and encouragement for others like me who are being patient (and sometimes impatient). Having taken a...
Category: Layer Cake
An Explosion of Chocolate
We were celebrating a birthday at our house this weekend. I love baking a cake for family on their special day and this was no exception. Executing on a big idea is risky. This...
Skull and Vine: Tower of Cake
Bottom Tier: Triple-layer Lemon Cake, Lemon Buttercream Filling, and Vanilla Buttercream Ruffles Top Tier: Triple-layer Butterscotch Cake, Vanilla Buttercream Filling and Frosting, Marzipan Vines Talk about a tower of cake!! This baby is heavy...
Wintery Lemon Layer Cake
Triple Layer Lemon Cake, Lemon Buttercream & Lemon Curd Filling, Lemon Buttercream Frosting, and Fresh Blackberry Garnish Oh yes! the snowy days of winter are more manageable with a delightful slice of Lemon Cake. ...
Red Velvet Drama
Double-layer Red Velvet Cake, Cream Cheese Filling and Frosting, Crown of Red Currants Can there be a more dramatic cake than a classic Red Velvet?! Seriously, this cake has a history, a social media...
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...
Summer Fruit with Hummingbird Layer Cake
Triple-layer Hummingbird Cake with Cinnamon Swiss Meringue Buttercream and a garnish of Fresh Fruit From time to time, I just love a delicious bite of comfort cake – and a slice of this Hummingbird Layer...
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Four Layer Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream Filling, and Vanilla American Buttercream Frosting garnished with Blue Marzipan Stars Nothing says the 4th of July quite like a red, white, and blue Chocolate Layer Cake!...
Yankee Doodle Lemon Cake
Double-layer Lemon Cake, Lemon Swiss Meringue Buttercream, and White Chocolate covered Strawberries with Blue Sugar Sprinkles Summer is here and that means picnics, neighborhood barbecues, family weekends, and…. the 4th of July! I love...