Too Hot? Try a No-Bake Dessert
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars with a Milk Chocolate Layer It’s been hot, hot, hot in Heidelberg this week. I can still bake in this heat because I love to bake! However, I’m not...
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Chocolate Cake, Squared
Square, Double-layer Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Buttercream Filling and Frosting with a garnish of Fresh Red Currants Chocolate Layer Cake is the same in any shape – delicious! I’ve been examining how I bake and construct...
Brownie Sundaes with a Cherry on Top
Brownie Sundaes with Vanilla Ice Cream, Whipped Cream, Lindt Chocolate Drizzle, Chopped Peanuts, and a Fresh Cherry on Top These Brownies were amazing. Seriously, really good. And… it was the first time I’d made...
Orange Slice Extravaganza
Triple-layer Orange Cream Cheese Cake, Cream Cheese Filling, Cream Cheese Orange Buttercream Frosting, and a Garnish of Fresh Orange Slices This Orange Cream Cheese Layer Cake was completely delicious… and it nearly didn’t...
Shark Week!
Triple-layer Red Velvet Cake, Cream Cheese Filling, tinted Vanilla Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting, and a garnish of Sharkarons It’s Shark Week and all things shark are popping up – isn’t is Jawsome? (I crack...
Strawberry Cake with Blueberries
Triple-layer Strawberry Cake, Vanilla Buttercream Filling and Crumb Coat, with a Fresh Blueberry Compote Strawberry Cupcakes, Vanilla Buttercream, and garnished with a Fresh Blueberry Compote I baked this cake a little bit ago and...
The Comfort of a Hummingbird Cake
Triple-layer Hummingbird Cake, Cream Cheese Filling, and an Ombre Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting Hummingbird Cupcakes with double swirls of Cream Cheese Buttercream This is still one of my very favorite cakes: Hummingbird Cake...
Stars & Bars in Buttercream
Chocolate Cupcakes and Tinted Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Happy Birthday, USA! And, since it’s your birthday, we’re having cupcakes. I’ve been working with chocolate cupcakes this week – different design styles that I hope make...
Springtime Roses
Triple-layer tinted White Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Filling and tinted Buttercream Rosettes I baked this cake earlier in the Spring – the colors are so joyful and charming. It might seem like a...
Chocolate Mocha Cake & Macarons
Double-layer Dark Chocolate Cake, Mocha Filling, Chocolate Buttercream Frosting and Vanilla Bean Macaron Shells Wow! That flavor combination sounds outta this world. Seriously, why haven’t I been making this cake for years? I should...