My little niece Charlotte turned 3 last week, and all summer I’ve been asking her what kind of cake she wants. The answer has included the following: Cookie Monster, Grover, Clifford, and “big greeney-blue cake”. I researched her first three choices at Bulk Barn, checking out the cake pans for rent after the Elmo success......

When I returned from Montreal, a package was waiting for me at home from Danielle. If you’ve been following along here at all, you know she’s responsible for introducing me to food blogs in the first place. Dani and I can easily spend an hour on the phone catching up on what we baked that week......

  We’re reaching back into the archives for this one y’all! Way back in the summer of 2006, my brother Joel and sister-in-law-to-be Tara asked me to make their wedding cake for their upcoming wedding that October. I was very flattered, but kind of scared, and agreed with a few conditions: no tiers, no fondant, nothing crazy.  Joel......

On Smitten Kitchen, there is a lot of discussion over Everyday Cakes –  the kind of cakes you can easily whip up from ingredients you already have in your kitchen. ahahaha. My life just doesn’t run that way. I never seem to have everything I need for a recipe just lying around. Except a few weeks ago I had......

  All this baking over the last few years has turned me into a cake mix snob. I can’t help it.  The last time I had a chocolate cupcake from a mix, it just didn’t taste like anything. Duncan Hines might give you a moist deluxe texture, but if you really stop to think about it, what......

Last month Nicole and her mom threw a birthday bash in honour of her dad’s 70th birthday. I was in charge of dessert and make a triple layer vanilla cake frosted with vanilla buttercream, as well as some lemon squares. Nicole made all the food (I helped a little by rolling some triangles), and she......

  When I collapsed into bed last Saturday night after getting in late from the airport, my last thoughts before I fell asleep were of the Coconut Cupcakes I was planning to make for Easter dessert. I figured I would get up early, hit the grocery store, and have lots of time to bake and......

We interrupt this Elimination Challenge to bring you a special treat – flourless chocolate cupcakes topped with white chocolate mint whipped cream. Oh yes. I brought these to Aoife’s birthday party on the weekend and they were a huge hit. Too bad I couldn’t eat one 🙁 All week long I was wondering if I......

My niece Charlotte had her big 2nd birthday this summer and my brother and sister-in-law asked me to make her an Elmo cake for her party.  I am super proud of how it all turned out, and I wanted to document the steps involved. I have four nephews/nieces under the age of 4, so I’m pretty......