So funny story about cream of tartar is that it’s an ingredient called for when I attempted to make menrigues. Being a novice baker (and cook), I’ve never worked with Cream of Tartar before and did not know where to look in the grocery store. Guess where I started looking? The dairy section! I mean… [...]
Tonight we have a potluck at my night job gig. Our theme is Italian. It is up for debate whether or not I failed in keeping with the theme by making chocolate meringue cookies. Originally, meringues were credited to an Italian chef by the name of Gasparini who invented the recipe in the 1700s in [...]
Have you guys heard of a Dump Cake before? Before this weekend, I hadn’t the slightest clue. Saturday, my friend Jessica was reliving and drooling over a fantastic “Dump Cake” she’s had. When I asked her to explain to me why Dump Cake is called so, she did me one better; The next day she [...]
Here is the last installment of cake photos my roomie took while at a Cake Show this past weekend. Wedding cake tower with blue flowers. Pretty chocolate wedding cake If I were getting married tomorrow, I’d pick this cake. Pretty but tame. Presents! And now a singular present Breast Cancer Cake Brown and Pink. I [...]
My roommate went to a cake show and has allowed me to share her cake inspiration finds. This post is of the animal cakes she’s snapped. Animal cakes always reminds me of that scene in Steel Magnolias of the armadillo red velvet cake. Cracks me up the idea of cutting up an animal cake and [...]
My aspiring cake decorator roommate went to a cake show and has sweetly allowed me to share the cakes she saw on my blog. Here are the flowery cakes. Prettily detailed. This was one of my roommate’s favorite because of the piping details. I do like the structure. The color pallete is a little questionable [...]
This past weekend, my roomie, who is an aspiring cake decorator, went to a cake show. Her camera is out of commission so I lent her my camera. She was sweet (pun intended) to let me share some cake inspiration on the blog. Here’s part one. Space cake! Creepy. Yuck! C. S. Lewis cake I [...]
Plate of bars fresh from the oven that I took over to Brittany, Deesh, and Bing’s Tuesday, I was on my own for dinner so I thought it was the perfect time to make dessert for dinner! Almond Bars to be exact. I’ve told you before that I hate baking, and I usually have anxiety [...]
Our P Potluck Party was pretty fun. I made pigs in a blanket; Brandi made these wonderful pineapple chocolate chip cookies and pot roast with cranberry sauce. Our friends brought twice baked potatoes, pizza, pita bread and hummus, Parrot Bay rum, jalapeno poppers, Pepsi, PBJ sandwiches, peach pie and pecan pie. We had so much [...]
Last weekend, Jamie and I trolled Austin’s First Cupcake Smackdown at One 2 One bar on Fifth and Brazos. I don’t think the event planners predicted it to be such a success in turnout because the bar ended up being WAY too crowded and hot with cupcake vendors and the public which not only included [...]