To write up this review, I read all of my posts thus far. When I introduced this challenge along with my birthday cake, I said I wanted to be able to turn out a layer perfect layer cake. “Perfect” may be a bit generous, but I feel pretty good about how far my skills have […]
Let’s start this post with a fun fact. There are 16 tablespoons in a half pint. Yeah, maybe “fun” was overselling that a bit, but now I know this conversation. Ok, “know” was also overselling it. I just had to look it up on Google… twice… because I got distracted. This conversion became crucial in the […]
I didn’t have much inspiration for November’s cake. I knew I didn’t want anything pumpkin (tis the season in food blog land) and nothing I saved on Pinterest screamed “MAKE ME RIGHT NOW.” So I took a quick poll of a few work friends and was pleasantly surprised when the vote went to a cake inspired by Mexican hot chocolate. […]
October’s cake is squeaking in under the wire, but I guess it’s fitting since I made a Halloween banner for it. I guess I just can’t help myself. After last’s month wine fueled cake assembly, the goal of this month’s cake was to keep it simple. No elaborate fillings or icing decorating. Cake. Icing. Done. Ok… it turned […]
UPDATE: Based on popular opinions expressed by many work friends, I’m removing the previously awarded “fail” status. While this cake and I are not best friends, it has certainly impressed most people who have eaten it. I think September’s cake was ill fated from the get go. First I spent most of the month (3 […]
