Starbucks has pumpkin spice lattes out. Pumpkins and autumn leaf decorations are all over the stores (not to mention Christmas stuff – hold on, Costco!). I called it last week – it’s officially fall. I can’t visit a food blog without seeing some mention of pumpkin or other fall flavors and it’s given me a […] Read more…
Warning: this post contains no cute desserts, recipes, or tutorials. Instead, it will make you want to cuddle a koala and go to the beach. Enjoy! I went on an amazing trip over the summer and I have to share it with you all. First, though, let’s get some housekeeping stuff out of the way: I […] Read more…
What do you get for a girl who loves pink, zebra, and Audrey Hepburn? Pink zebra cupcakes of course! My friend Lauren’s birthday was the perfect occasion to try out the zebra cake technique. By layering chocolate and vanilla cake batter, you can create a striped effect in the cake. It takes some time and […] Read more…
My #1 question since posting about the all natural ombre frosting (click here to see how I dyed it without artificial coloring) was “HOW did you do that?!” I made another whole cake just so I could show you. (I know, the sacrifices we food bloggers make.) I used Sweetapolita’s fluffy vanilla cake, which made 3 […] Read more…
Edited 8/31/12: See a video tutorial on how to frost a rose ombre cake here. It was such fun to read all the Chocolate Chip Cookie Challenge posts. There were recipes for chocolate chip cookies with bacon to s’mores chocolate chip cookies and everything in between. Honestly, I thought there would be more classic chocolate […] Read more…