i like cake!

Let’s start out, as always, with something to make your mouth water:

In honor of Australia Day, which was last Saturday, I made Pavlovas for the first time.  For those of you who don’t know, a Pavlova is a traditional Australian dessert that basically consists of a meringue-like cake topped with whipped cream and fruit.  As […]

Lionel Hutz: “I move for a bad court thingy”
Judge: “A mis-trial?”
Lionel Hutz: “Right! That’s why you’re the judge, and I’m the…law talking guy…”
One of my favorite Simpsons quotes ever! I know that I generally stay away from talking about anything legal or work-related here, but for those of you who are interested in such […]

I know, I know, I’m on a rampage lately!  Well I had a lovely long weekend last week, and got lots of knitting and baking done, so I’ve got more pictures for y’all!
Let’s start with some cupcake porn:
These are Apple Cider and Rum cupcakes with rum cream cheese frosting.  Did I mention that they have […]

How about a little break from all the baking for a knitting update? I’ve been a bit lazy about taking knitting pictures lately, but I decided to use the long weekend to catch up a bit! First off, we have my first ever serious blocking effort (also, my first lace project):
As you can […]

Blue frosting! I decided to start the year out by going back to the basics and trying to establish a really good vanilla cupcake and frosting recipe. I got these cupcakes from marthastewart.com, but I’m not completely happy with it. The cupcakes came out quite egg-y and dense. The frosting, […]

Hello all, hope you had fun holidays!  Mine involved a lot of crappy weather, but some good time with the family.  Let’s start the post out with some puppies!  Yay puppies!

This is Bruno and Sophie sleeping in the car next to me on our drive down from Chicago.  I headed out to the midwest right […]