What a mouthful. A few months ago I found out about the Chocolate Adventure Recipe Contest, and thanks to some fine Twittering, I scored a great gift package of Scharffen Berger Chocolates to help out in my quest to come up with the most unusual and decadent “adventure” recipe. For those of you who wondering […]
Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2010 holds great things for all of us, and I especially hope you will continue reading here this year! I intend to make a few changes here over the next few months – upgrades, more posts, additional features..things I hope you will enjoy. I am excited about them all […]
That’s right…from scratch. Not those “ready to decorate” deals you pick up at Walmart, but REAL gingerbread houses. The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and assemble a gingerbread house from scratch. They […]
When I went to Maine on our trip a couple of months ago, I was thrilled to meet Carrie, the gal behind Fields of Cake. Sadly, I showed up with a box of Dunkin Donuts. Those things are everywhere up there! Jon explained that apparently, when you get your driver’s license up north, you also […]
My husband Jon likes to cook. Not bake, mind you…Cook. He loves to grill, but now that grilling season is over, you can often find him in my kitchen (yes, I said MY kitchen) making Deer Chili, spaghetti or soup. His recent kick is Potato Soup, and he’s becoming quite the little Tater Soup Gourmand. […]
Growing up, we didn’t make gingerbread cookies. In fact, until last year, I had never even tasted gingerbread cookies. Not that we were treatless at Christmas, we just didn’t do gingerbread. My Mom would make those cookies – sugar cookies, I guess? – that you put in a tube and pressed out through plates […]
Here is the reason you have seen so little of me. DoughMessTiCakes. And me being me? I can’t say no to a single order, even if they do all come at once. So, this week, thus far, I have made: A First Birthday Cake for a friend (one of my many Commune Roommates), who’s son […]
I haven’t posted any of my recent cakes, and this week I have 5 more due…so it’s been BUSY! I thought since so many of you seem to get a little kick out of seeing them, I would post a few. A Modern Art Cake with Pulled Sugar Flames, A Basketball Jersey featuring the boys […]
I struggled with what to title this post. Should I have said “Rocky Road Brownies & a Video of My 2 Year Old Making Them” – or “Rocky Road Brownies & a Video of My 2 Year Old Making Them so that I can review a great cookbook by a friend of mine” or even […]
Have you ever spent an entire day cleaning your house, decorating it all jazzy for the Holidays, and then, at 11 that night thought – ya know, it sure is clean in here…I should go ahead and make a cheesecake. Besides, Nip/Tuck is on again for the second time in 2 hours and this time […]
So, this whole thing with the bartering. Have I even mentioned it here, or just on Twitter? Well, I like to repeat myself, so you’re getting the scoop yet again. I am bartering this year. For stuff. Christmas presents and such, you know. So I started shouting on Twitter – who wants to trade? And […]
So. Christmas is the time for giving. And now, I get to give to you, my readers. I love getting comments, emails, feedback, and as a way of saying “THANKS! Ya’ll ROCK!” I am giving away a sweet little gift. The 90th Anniversary KitchenAid Stand Mixer. Whaaaaaa? Yes, really. I don’t even have this bad […]