After making several large cakes, I was left with a good quantity of chocolate cake batter, chocolate icing, and white icing. So I made these replicas of Hostess cupcakes. Injecting icing is harder than it looks, you need to inject with a good bit of power to get the icing to expand inside, [...]
These crispy and delicious cookie bars are adapted from a recipe in the Great American Home Baking files. I’ve found that decreasing the amount of flour in the bottom crust yeilds a softer cookie (rocket science!) that keeps longer – and going halfsies on the chocolate chips and supplementing with butterscotch yields a much [...]
A cute cake for Easter, white on white with some fondant eggs. I had leftover fondant from a recent project.
Leaf tip borders are easy and quick to do, and they add an element of authenticity to any cake with a remotely outdoorsey theme. If the cake has settled unevenly or the icing on [...]
Because who doesn’t love a quick 9 x 13 carrot cake at Easter. Cream cheese frosting with little fondant carrots and grated lemon zest. This whole endeavor was probably 45 minutes from start to finish, if you make icing while the sheet cake is baking. Make a thin cake in a 9 [...]
So many people are afraid to cook fish. And it’s one of the most hassle free, stress-less dishes I can think of! Fish stands on it’s own and doesn’t require marinades or complicated cooking techniques to keep in flavor. When I buy fresh white fish (like haddock, cod, or sole) I simply [...]
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