Cakes & Cupcakes

I wanted to create something special for my son’s 4th birthday. He is attracted to anything that moves and lately the obsession has been focused mainly on trains. He told me he’d love a train cake without a face, or his way of saying, “Mommy, please don’t get me a …

When my little niece Bella’s 2nd birthday started to approach, I offered to make her birthday cake. My sister would typically buy birthday cakes or stick with cupcakes and I wanted to do something special for my niece. When I found out that her theme was frogs I was immediately …

When I asked my son Warren what theme he’d like for his 5th birthday, he was very clear that he’d love Angry Birds Space. The wheels in my head starting turning about how I would implement that theme into a cake. When I asked me more about kind of cake …

Oh, easy.  I love you. I especially love you when I have no time and energy to get all fancy in the kitchen, and yet I’m still compelled to bake something.  But not just anything… something good.  (Really good, let’s be honest.) I knew I wanted to bake a cake (we …

I made this cake for my sister because I know she has a thing for chocolate cake.  In the morning. (I think she likes it best with vanilla frosting but she didn’t complain at 7am as we were rushing to get her into a cab to the airport on time.  Nope. …

This is a recipe for exactly what you want to see with candles on top of it on your birthday- a mass of chocolate frosting with layers of amazing vanilla cake going on amidst it all.  Layers of cake created essentially as a vehicle to support the real reason birthday …

Yes, this recipe sounds familiar (because we made the muffin version together a few weeks back, remember?)… but THIS. THIS. This is a cake (way more fun than a muffin) and it’s slathered with cream cheese frosting, so it’s a total muffin makeover.  (I often wonder how many things cream …

I stumbled upon this recipe in the Wall Street Journal one morning while in professional mode- reading articles about mergers and acquisitions and takeovers and other riveting topics.  I must have ‘accidentally’ clicked on the food section and a picture of a cake sprinkled with pomegranate seeds slapped me out …

For those of you who also wish that you could take a relaxing bath in a tub full of creme brûlée, this recipe is for you. I have extolled the virtues of creme brûlée before.  So you know I’m a bit head over heels for it (see the maple version, …

There’s something about lemon that just reeks of spring- kind of like how pumpkin pie smells like “you’re going to freeze your ass off, any day now, my friend”. So with spring in the air, the lemon cake makes an appearance.  And not just any lemon cake.  Nope.  This one …