Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cake

Everyone knows that I’m a big fan of chocolate and peanut butter, and I was in the mood to bake with it one night.  I also wanted to try a chocolate-peanut butter frosting.  I’ve tried and loved a peanut butter frosting recipe, but I wanted to try a recipe where they were together.  I’ve had [...]

Apple Spice Cake

I love baking with apples, and think that they are really good in cakes.  The apples give the cake a lot of moisture and add a great depth of flavor, especially with spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg.  Bon Appetit’s October 2009 issue had several apple desserts, and I knew this would be worth trying.  [...]

Lemon Meringue Cake

Over the past four years, David and I have been very active in the young adults group at our church.  This group is so special to us, and we have met some of our very best friends there.  We recently found out that the priest who is in charge of our group is leaving to [...]

Blueberry-Lime Pound Cake

The end of summer is approaching quickly, and I wanted to make one more summery dessert before we say goodbye to fresh fruit and welcome pumpkin, squash, and other fall flavors.  I love baking with blueberries.  I’ve seen the blueberry-lemon combination many times, but I thought the idea of blueberry-lime sounded really good, so I [...]

Dobos Torta (Daring Bakers)

The August 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Angela of A Spoonful
of Sugar and Lorraine of Not Quite Nigella. They chose the spectacular Dobos
Torte based on a recipe from Rick Rodgers’ cookbook Kaffeehaus:  Exquisite
Desserts from the Classic Caffés of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague.
I love making cakes for the Daring Bakers.  It’s so much [...]

Peach Melba Cake

I got the book Sky High for Christmas, and one of the first cakes I noticed was this Peach Melba Cake.  I showed it to David and he told me that he wanted that to be his birthday cake.  It looked so good, and I was excited about making it, even though I would have [...]

Wilton Course 2 Final Cake

I finished Course 2 this week.  I will admit to not being all that excited about course 2, especially since I was taking course 3 at the same time and was more excited about working with fondant.  I wanted to take course 2 anyway because I knew that I would pick up some techniques that [...]

Wilton Course 3 Final Cake

I am now finished the third Wilton course!  I was so excited to finally make a tiered cake.  I have really enjoyed course 3 and I love working with fondant.  It’s amazing what beautiful creations you can make with it!  For the final class, we had to bring in our cake layers covered with fondant.  [...]

Wilton Course 3, Classes 1 & 2

Since I’m a teacher and I’m off for the summer, I wanted to take the Wilton classes while I had so much time.  After finishing Course 1, you can go on and take any of the other classes, so I’m taking Courses 2 and 3 this month.  I was particularly excited about Course 3 because [...]

Wilton Course 1 Class 3

During Class 3, we made the infamous Clown Cake.  It was a very warm day, so my clowns leaned a little bit on the ride home.  When I arrived at class, we continued practicing roses.  I am going to practice more this weekend so that my roses will be pretty for the final cake next [...]