Today is my friend Andrea’s birthday! (Happy Birthday!). Our group of friends celebrated at our weekly Sunday Night Dinner, and I made a birthday cake. I used to make birthday cupcakes, but I decided that an actual cake has a more celebratory feel. I also think a cake is easier to frost and transport than […]
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Whiskey Chocolate Caramel Cake
This is probably the best cake I have ever made. Everyone at the party was raving about it, and I don’t think that they were doing it just to be nice. One guy even admitted to eating 3 pieces. I made this cake for my friend Adrian’s birthday because he loves whiskey. Although I am […]
Vanilla Cupcakes with Whipped Frosting
This past Saturday we had another September birthday celebration. My lovely friends Andrea and Jenn both turned 30 which meant that we needed to have a big party! It turned into wonderful weekend long event. It was so great getting to see Andrea’s parents – her mom Fay is this blog’s biggest fan, and her brother and cousins. […]
Chocolate Cake with Bailey’s Frosting
I recently realized that I never posted the recipe for Zinni’s birthday cake. I made this cake before this blog existed, so please excuse the not so great photo! My inspiration for this cake was one of Giada’s cupcake recipes on Food Networks’s website. I made those cupcakes for my friend Hockema’s birthday which is […]