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Tropical Paradise Cake

Written on June 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM, by

The powdered sugar has settled, the dishes are washed, the green and blue food colorings have faded from off my hands, and I’m back to my old, normal sleep schedule (whatever that is). Yes, this project was a doozy. But this particular project was a particularly fun doozy. One with turquoise waves, tropical vegetation, andContinue Reading

Schnazzing up a cake mix

Written on April 28, 2009 at 5:28 PM, by

Cake mixes — we should all hate them, right? They’re filled with all sorts of crazy preservatives and radioactive substances that you wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley. BUT! But. But when it’s your sister-in-law’s birthday, and you’ve been asked to make the birthday cake, and you get home from church and haveContinue Reading

Space Needle Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Written on March 7, 2009 at 10:36 PM, by

I think people underestimate the value of a good cry. I’m not just talking about crying in general – I’m talking about the hard-core, tear-jerking-movie-induced, that’s-what-I-get-for-investing-myself-emotionally-in-the-characters kind of cry. The kind where you give up trying to keep the tears inside the brim of your eyelids, and you stop trying to invent discreet ways toContinue Reading

Chocolate Rum Pound Cake

Written on March 2, 2009 at 4:56 PM, by

I’m still in the process of getting settled in here. You probably noticed the wacky reposting on Google Reader after I imported all my posts from Blogger. And you’ll notice some funny formatting and font issues with several of the posts that I imported from Blogger. I’m not sure why it decided to do that,Continue Reading

Orange Spice Pound Cake

Written on January 29, 2009 at 5:43 PM, by

***This is me just being a little nit-picky. You can probably tell the formatting is wonky in this post. That’s because I imported it from Blogger, and the Blogger Fairies did something weird to the fonts that I haven’t been able to fix. Okay, I’m done.*** For whatever ridiculous reason that I can’t figure out,Continue Reading