VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS...DANCED IN THEIR HEADS!

This Holiday may a delightful Sugar Plum Fairy cupcake entertain your guests! A blissful Grand Marnier cupcake with cranberry, a hint of ora...

Snowflake Cupcakes-Georgetown Cupcake Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

I finally got my copy of "The Cupcake Diaries", the book from the sisters at Georgetown Cupcakes . I was very excited to try their...

baking away from home

(the photos in this post appear faded and washed out, which is intentional...) Nothing beats a nice, warm homemade muffin over a cup of hot ...

Chocolate-Dipped Fruit or How To 'Temper' Chocolate

My love affair with chocolate-covered strawberries goes way back. Waaaaay back. I love them. So, I had to include them in my chocolate desse...

Staff Picks at Kiwicakes - CUPCAKES (by Grandma Kiwicakes)

With Christmas fast approaching we're all discussing our Christmas goodies . As Sandra is very busy getting all your parcels ready I tho...

Photos from our last cake decorating class

Last Sunday was our figure modelling class with Lisa - it was booked out with 12 students. Our students made horses & teddies, these pho...

It takes a bit to get me super-excited!

I shall try to refrain from using too many superfluous exclamations while raving about this new product. But I am so terribly super excited ...

Over a Holiday Weekend...

Chocolate Eclairs and the Jewish Deli

Memory is a tricky thing; a story in today's New York Times says that "Memory is not so much a record of the past as a rough sketc...

Bare Branch Wedding Cake

After the wind and rain this weekend, the branches on this cake look much like the branches on the trees in my yard!  Seriously, we just rak...

Vanilla-Dark Chocolate Mini Cakes

If you love chocolate, then you must have cakes made with ganache for a filling or frosting or both... like these! What You Need: Vanilla Ca...