Starting out with a Bang!

Make Your Own Top Pot Doughnuts

As a baker, I enjoy cooking, but I'll admit that baking just cakes can become tiring at times.  But that doesn't mean that I don...

'Tween Girl Birthday Party: Animal Print Cupcakes

One of the cake-y things I do is go to birthday parties and workshops in the Twin Cities and teach cake, cupcake or cookie decorating. I te...

Vanilla Cupcakes with raspberry buttercream icing - Kids in the kitchen

Many of you who follow my blog regularly will know my ten year old daughter Poppy loves to bake &  cook. These school holidays she's...

Orange and Almond Torte (gluten and dairy-free)

Have you succumbed to the January diet and detox racketeers, peddling promises of a new you for a new year? To throw a spanner into your goo...

Black Forest Cake with Chocolate Ganache

  Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte ! That's what this Black Forest Cake is called in Germany, where the recipe originated. It is a delightful ...

Happy New Year! 2013 Was Pretty Sweet In Coco Cake Land!

It's been a wild and wonderful year, both cakey and otherwise. My little man Teddy turned one, my husband is plowing through his third y...