Baby Shower for Dana!

Dana is having twins! I decorated her cake with those sweet little shiny balls- one pink, one blue, one gold - all the way around the cake. Blue for boy, pink for girl and gold for mommy!

Leo Michael's Baptism

It was a hot summer so there wasn't much going on in my kitchen. Then it was a gorgeous fall and I was outside as much as possible. With the cooler air arriving, I think I will be baking more. This is a banana cake with cream cheese frosting! Aren't those little silver balls so sweet? The things we can do with sugar!

Pumpkin... in yogurt, in a smoothie!

It has nothing to do with cake but I wanted to share it anyway... I love this time of year and I bake a lot of pumpkin bread and I always have leftover pumpkin! So.... here's what you do...

Make Pumpkin Yogurt:

Mix plain yogurt with canned pumpkin. Add a bit of maple syrup, cinnamon, ground cloves and you have a delicious fall yogurt! (My son loves this). If you'd like, mix in some other already flavored yogurt for additional sweetness although the syrup is perfect. Enjoy!
Make a Pumpkin Smoothie:

Add a heaping spoonful of your canned pumpkin into a banana strawberry smoothie. Add frozen fruit, almond milk, plain yogurt and a bit of OJ.

Lucas is 2!

My sweet baby turned two April 4th. We coupled his birthday with our going away party and on April 11, 2010 we moved from San Rafael, CA (just north of San Francisco) to Cincinnati! This was my first 2 tier cake and I was very pleased how it turned out.

Birthday Cake for Betty!

My first cake in Cincinnati! Thank you to Nancy and Janie of the Row House Gallery for the opportunity to make this banana cake for Betty!

Baby Showers at McGuire

Two of Eric's colleagues are having babies. A boy and a girl- so pink and blue were the colors of choice for this chocolate cake with buttercream frosting. I'm so excited to personally deliver this cake tomorrow morning!

Christmas Cookies

I loved making sugar cookies with my mom at Christmas so I decided to dress up an old favorite. These are topped with royal icing and peppermint chips. Yum!