36, baby!!!!! And this year, I decided to make my own birthday cake again. Instead of going for something huge, tall, and stacked, like I’ve always done, I decided to go in the total opposite direction. Light, airy, fluffy, and short. Like me, maybe? I love love love angel food cake and I’ve really never […]
Orange Cardamom Cake with Rose Buttercream
Where do I even begin with this cake???? Well okay, I’ll start by telling you that today is my 35th birthday. I LOVE BIRTHDAYS!!! And yeah, I’ve made my own birthday cake on and off for the last 7 years on my blog. But once in awhile, something REALLY special happens and someone else makes […]
Chocolate Olive Oil Cake with Candied Bacon
By this point, you must all know how much I love kosher bacon…lamb bacon, turkey bacon, beef bacon…it’s all delicious, crunchy, salty perfection. I even have a section on my blog just for kosher bacon! So with my 32nd birthday coming up in just a few days (yeah baby!!!), I thought it would be fun […]
Passover Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
If anyone has a Passover birthday (and even if you don’t), you understand the struggle of flavorless Passover birthday cakes! I’m talking about layers of fluffy tasteless cake with even more layers of overly sweet frosting that disappears in your mouth as soon as you take a bite. Well it’s time to forget all about […]
S’mores Cake
What better way to spend my 30th birthday (on May 3rd) than with the most perfect cake in the universe?!? Layer after layer of cake, frosting and ganache meld together into one super-large bite of s’mores awesomeness. Let’s start from the beginning…I eat a s’more almost every day. Graham cracker, marshmallow fluff and chocolate, melted […]
Pink and Purple Birthday
My baby girl, Nora, is turning one and to celebrate, we hosted an intimate gathering of 20-ish people at my parents house in Seattle. Deciding on the theme for the party wasn’t too difficult since Nora is such a dainty little princess who eats her food one bite at a time and can seriously rock a tutu. So […]