It’s high time I talked about my life outside of baking cakes, huh? I thought I’d share some pictures from a short beach trip my brother, a couple friends, and I went on last weekend. The highlight was most definitely the canoeing. From where we stayed, we could bike it on over to the docks at the bay. (We’re talkin’ Fenwick Island, Delaware, which is between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay.) It was super sweet. Of course there…
This week I’ve been working on lots and lots of cake recipes using sweetened coconut flakes. So far, two have been successful. The first: raspberry coconut. It’s mad tasty, I promise. One thing of note with this recipe: the batter won’t rise very much, so you should fill your pan or cupcake liners at least 3/4 full when baking! Also, please excuse the fact that I was silly and took the cupcakes out of the liners…which made them look less-than-perfect…
This past Thursday I had the wonderful, wonderful opportunity to bake cupcakes on ABC4 Utah’s The Daily Dish. And…I still kind of can’t believe it happened. I mean, how sweet is that? It started just about a week prior, actually. I was on ABC4’s website, saw a feature called “send us a recipe,” sent them a link to my blog, and bam—the next day I had an invite sitting in my inbox. After a couple of e-mails back and forth,…
If you’re visiting after seeing me bake on the Daily Dish…welcome! If not…still welcome! Ha. Anyway. Today I bring you the down-low on incorporating roses into your cake recipes. The good news is this: It’s so easy. It’s really just a matter of knowing what ingredients you need and what to do with them. These are the 3 rose-flavored ingredients you’ll encounter: Rose water. Don’t let the word “water” fool you—this stuff is dang powerful. You can purchase it in…
Today I bring you a delicious vanilla lavender cake recipe. Just like baking rose-flavored things, baking with lavender is easy! So, don’t be afraid. Here are a few of the options you have: If you are going to use fresh lavender sprigs, make sure they are organically grown! No pesticides. No wild lavender from the side of the road where car exhaust hits it. To use it, start with the freshest organically grown lavender you can get your hands on.…
I felt kind of odd creating a banana cake recipe because so often bananas find themselves in muffins. But I had some super ripe bananas that I needed to use up. So…banana cake it is! Banana Cake or Cupcakes Makes about 18 cupcakes or just over enough batter for one 9″ round cake pan. (Note that a typical cake involves doubling the recipe and baking two pans’ worth of batter.) Ingredients 1 1/2 cups cake flour 1 tsp baking powder…