Tag Archives: birthday
Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
If you haven’t tried this combination yet, get on it! (Truthfully, I hadn’t before this cake either.) A friend requested this cake for his birthday recently, so I dug up two tried and true recipes. The first, for the cake, was the Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe. Instead of cupcakes, I made two 9″ round cakes. […]
Jack Daniel’s Caramel Cupcakes
A friend of mine had a birthday party recently. It was one of those events that spans both hours and miles, which was actually quite considerate of her. Living in LA is sometimes unlike anywhere else, in that people don’t want to drive a few miles to a different part of town if they don’t […]
Creamsicle – The Cocktail(sicle?)
I just had a pretty significant birthday pass, thank you to all of you who helped me celebrate, and one of the ways I wanted to make my party stand out was by offering a signature cocktail. (That’s in addition to the decorations and party favors I had, which you can read about on They […]
Rockstar Cupcakes
Check out some cute manly cupcakes I made for a Rock ‘n Roll birthday party for a totally rockin’ dude. I used my chocolate cupcake base with a vanilla buttercream frosting. I topped each cupcake with a skull and crossbones made from royal icing, and drew on their little, precious manly faces with edible marker. I […]
Key Lime Pie
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope the stars align in your favor this year 🙂 Now, for business… While we were all in Florida, my uncle had a birthday. My aunt suggested we make him a key lime pie to celebrate. How could I argue? We took the filling and meringue recipes from the NY […]
Cookie Season
There are a lot of birthdays and holiday parties around this time of year, and since I’m not a big drinker I’d much rather bring cookies than alcohol for people to consume. I get a little carried away when baking, I like variety, so I usually end up making more than one kind of cookie. […]
My Baking Empire 