Monogram cake

For a baptism, the lucky boy was wearing blue and orange, so the stripes on the cake matched. Cake was chocolate with Oreo filling.

Dots & stripes cake

For sweet Claire, whose birthday is on New Year's day- she had a pre-Christmas birthday party at a candy store, complete with face painting and glitter tattoos. The cake was vanilla with vanilla filling.

Chevron Baby Shower Cake

This cake was for my friend and neighbor who was throwing a baby shower for a newly born Nicholas. She didn't give me any guidelines, only that she was using baby blue. I've always wanted to try this chevron design, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity. It isn't the straightest, but I loved trying something new. Maybe someone will request this again so I can improve :)

Cake was lemon with fresh strawberry buttercream.

TWD- Coffee Break Muffins and Party Cake!

Well, after a few birthdays, a week in Italy, a week recovering and getting kids in pre-school, I'm back to TWD! This week's recipe was for Coffee Break Muffins. We don't drink coffee, so I substituted cocoa powder for the espresso powder, and whole milk for the coffee. I also omitted the nutmeg. These muffins are SO good. They don't require a stand mixer- just a large bowl and a glass measuring cup. They come together in about 5 minutes and take about 18 to bake. I halved the recipe and wished I made the whole thing!

My kids loved them, too. I'm a big fan of chocolate and cinnamon together. They're moist and not too sweet- perfect for a fall breakfast!

Chocoholic Anonymous has the recipe (and a great blog)!

And I made a party cake for a 13th birthday!

70th Birthday Cake

For my aunt, who turned 70!!! My cousins planned a surprise dinner with almost all her relatives and gave her a surprise cruise and trip to Disneyland!