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Tag Archives: cake
Recipe Monday – Blueberry Velvet Cake
Another birthday, another birthday cake. This year the girls wanted a blue cake with pink frosting and the closest I could get was a blueberry velvet cake with strawberry cream cheese frosting. I only had one mess-up, too. … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, birthday, blueberry velvet cake, cake, dessert, fruit dessert, kids, recipes
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Recipe Monday – Orange Buttercream Frosting
I put food coloring in here because when my girls said orange frosting, they meant orange frosting. Without the false coloring it has an incredibly gentle, classy light orange tinge. RECIPE:
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Tagged baking, cake, desserts, frosting, icing, orange buttercream frosting, recipes
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Recipe Monday – Chocolate Cake and Strawberry Frosting
Have you heard enough about my magnificent from-scratch chocolate cake and strawberry cream cheese frosting? Of course not! You need the recipes! Look, it’s so awesome it glows…like an angel. Okay, cake first: (and they weren’t kidding when they … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, chocolate cake, desserts, recipes, strawberry cream cheese frosting, strawberry frosting
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Recipe Monday: Marble Cake
This is the first cake I’ve ever made from scratch. It was not hard, and not bad! Of course, it’s a marble cake because one girl wanted vanilla and the other chocolate. What can you do? Next week, I’ll post … Continue reading
Birthday Bash
So, I turned thirty yesterday. And really, for the most part, it was great. It feels just like 29! The girls spent two days painting me a box for my birthday. Like a produce box. Just an old box, and … Continue reading
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Tagged birthdays, cake, children, friends, friendship, italian food, kids, parenting, parties, recipes, toddlers
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Toasted Coconut Cake
I used a base recipe, but made most of this up. It came out good! RECIPE:
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Tagged baking, cake, cake mix, coconut cake, desserts, parenting, recipes, toasted coconut cake
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Toddler Tricks – 76: Cake and Marker
Problem: It’s someone’s birthday, and you want to make a sheet cake, but you can never get it out of the pan without cracking it or crumbling it in some way. Solution: Aluminum foil. If you line the pan with … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, baking, cake, children, cleaning, kids, markers, parenting, toddler tricks, toddlers
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Recipe Monday – Marshmallow Buttercream Frosting
A great twist on buttercream frosting, not too sweet, and not too sticky. And so easy! RECIPE:
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Tagged baking, birthdays, cake, frosting, homemade frosting, marshmallow frosting, parties, recipes
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