You put the lime in the coconut!

I’m a chocolate loving girl. I tend to think a dessert doesn’t qualify as dessert if there isn’t chocolate in there somewhere. This is why I am so reluctant to try any recipe that doesn’t include some kind of chocolate. But I’m trying to be more adventurous and open-minded as of late, so I am [...]

The perfect classic cupcake

I found it! The perfect vanilla cupcake recipe! Over the past few months, I’ve tried a few yellow or vanilla cake recipes with varying success. When I made cupcakes for my daughter’s birthday earlier this summer(see Cupcakes), I was not completely happy with the yellow ones. I really wanted to find the recipe for THE [...]

Cake pop trials & tribulations

If you know what a cake pop is then you undoubtedly know who Bakerella is. I don’t think she invented the cake pop, but since she started making the cutest ones on the planet, they have become synonymous with her name. My friend Sheila directed me to her blog earlier this year and I fell [...]

For the love of cheesecake!

My husband absolutely adores blueberries and is always asking me to bake something with them. I’m not a huge fan of them as I prefer chocolate in almost every dessert, so I never grant his requests (sorry honey). But for his special days, I try to make him happy, although I do admit I have [...]

Cupcakes make a splash!

My beautiful daughter turned three this July. She is a summer baby, so we celebrated with a backyard splash party. Since the party was going to be outside and the children ranged in age from 15 months to 4 years old,  I opted to keep dessert simple and serve cupcakes.  Kids love cupcakes and who can [...]