This week has been chalk full of real parties, and today is no exception. Today we're featuring a real baby shower brought to us by the talented Kim Mower, owner of Head of the Table and fellow blogger. With the most adorable theme and a modern color combination of grey and yellow, what mom-to-be wouldn't love this Alphabets & Elephants Baby Shower. There are so many little details to love about this shower! From alphabet poster to the baby blocks, the super cute diaper cake to ... Continue Reading
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2022 Gift Guide for Bakers
This post contains affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy. Thanksgiving is just one week away! As we celebrate a day filled with family and friends, we count our blessings for yet another wonderful year. Turkey and pumpkin desserts will flow and the holiday season will be underway. So today I’ve rounded up some of my favorite tools which will certainly be put to good use over the holiday season. I love using #18 to bake bacon in the oven. Yes, you can bake bacon and it's the best ... Continue Reading
Message Board Sheet Cake
Message Board Sheet Cake - say it with a message board inspired cake! A new cake decorating tutorial by our contributor, Erin Gardner. I’m a big fan of cake designs that offer many paths to the destination! Happen to have a scalloped cake comb and small letter mold on hand, awesome! No tools? No problem! Both of the key components to this design, the message board and letters, are easy to achieve no matter what you happen to have on hand. Create this cake to ... Continue Reading
Piped Hearts Valentine’s Cake
Piped Hearts Valentine's Cake - how to pipe buttercream hearts full of texture and color. A new tutorial by our contributor Whitney DePaoli. When it comes to Valentine’s Day cake decorating, hearts and pink color palettes are tradition. Today I’m going to show you how to put a modern spin on these classic Valentine’s Day cake decorations with one of my new favorite piping techniques, wholly inspired by one of my favorite Instagram cakers @frostedfujicakes! Whether you want to make a cake ... Continue Reading
Penguin Cake
Penguin Cake - a sprinkle coated penguin cake that is too adorable for words! A new cake decorating tutorial by our contributor, Erin Gardner. This precious little penguin cake is the perfect treat for a winter birthday or small holiday celebration. The idea for this guy was born from my sprinkle girl cakes. I imagine they’re all hanging out together in some fabulous sprinkle universe. Just like his sprinkle girl cousins, your sprinkle penguin cake can be customized in a number of ways. ... Continue Reading
Winter Wonderland Snowflake Cake
Winter Wonderland Snowflake Cake - a sparkle coated layer cake topped with snowflakes and frosted trees. A new cake decorating tutorial by our contributors, Mary and Brenda Maher of Cakegirls. This year we set out to make a classic cake with show stopping qualities that could easily be the centerpiece at your next holiday buffet. We went round and round with ideas and it wasn't until I took a snowy walk in Chicago that it seems so obvious. The streets and trees looked like the inside of ... Continue Reading
Christmas Wreath Cupcakes
Christmas Wreath Cupcakes - festive holiday cupcakes with piped buttercream wreaths in three different designs. A new tutorial by our contributor Whitney DePaoli. I’ve made all sorts of Holiday-inspired bakes over the years, from towering Christmas tree cakes to gingerbread house inspired projects and everything in between. But this year, as shopping centers everywhere string their Holiday lights and hang their festive wreaths, it dawned on me that wreath designs would make the ... Continue Reading
Hazelnut Nutcracker Cake
Hazelnut Nutcracker Cake - a brown sugar nutmeg cake with hazelnut praline buttercream and gorgeous swag buttercream piping. A new cake recipe by our contributor, Tessa Huff. Christmas always brings feelings of nostalgia and child-like wonder. And as I revel in the memories of my childhood around the holidays, it is always visions of sugarplums, snowflakes, and waltzing flowers that dance in and out of my mind. Whether in the ensemble or just a spectator, The Nutcracker has always been ... Continue Reading
Chocolate Eyeball Flower
Chocolate Eyeball Flower - how to make a creepy black chocolate flower with an edible eyeball center. A new Halloween cake tutorial by our contributor, Erin Gardner. For this creeptastic tutorial I called upon the ghosts of cakes past and married two of my most popular techniques: giant chocolate flowers and chocolate eyeballs. Both methods are far easier to execute than they appear with seriously impressive results. Make the eyes and petals as far in advance as you like and store ... Continue Reading
Brooklyn Blackout Cake
Brooklyn Blackout Cake - a decadent chocolate cake made with black cocoa and filled with fudgy chocolate pudding frosting. A new cake recipe by our contributor, Tessa Huff. This hauntingly dark and extremely fudgy cake is perfect for Halloween. Dating back to World War 2, this legendary cake was first created at Ebinger’s Bakery (1898 – 1972) – a long-standing bakery chain based out of Brooklyn. It’s chocolate cake crumb exterior and pudding filling is a nod to the mandatory blackouts of ... Continue Reading
Witch Cauldron Cake
Witch Cauldron Cake - how to make an amazing Halloween cauldron cake that looks like bubbling witches' brew with black buttercream, green ganache and gummy candies. A new tutorial by our contributor Whitney DePaoli. It’s the season of spooky desserts and I could not be more excited about it! I look forward to Halloween every year because it seems to bring about a wild sense of creativity and endless inspiration, especially when it comes to cake. This year I’m all about this Witch ... Continue Reading
Shag Cake
Shag Cake - how to make a fuzzy textured buttercream cake inspired by 70's shag carpet. A new tutorial by our contributor Whitney DePaoli. If you’ve been following cake trends on Instagram, chances are you’ve seen shag cakes popping up on your feed. Named for their texture being similar to the shag carpets of the 70’s, these retro looking cakes are not only captivating, but so easy to replicate with the right color palette and piping tips. I’m going to show you everything you need to ... Continue Reading
Cactus Cake
Cactus Cake - how to make a cute cactus themed cake with ombrè buttercream, edible sand and piped buttercream cacti. A new tutorial by our contributor Whitney DePaoli. There are few plants I love more than cactus. Whether they’re in pretty terracotta pots or speckling an arid landscape, I just can’t get enough of the look. I can’t help but create cake designs inspired by the things I love in everyday life, hence this cactus cake was born. Paired with a sunrise-esque buttercream ombrè ... Continue Reading
Candy Succulent Cake
Candy Succulent Cake - how to make a succulent cake with edible candy succulents. A new cake tutorial by our contributor, Erin Gardner. I must confess, I have a succulent problem. I really do! Every time I come across a new-to-me variety at the garden store, straight into the cart it goes. I can’t help myself. Don’t you just want to squeeze those juicy little petals!? The shapes, the colors, the easy care instructions of these pretty desert plants -- I love all things ... Continue Reading
XOXO Valentine’s Day Cake
XOXO Valentine's Day Cake - how to make a pink striped buttercream cake decorated with chocolate lips, hearts and an XOXO topper. A fun valentine idea full of hugs and kisses by our contributors, Mary and Brenda Maher of Cakegirls. I know that Valentine's Day is typically filled with romance and is a chance to show your affection to that one very special person that makes your life so complete. Well, I get that. And, yes, I adore my husband. But I have so many people in my life that ... Continue Reading
Best of 2018 – Reader Favorites
Happy New Year! I know, I know. The new year started weeks ago and here I am, more than a little late to 2019. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to kick off another new year. Personally I like to start each year with a little reflection and some goal setting. Even though it sounds cliché, this is something I’ve been doing for years now so it seems very natural to me, but I completely get it's not for everyone. I think the start of each new year is a great time to refocus on ... Continue Reading
Christmas Present Cupcakes
Christmas Present Cupcakes - how to decorate cupcakes to look like a gift box. A quick and easy holiday cupcake perfect for dessert or gift giving. A new tutorial by our contributors, Mary and Brenda Maher of Cakegirls. I love Christmas. It's an amazing time with friends and family. The city is strung far and wide with twinkling lights, the snow is sparkling, warm cookies fill the house with Christmas aroma, the tree is trimmed and the presents are thoughtfully wrapped. Traditional, ... Continue Reading
Chocolate Toffee Crunch Cake
Chocolate Toffee Crunch Cake - fudgy chocolate cake lightly spiced with cinnamon paired with crunchy toffee bits and silky smooth chocolate buttercream frosting. A new layer cake recipe by our contributor, Tessa Huff. Winter always sneaks up on me. On the lucky days where the sun in shining bright, I tend to forget just how crisp and cold the outside air is here in Canada. We’ve lived up here for five years now, and with Thanksgiving in October, I feel like the holiday season gets ... Continue Reading
2018 Holiday Gift Guide for Bakers
Thanksgiving is just two days away! As we celebrate a day filled with family and friends, we count our blessings for yet another wonderful year. Turkey and pumpkin desserts will flow and the holiday season will be underway. This year my family is finally within driving distance of extended relatives for the first time in TEN years. Grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins all within reach, which is such a blessing. Our house is the official destination for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years ... Continue Reading
Pumpkin Sheet Cake
Pumpkin Sheet Cake - easy pumpkin cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting, made from scratch and perfect for a crowd. Tall, elegantly stacked and frosted to perfection - what's not to love about the layer cakes that typically grace our blog posts? Of course, we all love a good layer cake because there's simply no beating the presentation. But sometimes, they are not so... practical. Sometimes you need a cake for a large crowd or a pot luck or a school event or simply when you won't be ... Continue Reading
Pumpkin Cupcakes 8 Ways
Pumpkin Cupcakes 8 Ways - Eight ways to decorate a pumpkin cupcake with buttercream frosting. Learn how to pipe rosette pumpkins, short pumpkins, tall pumpkins, easy pumpkins and frilly pumpkins! Even though Halloween has come and gone, there's no reason to end our relationship with everything pumpkin. Especially when Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. We have a vast selection of pumpkin recipes here on the blog and more than a few delicious pumpkin cupcakes (like this classic ... Continue Reading
Animal Skeleton Cake
Animal Skeleton Cake - a carousel cake full of spooky animal cracker skeletons, with a playful sugar skull vibe. A new Halloween / Day of the Dead tutorial by our contributor Erin Gardner. Halloween is my favorite holiday, because it’s all about having fun. I love cutesie-spooky things and tend to shy away from the more realistic and gory side of the day. This is why I’m going to ask you to come along with me and take some artistic liberties when it comes to skeletal accuracy. I ... Continue Reading
Spiderweb Cake
Spiderweb Cake - how to carve buttercream icing to make a spooky spiderweb cake design. So easy and no need to pipe! A new Halloween tutorial by our contributor Erin Gardner. As I’ve stated a number of times in many other cake decorating tutorials, I’m not a fan of piping. I envy those with a steady hand and firm resolve to pipe, but I am not one of them. So when I had the idea for a simple but spooky Halloween cake involving a sparkly candy spider, I had to figure out how to make a web ... Continue Reading
10 Apple Recipes to Bake
Everywhere you look, there's signs that autumn has arrived. The heat is finally breaking and lower temperatures are slowing appearing in the forcast. Football fills our weekends and the apple selection at the market is overflowing with abundance. Now is the perfect time to head out to an orchard for some apple picking! I have to admit, this is the first year in quite a while where apple picking is not on our family bucket list. Since moving to Austin, we're still adjusting to the the lack of ... Continue Reading
Sunflower Cake
Sunflower Cake - how to make gorgeous sunflower cake decorations using melted chocolate and a knife. A new tutorial by our contributor Erin Gardner. I love chocolate flowers (newsflash) and I love sunflowers. However, I’ve never really loved making chocolate sunflowers or using them to decorate cakes. The flat flower shape always felt limiting. My options were either stick the flower directly onto the side of the cake or perch it flat on top looking like some sort of futuristic ... Continue Reading
TV Dinner Sheet Cake
TV Dinner Sheet Cake! Learn how to make this old school, frozen TV dinner sheet cake -- perfect for Father's Day and/or April Fool's Day -- with a simple step-by-step tutorial by our contributors, Mary and Brenda Maher of Cakegirls. It's Father's Day and when it comes to making a cake, we think we can do a whole lot better than that generic shirt and tie cake for our Dad ...ugh. In fact, our Dad never even wore a tie to work. Our Dad is warm and funny and not at all generic, so we thought ... Continue Reading
Chocolate Lily of the Valley
Chocolate Lilies - how to make Lily of the Valley cake decorations with chocolate. A new tutorial by our contributor Erin Gardner. After months of snow falling outside my window, the first day of spring came and went. While it still does not feel like spring, these delicate chocolate lily of the valley are helping to make me a believer. They would certainly warm up a spring birthday, shower or Mother's Day brunch. The technique for these tiny blooms was inspired by the ... Continue Reading
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