My sister decided to host an ugly sweater party for her birthday, which happens to fall on Twelfth Night (the 12th day of Christmas, Epiphany, Dia de los Reys, etc.). I feel a little funny posting a holiday blog several weeks after the holidays, but life got in the way, and I am just now…
Category: Cake
Gingerbread Cupcakes
To get my gingerbread fix for the year I decided on making these gingerbread cupcakes for a dinner party last week. Gingerbread is one of those desserts that tastes best the day after it has been baked, and all the bold flavors have had the time to strengthen and meld. It is also a cake…
Honey Cardamom Apple Cake
Apples! Apples! Apples!!! They are everywhere this time of year! It’s a good thing that I love them. In fact, I am a bit of an apple snob. I refuse to eat them off season, but once September comes around my apple a day becomes three apples a day – time to make up for…
Bourbon Butterscotch Cake
A moist cake with a delightfully buttery flavor – this is my new favorite yellow cake recipe. I was aiming to make bourbon butterscotch blondies for a fundraising food auction, but I ran out of regular flour, had to improvise, and thus a new recipe was born. I’ll get back to the blondies at a…
The Ephemeral Bee 