I was dog sitting this past week for a wonderful dog named Mocha – yes, she is named after something that would be toxic to her if she ever ingested it, but she is as sweet as could be, and being named after something that might kill her just makes her edgy… right? Either way,…
Tag: Cake
Fudge Upside Down Cake
My brother came home last week after spending the past year and a half wandering around south east Asia and Australia. To welcome him home I baked him his favorite cake. Harking back to my Midwestern roots this cake is also known as a Kansas City Chocolate Cake, and was introduced into my baking repertoire…
Garden Gnome Funfetti Cake
My sister was born on the Day of the Three Kings, the Feast of the Epiphany, or the Twelfth Day of Christmas also referred to as the Twelfth Night, not that any of that really mattered when it came to this year’s birthday cake. It has been a long running family joke that the shortest…
Gingerbread
I was not able to get my gingerbread fix over Christmas due to the dozens of cookies still hanging around, so I made sure to ring in of the New Year with this seasonal treat. For me a good gingerbread needs to be moist, heavily spiced, and served with a contrasting set of flavors to…
The Ephemeral Bee 