Mmm I bet you can smell the orange! These Orange Crush Cupcakes are the first of the three monthly themed cupcakes I do and this month I chose pop, that is soda to you southern folks! I did end up putting some straight buttercream in the center of the cakes too so there is a [...]
I just recently made cinnamon rolls from scratch for the first time. And it won’t be the last time either. As always with yeast you have to cross your fingers that it works and the first time I made a dough it didn’t rise but I tweaked my recipe the 2nd time and it was [...]
Earlier this week I received a box from The Olive Tap, an outfit our of Illinois that is making some of the most amazing olive oils and vinegars I have ever had the pleasure of trying. In particular they sent me some Tuscan Herb, which is really great quality olive oil mixed with a precise [...]
10. Apple Bird My version,its a bowl 9. Crocembouche (cream puff cake with spun sugar) 8. Cakes 7. Beef Wellington 6. Crown Roast 5. Mahi Mahi with Mango Salsa 4. Boeuf Bourguignon 3. Coconut Creme Pie (Father in law is BEGGING) 2. Risotto and Gnocchi ( taking italian cooking next semester, might help!) 1. Seafood [...]
So keeping your laughter to a minimum, I present to you my first cake. What do you mean your first cake Candy how is that possible? Well its simple. I have never decorated a cake before. A monkey can spread frosting over a cake and slap some candles on it. No this cake, my first [...]
One of the things that is imperative for me to cook in any decent fashion is a GOOD pantry. My house is so small that I can’t really have the pantry I want, which would be exactly like the one in that pic. I would not have doors and have it be extremely accessible. I [...]
