Last time I looked, it was years since I made a cake "just because." It was always too decadent and dangerous to have at home, considering my fondness for layer cakes. But recently I had to use up a large amount of buttermilk. I could have gone the easy route and whipped up a batch... Continue Reading →
Post New Year: Let’s get drunk on cake
Surprising that there is leftover champage following New Year's Eve. Truth is that I was drinking sparkling cider for New Year's Eve and know squat about champagne. But I did pick up a bottle of inexpensive champagne (3 for $10) at the grocery store for the sole purpose of making champagne cake.My first bite of... Continue Reading →
The first time I cried over a cake
The ice cream cake for my 30th last year made me cry. It wasn't so much the cake itself as the art that graced the top of the cake: a Batgirl sketch by Bruce Timm. No, no.... Mr. Timm did not get behind the counter and decorate it himself but the art was tranferred there... Continue Reading →
My Burning Kitchen... on the road 