This triple berry cake is everything! Tender cake layers floating between thick bands of light-as-air mascarpone whipped cream frosting with gorgeous ripe strawberries, blackberries and blueberries! It’s such a seasonal treat and even though this cake is massive, I guarantee it won’t last a day! This post is sponsored by ALDI. As always, I only…
Easy Tiramisu
I love tiramisu because it has all of my favorite things in one package: coffee, brandy, a super creamy but not too sweet custard and just a little chocolate! I also love immediate gratification and things that are easy to transport and serve so it only make sense to make a sheet cake version of…
Strawberry Cupcakes
Have you ever had an amazing strawberry cupcake? I hadn’t! The ones I tried always had some artificial taste to them, which is something I just can’t handle. I think the problem is if you use fresh strawberries then the cupcakes aren’t going to last long, which is not good for a bakery or distributor…
How to Get Perfect Flat Cake Layers
Few things frustrate me more than domed cake layers with burnt edges. I make cakes QUITE often so you can imagine I like things to go smoothly especially since I’m usually filming and sharing the results. When I first started out my cakes had a very “home made” look about them, the corners were rounded…
Strawberry Jam
It’s strawberry season and I basically lost my mind at the farmer’s market. I bought pounds and pounds of delicious ripe strawberries thinking I would be using them in salads, desserts and to snack on. I did all those things but still had a ton left over that were at peak ripeness and wouldn’t last…
Mango Mousse
My mom came over with a ripe mango, some coconut cream and a lot of excitement exclaiming the virtues of this super-simple recipe that I HAD to try out. Just four ingredients and no baking make for a very quick and easy treat and it all just so happens to be vegan! I will note…
Smash Cakes
OK so I actually have no idea what most smash cakes look like but I heard that they should be two layer six inch cakes and that’s what I made! They’re covered in buttercream roses I piped with my new 120 and 122 tips but otherwise it’s a very straight-forward naked cake. You could make…
Dulce De Leche Cake
So dulce de leche is one of my favorite flavors to work with! The rich and creamy caramel textures work perfectly with my everyday buttercream. But I do want to be real with you and let you know that you can’t add too much of the dulce de leche to the buttercream as it is…
Orchid Cake
So I’ve been enjoying experimenting a bit with different buttercream flowers on my cakes lately and it’s been so fun! I made a “painted” rose cake last week where I mostly used a palette knife to create petals and it gave an interesting three dimensional effect to the surface but this time I wanted to…
Painted Cake
So first off I love the overall effect of this cake. To my eye it looks like a piece of delicate porcelain, which I’m all about! I’ve wanted to make a painted cake for the longest time. Many, many, many years ago I was an art major at UCLA and after graduating painted for a…
Rosette Cookies
My mom used to make these cookies when I was just a little boy and OMG they are AMAZING! So amazing in fact that I never forgot them, even after we lost the set used to make them and the memory became increasingly distant. So let me break it down for you, These are paper-thin…
Rose Cookies
I made a batch of my FAVORITE no spread sugar cookies the other day and even though I have hundreds of cookie cutters I just can’t stop using me circles, so clean and classic! This recipe has seriously never let me down, the addition of corn starch is basically magic as it allows the dough…
Moist Vanilla Cupcake Recipe
So believe it or not, out of all of the many desserts I make these simple vanilla cupcakes are the most requested treat among my circle of friends. Being friends with me does mean I will be taking birthday cake and cupcake requests. 😀I’ve made this recipe for years and was SHOCKED when I realized…
Lavender Cake
I love a nice relaxing afternoon tea, there’s something so wonderful about sitting with some friends or a good book and just enjoying a moment respite from an increasingly hectic world. I have recipes for an assortment of tea sandwiches and scones on the blog but I hadn’t gotten around to a proper dessert to…
Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake
This pound cake is beyond addictive, which is really dangerous when a recipe is this easy to make! I think poppy seeds get a bad wrap because of sad, stale, and often oily store-bought muffins. In this cake they add a wonderful pop of texture and I love the way they look suspended in each…