Roopa As an early birthday/graduation present, my parents got me a stand mixer! It’s this lovely, 800W, 5.5 quart bad boy right here: I need to decide what to name it! To test it out, I made some stiff icing and made flowers. I maaaayy have gone a little overboard with the flowers; I was … More Stand Mixer + Flowers
Roopa I’ve always eyed rainbow cakes – I like bright things far too much – and finally decided to try making one. I modeled it off of Sweetapolita’s rainbow cake, but changed things up with the decorations, mostly based on the birthday boy’s favourites. The cake recipe can be found here: http://sweetapolita.com/2011/04/rainbow-doodle-birthday-cake/ I didn’t have … More Rainbow Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Roopa It was my sister’s birthday, and the primary requirements were “vanilla” and “pink.” I feel like I succeeded! The recipe I used can be found here:http://sweetapolita.com/2010/10/classic-vanilla-butter-cake/ I halved the recipe and used egg replacer in this cake, so it was a little more dense than I would have liked. I have since started trying … More Vanilla Cake
Chianti Chocolate Cupcakes Alana These are red wine flavoured cupcakes from Sprinkle Bakes. I have previously described them as a mouth-gasm. The picture is a link to the original recipe.
Red Velvet Cupcakes Alana Red velvet used to be my go-to cupcake for all occasions. I always pair it with cream cheese icing; the trick is to add a teaspoon of cinnamon 🙂 The recipe I use is from Sweetapolita (link is the picture).
Chateau Gateau 