Category Archives: Themed
Happy Pi Day!
This year’s occurrence of the geeky new tradition, Pi Day, coincided with a rare snow day in the Northeastern U.S. and I had an unlikely opportunity to throw myself into a little baking to celebrate. Cherry Pi’s – As individual, … Continue reading
Nerf Cake
I got to have some fun making a cake themed around a Nerf birthday party. I struggled on a creative direction, but decided to go more traditional.
Viking Pie/Cake
On the occasion of a dear friend’s birthday, I got to have a lot of fun making something less traditional. She’s a huge scholar of Viking culture and a culinary anthropologist. One of her very favorite desserts is lemon meringue … Continue reading
Cakethulhu!
I don’t often serve cake for just regular dinner parties, so I had a lot of fun preparing this for a small gathering of friends. This is a three layer, seven inch red velvet (dark purple velvet, technically, because I … Continue reading
Día de los Muertos Cake
I got the opportunity to experiment with covering a cake with modeling chocolate again. Some friends of ours were throwing a Día de los Muertos-themed party. With our hosts planning to dress as a sugar skull bridal party, it seemed … Continue reading
Star Wars Death Star Pie
I’ll admit it. I get bored easily. That’s annoyed a lot of people over the years, but in the interests of using my powers for good, here’s some fun I had with a standard apple pie. Star Wars is always … Continue reading
Ghoulish Brie en Croute
Delayed Gratification I’m a patient person – or else a colossal procrastinator… I’d gotten this cutesy, 3-D lamb cake mold at least 10 years ago now, and always dreamed of doing something, well, different with it for Halloween. For years … Continue reading
Gender Reveal Bundt
Here’s a simple way to make a “gender reveal” item for baby showers or other baby-related festivities. You just need to make batter for any Bundt-style cake mold and then dye roughly a third of it the color you like. … Continue reading
Fireworks Cookies
I thought these cookies, showing fireworks in patriotic colors, would be a great addition to our Independence Day celebrations. As luck would have it, I had leftover, whole wheat cookie dough in the freezer in colors that would be suitable. … Continue reading
Teacher Appreciation Cake
A quick, relatively simple project for teacher appreciation. I added the white fondant coating mostly because I had some extra sitting around and because I wanted to use the new butter cream frosting recipe I came upon recently, which can’t … Continue reading
