In Search of the Perfect Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

Martha Stewart’s “One Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes” just did not do it for me.  I know there are lots of folks out there that love that recipe.  Unfortunately, I am not one of them.  So I decided to start trying out some other chocolate cupcake recipes and happened upon a great Cupcake Wedding Cakes post over [...]

Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Icing

I have finally started trying a few of the recipes in the Martha Stewart “Living” that came out in January.  The issue has a number of fabulous cupcakes with pictures and recipes.  If you missed the issue, check for it at your local library. The first cupcake recipe I tried was the “One Bowl Chocolate [...]

Wedding Cake and Cupcake Recipe

I don’t usually buy Martha Stewart’s “Living” magazine but the great cupcake pictures on the cover of this month’s issue really caught my eye.  The first thing I thought of was how easy it would be to adapt those cupcakes for use at a wedding reception. As you know, wedding cupcakes are all the rage [...]

Almond Wedding Cake Recipe Part 2 (with lots of pics)

Over the weekend I decided to make the Almond Sour Cream Bundt cake I last posted about (find the recipe at Almond Wedding Cake Recipe).  Here are some great tips and some pics of the finished product. I made the recipe just as listed with the exception of using 1 tsp. vanilla and 1/2 tsp. [...]

Almond Wedding Cake Recipe with tips

Here’s a great cake that would look (and taste) marvelous topped with whipped cream and strawberries (instead of the called for frosting). Or make a small layer cake like the one below.  Think about how easy this one would be to make – buttercream frosting, a red ribbon at the base of each layer, some [...]

Elegant White Wedding Cake Recipe

A dense and moist cake, if you’re looking for a white wedding cake recipe this one aims to please!  This is a great option to “make it ahead” as it tastes even better the second day.   Elegant White Wedding Cake Recipe 5 1/4 cups sifted cake flour 6 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons salt [...]

Cake Decorating While You Sleep

If only cake decorating were this easy…     Watch to the end. Very cute

Elegant and Simple Wedding Cakes

What a stunning set up Wilton has created in this pic: The first thing I thought of was to place the two smaller cakes on cake plates of varying heights to give the arrangement some height.  It would require just two plates that you could find at any department store.  I am sure Martha would [...]

Rose Bundt Cake and Coconut Wedding Cake Recipe

Looking for a simple and quick wedding cake alternative? A simple and easy way to make a beautiful cake is to start with the Nordic Ware Rose Bundt Cake pan. The Nordic Ware bundt cake pans are high quality and the cakes come out of the pans with ease (be sure to use Baker’s Joy [...]

Heating Cores used in Wedding Cake Recipes

  If you have been doing some research in the field of wedding cake recipes and wedding cake decorating you have, no doubt, come across the mention of a “heating core”. A heating core is a device you can use to heat your larger cake layer up from the center.  It is primarily used to [...]

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