Boston Cream Whoopie Pies

Whoopie pies are cute as can be and make a wonderful few-bite dessert.  You know what makes them even better?  Filling them with my favorite (rich, smooth, beloved) vanilla pastry cream.  There isn’t much I can resist when this pastry cream is involved and these sweet little treats are no exception.  I first saw the […]

Boston Cream Pie

Recently a couple of our good friends came over for dinner.  Since one of them had just celebrated a birthday, I thought a birthday-appropriate dessert was in order.  I remembered that he had absolutely LOVED the Boston cream pie cupcakes that I made for them a while back, so I thought this would be the […]

Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes

I have never actually had Boston cream pie, but I think I automatically love it because I LOVE these cupcakes!  I wasn’t so sure about them at first because I am admittedly a boxed cake snob.  I really don’t like to make things with boxed cake mix if I can help it.  I almost made […]

Boo-tiful Ghost Cake

Hello, Halloween!  I see you just around the corner and I can’t wait.  I’ve been baking up some festive Halloween-inspired treats for a couple of weeks and I hope this week’s posts provide some inspiration if you need some.  I’ve seen quite a few variations on ghost cakes and cupcakes similar to this one many […]

Cupcakes Rule

Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cupcakes   Angel Food Cupcakes   Ladybug Cupcakes Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes Oreo Cupcakes Twilight Cupcakes Werewolf Cupcakes Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes Apple Pie Cupcakes Butterfly Cupcakes   Strawberry Champagne Cupcakes White Chocolate Mocha Cupcakes Strawberry Ice Cream Brownie Cupcakes Box of Chocolate Cupcakes  Cherry Limeade Cupcakes Blackberry Vanilla Cupcakes Vanilla Cupcakes Strawberry Cupcakes

Lovely Layer Cakes

Layer cakes are one of my absolute favorite things to bake. These are some of my favorites! Devil’s Food White Out Cake Chocolate Candy Cane Cake Andrew’s First Birthday Cake Pumpkin Cake with Butterscotch Filling Reese’s Cup Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Strawberry Mirror Cake Dark & White Chocolate Layer Cake S’mores Cake Boston Cream Pie […]

Roasted Turkey Roulade

For Christmas this year I received many wonderful cooking- and baking-related gifts, and I am SOOOO excited to use every single one of them.  My brother Davy bought me the newest Ina Garten cookbook, Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics, and just flipping through it I quickly determined that I want to try almost every recipe […]