Hot, Hot, HOT

That's how the weather's been around here lately... Lesson learned: If the dew point is above 62%, do not decorate cakes of ANY kind without airconditioning.

Last weekend I got to celebrate the 1st birthday of a very special little boy, Benjamin Henri, son of my pretty friend Michele! The party, like Ben's nursery, was jungle-themed.

The cake was three tiers, all crumbcoated in vanilla frosting and covered/decorated in fondant. Top two tiers were chocolate, middle with a strawberry filling, and bottom tier was vanilla. A little smash cake was also made for the birthday boy.

Ben got some help blowing out the candle from Mom & Dad -

And despite the scorching temps, dessert was enjoyed by all!

A very hearty Thank You! to my lovey, Kim, for her assistance in icing, rolling and general ledge talking.

Every Heart Beats True

...for my red, white & blue trifle!


Layers of angel food cake, vanilla pudding and fresh berries, topped with Cool Whip and a "festive" American flag. This thing went FAST!



I had a wonderful 4th of July weekend with family and friends, good food and fun fireworks. I hope you all did too!

“There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than bad sex.”

That Billy Joel is a wise, wise man. ;)

So anyway... This is Jess!

Jess and I met at work about three years ago, bonded over some mutual life experiences and are now fast friends. (Our doggies are also fast friends of course!)

For her 28th birthday, I made a little GF (gluten-free) cake. 6" square, raspberry with strawberry raspberry jam and peanut butter filling! Crumbcoated in the PB buttercream then covered and decorated in fondant. When cut, this cake actually looked like a big PB&J sandwich. (Sorry for the lack of inside pics...) It tasted yummy too - you couldn't even tell it was GF!

I know Jess wasn't looking forward to turning 28, but I also know that this year has wonderful things in store for her!

Fuchsia & Navy

These were the shower colors for the cake I did on Sunday. Love!

The blushing bride is a friend of my friend Jess, so it really was a special pleasure to do this cake.


The cake itself was white, filled and crumbcoated with vanilla buttercream, then covered in white fondant.

Jess and I worked together closely on the details, and she even made ALL the accompanying cupcakes! We agreed on an alternating color scheme - navy ribbon and fuchsia flowers for the cake and fuchsia liners with navy monogram accents for the cupcakes!

The flower topper was dark pink peonies, white and light pink campanula and dark pink waxflower. It was so dreamy and romantic, and perfectly paired with the more straightlaced navy. The navy monogram accents were made from stamped fondant and hand cut - quite a process but I was very pleased with the results.

The shower was held in the beautiful home of a family friend, and I'm told a wonderful time was had by all.

Here's the bride, enjoying one of Jess's cupcakes!

Baking for the cause

Meet Erin and her furbaby Hillary.

Erin is a wonderful friend and all-around ecotastic girl. She hates cancer as much as I do, and in an effort to help me kick some cancer ass, she is hosting an e-bake sale & auction on her awesome blog, I Walk in this World. So stop by, bid on some treats, kick a little butt, rock my world - but be sure to stay, because Erin is definitely a daily must-read.

Oh, and I'm baking to help!

DELICIOUS Chocolate Chip Blondies (2-dozen) and as a bonus, they are Weight Watchers-friendly and only 3 Points per bar! They also freeze well and will make a yummy warm-weather frozen treat.

Bid early and bid often! The auction closes tomorrow at 5 PM!

Congratulations, Kel & Mike Glass!

My wonderful nutmegger friend Kelly got engaged back in January. Her boyfriend Mike (forever dubbed Mr. Glass since she moved to CT to be near him before any of us had even met him!) popped the question atop the Empire State Building in NYC, thereby making an honest woman out of her. ;)

Kel and I, along with the rest of our fearsome foursome Lisa and Michele, used to work together at an advertising agency in Boston. (Kel and I even started on the same day! We used to meet in the ladies room lounge to dish about everyone else. The "photographer," anyone? Wooden beds?) Since she moved eleventy billion years ago, she has come back up to MA to visit us (and, um, her family) but we have never made the trip down to see her. Until now!

What says "Happy Engagement!" more than Tiffany-blue? (The answer: Not much.)

This was my first fondant cake outside of cake class. (Hi Courtney! Hi Cheryl! Miss you guys!) I used a 6" pan, since only 4 of us would be eating it. White cake with strawberry buttercream. The week leading up to our CT mini road trip was kind of a disaster, so I baked on Wednesday night, frosted and made the bow on Thursday, tinted the fondant on Friday, and woke up early Saturday (thanks to Miz Keely) to finish the decorating. Clearly I'm going to have to come up with a better system!

The snowflake cake plate was a Christmas prezzie from my lovey, Kim, and came in really handy for the drive. A regular (rounded) plate would have wobbled too much, and as we (read: Cheryl) learned in cake class, you can't put fondant bows in airtight cake carriers!

Congrats again, Kel! Mad Phat Girliez 4-eva. ♥