Last week my three-year-old niece, Ellie, spent a couple of days with me. She has come to learn that when she goes to Aunt Michelle’s house she will usually get to do some sort of baking or decorating project. I […]
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Give Momma Some Sugar!
News Flash: Sunday is Mother’s Day! Maybe I am the only mother on the planet who needs that reminder but for some reason Mother’s Day always seems to sneak up on me each year. I am usually late getting cards […]
Summer Dreamin’ with Key Lime Cake
The winters in the north seem to last forever some years. This happens to be one of those years. As I look out the window at yet another falling of snow, I am anxiously counting the days until my upcoming […]
Decorating 101 – Using Decorating Bags
No kitchen should be without a decorating bag. Not only are they a requirement for anyone who does cake decorating but they are useful for so many other aspects of cooking. Filling pastries, piping whipped butter, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, […]
2010 Gingerbread House Part 3 – Assembly
Last week we baked gingerbread and made icing so this week it is time to put it all together. In this final entry of my gingerbread house series I will explain the basic technique of assembling your gingerbread house and […]
2010 Gingerbread House Part 2 -Recipes
As promised, today I am going to share with you the recipes I used to create my gingerbread house. Click here to read Part 1. I’ll start with the icing. You have to use an icing that dries very hard […]