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Tips for Making Dark Buttercream: Black, Red, or Navy
Dark buttercream can make cakes and cupcakes look so stylish and sophisticated, but it can be so tricky to achieve. Colors like black, red, and navy can be very difficult to make with buttercream, but with a few tips and…
How to Use Leftover Buttercream
You’ve made a massive batch of buttercream to cover your cake or frost your cupcakes. Unfortunately, now you’re saddled with a decent amount of extra frosting. It seems too wasteful to just throw it out, so what options do you…
Chocolate and Honey Cupcakes
Chocolate and Honey Cupcakes are beautiful, delicious, and easy to make. Honey flavored cake topped with a swirl of chocolate and honey frosting gets topped with a piece of homemade honeycomb. This recipe is a unique flavor combination that you…
Christopher’s Healthy Zucchini Bread
Zucchini bread. These days, I feel like zucchini bread recipes are as popular and common as banana bread. This loaf is phenomenal because you get to enjoy a slightly sweet quick bread with some whole grains, veggies, and wonderful walnuts! …
Bobalki: A Traditional Slovak Recipe
The winter holidays are my favorite time of the year. These days, Christmas is not complete without traditional Slovak breads, kolache and bobalki. Bobalki are sweet bread balls that are steamed and tossed with honey and poppy seeds. Check out…
Eggnog Cake with Rum Frosting for the Holidays
Eggnog is, by far, one of my favorite flavors of the season. The moment I see those glorious jugs of thick, holiday nog hit the shelves, I’m in the holiday spirit. This year, I decided I needed to find a…
9 Cake Tools Every Home Baker Needs
The average home baker may think that baking and decorating professional looking cakes is just impossible. Every time you try, it ends up looking like something off of a Buzzfeed Pinterest fail list. I can almost guarantee you that’s because…
Scandinavian Baking: Cardamom Coffee Braid
Once upon a time, I got to take a fantastic baking class at my local community college. My Scandinavian Baking class had so many delicious recipes to choose from, but I was immediately drawn to this Cardamom Coffee Braid. I…
10 Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes With a Twist
There are few things in life better than a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie. But sometimes it’s nice to try a variation of this classic dessert. Here are ten chocolate chip cookie recipes that are anything but boring, plus a…
Salted Caramel Cake with a Caramel Chocolate Drip
Sweet and salty has long been one of the top combinations for any treat or snack. My salted caramel cake recipe nails this delicious duo. Salted caramel frosting lightly covers a caramel cake with a caramel chocolate ganache filling for…
