Birthday Cakes

Crème Anglaise & Coconut Crème Anglaise

Aug 5, 2016

Egg yolks. Lonely and leftover from angel food cake making. They're practically begging to be...

Aug 1, 2016

One kitchen tool Williams-Sonoma has yet to color-coordinate and over-market: angel food cake...

Oct 9, 2015

In the late 1990's after I had assisted one of her baking classes at Draeger's in Menlo Park, Flo...

May 15, 2015

When I want chocolate cake, nothing else will do. I'll wait for it, in fact, I've been waiting for...

May 1, 2015

Below is my recipe for blackberry buttercream, the one my daughter mounded atop our white cupcakes...

Apr 30, 2015

My daughter loves to bake almost as much as I do, and cupcakes are her favorite. I've got several...

Dec 12, 2013

Moist, chocolatey, and fantastic on its own, even without frosting, Miette's double chocolate cake...

Dec 31, 2012

I’ve made Magnolia’s chocolate cupcakes for second birthdays, third birthdays, fourth birthdays,...

Apr 25, 2011

Usually I'm not so "Martha", but I have an enthusiastic 8 year old who's got me digging around in...

Jul 29, 2008

I finally got serious about home baked chocolate cupcakes and tried the recipe from Meg Ray that...