Christmas Spice Cake with Eggnog Buttercream: How I Finally Stopped Messing This Up Okay, so Christmas spice cake with eggnog buttercream is one of those desserts I saw on Pinterest like five years ago and thought “that looks impossible.” All…
Gingerbread House Recipe: My Journey from Total Disaster to Christmas Hero So here’s the truth—I avoided making a gingerbread house for YEARS because I thought it was way too hard and only people on HGTV could pull it off. But…
Bûche de Noël: My Journey to Not Totally Messing Up This French Christmas Cake Okay, so here’s the thing about Bûche de Noël—I avoided making it for YEARS because it just seemed so fancy and complicated. Like, who am I…
Introduction Okay, so here’s the thing—I was standing in my kitchen last Tuesday night, staring into the fridge like it owed me money, and all I wanted was something warm and cozy that wouldn’t take three hours to make. You know that feeling?…
So I’ve been obsessed with London Fog lattes for like two years now, and last month I thought… why isn’t there a cake version of this? Turns out there IS, and I’ve been making it non-stop ever since. My kitchen smells like a fancy tea shop…
Black Velvet Cake (My Kitchen Looked Like a Coal Mine) So everyone’s obsessed with red velvet cake, right? But have you seen black velvet cake? It’s basically red velvet’s cooler, more dramatic sibling. And honestly? It tastes way better. I first made this for Halloween last year, and…
Mocha Brownies with Coffee Frosting (Because Regular Brownies Are Boring) Okay, so I burned these twice before getting them right. Twice. The first time, I got distracted by my cat knocking over a plant (long story), and the second time……
Look, I’m gonna be honest—this sugar cookie cheesecake has ruined regular cheesecake for me. I made it for Christmas last year and now my family refuses to let me make plain cheesecake ever again. They’re like “where are the sprinkles?”…
Everyone keeps asking for this funfetti pound cake recipe, so here goes nothing. I’ve made this cake probably ten times in the last two months for various birthday parties, and it’s gotten to the point where my kids just expect it whenever we have people over. The…
Okay, so I’ve made these mocha cupcakes with espresso buttercream like eight times in the past month and I’m still not sick of them. That’s saying something because I usually get bored of recipes after making them twice. The first…