As is tradition, I had the exciting task of making a birthday cake for my wonderful nephew. This year was a little different in that we aren’t gathering for a party due to the pandemic, and I was unable to get together with my SIL to create it. Thankfully, mother nature cooperated, and we were…
Category: Celebrations
Idle Miner Tycoon Birthday Cake + Nailed It Party
This year for my nephew’s birthday, he requested a really cool mashup – Idle Miner + Nailed It! Not ones to run from challenge, my MIL, SIL, and I created an epic party that was the perfect combination of both. It probably comes as no surprise that we were on our own for this one…
Dinosaur Jungle Island Birthday Cake
My niece is suddenly so grown up! Gone are the cutesy birthday parties. Instead, birthday girl requested a dinosaur party!Rawr! To create this cake, I baked two 9″ round chocolate cakes and two oval cakes, using the One Bowl recipe I love so much. I coated both in chocolate frosting, stacked them, and added pirouette…
Pink and Blue Gender Reveal Cake
A few weeks ago I was discussing a friend’s 18 week ultrasound. She didn’t want a big gender reveal party, but since this was the first time she and her husband had decided to find out their child’s gender before birth, she still wanted to do something more special than just having the technician tell…
Pikachu Birthday Cake
I couldn’t be more excited about my nephew’s choice in birthday theme this year – Pokemon, and a pikachu cake!As is tradition, my SIL and I made this together, and it was SO fun. To create pikachu, we baked 2 round cakes, one for pikachu’s head, and then we cut the other into his ears….
Easter Bunny Cake { keto, gluten free }
This year for Easter my mum jokingly told me I should bring a bunny cake, which is the dessert my brother and I often made for Easter as kids. Little did she know, I was going to take her up on that suggestion. 😂 This cake was as much fun to make as I remembered,…
Glittery Chocolate Retirement Cake
My mum recently retired, and to mark the occasion we set up a surprise celebration for immediately after her final shift. Not wanting to play into any of the traditional tacky retirement cake themes (fishing boats, knitting needles, sunsets, the list goes on) I decided that the best theme would simply be pure glee, and…
Hedgehog Cupcakes – Chocolate Gluten Free Cupcakes
Our niece turned three this month, and my sister-in-law and I continued with our wonderful tradition of making homemade birthday cakes for the kiddos. This year, the birthday ninja-princess chose a party theme of ‘baby animals’, and honed in on hedgehog cupcakes for dessert! Of all the different cakes we’ve made over the years, these…
🍋 Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake 🍋
One of my coworkers loves lemony treats, so every year for his birthday I’m tasked with whipping up a lemon flavored treat. Last year it was lemon poppy seed pound cake, the year prior lemon cookies, and the year before that, lemon poppy seed muffins. This year, he had a very specific request, complete with…
Fancy Naked Truffle Cake with Raspberry Icing
As I’ve mentioned about a million times, I do my best to bake something special for all of the birthdays at my office. This month, we had a particularly special birthday – the [total foodie] co-owner’s 50th – and I really wanted to try to hit one out of the park for her big day!…
Pumpkin Muffins (Low Carb, Dairy Free, Gluten Free) + Halloween Baby Shower Printables
Over the weekend we had the pleasure of throwing a surprise Halloween themed baby shower brunch for some dear friends of ours. We mostly stuck to standard breakfast fare, but because the new mom has some pretty specific dietary restrictions, we made sure the menu featured plenty of things she could enjoy, including these muffins….
Steampunk Cupcakes
When my husband’s aunts asked me to make cupcakes for my husband’s cousin’s bridal shower, I immediately agreed to it – I’m never one to turn down an opportunity to bake, and I’m certainly not going to turn down an opportunity for extravagant cake decorating! I will admit, however, that once I found out that…
Honey Bee Cupcakes
Are these not the cutest cupcakes ever? When my sister in law said that she wanted to do a Winnie the Pooh theme for my niece’s birthday, I knew honey bees had to be a part of it, but since we were already decorating a cake, we went a little simpler with the cupcakes… Thankfully…
Winnie the Pooh Birthday Cake
Just like in years past, my sister in-law and I came together to lovingly create a birthday cake for my niece. This time around, we made this super cute Winnie the Pooh bear cake and Honey Bee Cupcakes! This cake was a little less involved than some of the cakes we’ve attempted, but I still…
Extra-Dark Chocolate Low Carb Cupcakes (Gluten Free)
When we were celebrating my nephew’s birthday this spring, I didn’t want to leave my in-laws out of the dessert fun, and surprised them with a small batch of low carb cupcakes for a rare sweet escape! These are extra dark chocolatey and I’m a dark chocolate lover, so although I am not paying attention…