I recently did a fun little Q&A on my instagram story, telling people to ask me any kind of questions they had about Cedrik (my fiancé) and I. Someone asked if we could make video where Cedrik bakes and I tell him what to bake, and it actually turned out to be quite the challenge, …
Category: Cake
Matcha Green Tea Cupcakes
It has been a while since I've written a blog post, and it’s because I’ve been working on a new series called Baking Basics, where I break down some super crucial, yet often overlooked tips when it comes to baking. The first five episodes are all about baking the perfect cake, and the sixth episode …
Lavender Blueberry Cake
I’ve come to realize the simpler things in life, are often the most awe-inspiring. Lately, I’ve been experimenting a lot with “painted” cakes -- using coloured buttercream, and smearing it on to the cake as if it’s a canvas. I keep finding inspiration in flowers, and this time I stumbled upon a tin of culinary …
Easter Mini Egg Coconut Cupcakes
Easter is coming up, and I've recently been snacking on a lot of Cadbury's mini eggs, and if you've never heard of those, it's milk chocolate in the shape of a mini egg, and coated in a candy coating. I've decided I want to make a little egg nest for a topper on my cupcakes, …
Buttercream Flower Valentine’s Cake
Hello beautiful people! Some of you may know that I do cake orders and make custom cakes for people in the area, so even though I mostly have free reign over my cake designs, I still have to follow a theme. Every once in a while, I make a cake all for myself and I …
Matcha Pistachio (Pusheen) Cake
So my last recipe (Matcha Almond Joy (Coconut Macaroon Recipe)) has matcha in it, and this weeks recipe/tutorial is also very full of matcha! What can I say? I am obsessed with, and LOVE the taste of matcha. Matcha and coconut are a wonderful pairing, but matcha and pistachio is basically a match(a) made in …
The Cake Design Process
Hello friends! I haven't been posting recently since I've been doing a lot less recipe development, and a whole lot more cake designing, so I thought I'd write a post about my whole process behind designing a cake. Everything starts with an idea, of course. Usually my client will come to me with a few …
Marbled Blueberry Cheesecake
If you couldn't tell, I love cheesecake. I've made chocolate hazelnut cheesecake, cheesecake pops with almonds, matcha, and rose pistachio, but this time I'm going back to basics and presenting you with a classic and super simple cheesecake recipe... blueberry cheesecake!! If you want to omit the blueberries because you're a blueberry hater, you …
Chai Chiffon Cake Recipe
I always seem to have at least five or more egg yolks in my fridge at a time since I'm always making Italian meringue buttercream, which as you might know, requires A LOT of egg whites. I usually make leche flan in order to use up those egg yolks, but in order to change things …
Lemon Raspberry Drip Cake
This buttercream cake is made with layers of luscious lemon cake, sweet raspberry buttercream, and covered in gold drips. Pretty and delicious!
