If there was any talent or a skill in the world that you could have, what would you choose? Personally I would have a hard time choosing between killer dance moves, and drawing. I actually had to take Drawing 101 as part of my degree requirement in college, and let me tell you I was LUCKY to get a B in that class. I thought I would fail it for sure. I’m pretty sure I got a B only because I tried so hard, but the truth of the matter is that I’m just not that good at drawing. T

I’m still the Cookie Monster this week, if you can believe that. (And of course still a little bit of Charlotte.) It’s more evident now than ever in the cake I made for this week. It’s actually an excellent blend of the two characters now that I think about it. My birthday was earlier this month, and I have to admit that I was in a god-awful mood about it. So much so that I didn’t even bother about making my own birthday cake, which as most of you know by now is my absolute f

Happy 4th of July, everyone! I hope you are out celebrating with your loved ones instead of scrolling, but in case you are scrolling for whatever reason, I hope to afford you a bit of eye candy with this super delicious red, white, and blue themed angel food cake. Isn’t she beautiful? Believe it or not this is the very first angel food cake that I’ve ever made. And while I was reading about all the different issues that people have had with this cake, I learned a tip about an

Have you learned a new skill in this last year? I’m trying to make sure that my entire time in quarantine hasn’t been a complete waste by reading tons of books, making time to catch up with friends, and even running and doing yoga on (rare) occasion! One of my girlfriends is learning the trombone right now in her free time, another one turned her jewelry making hobby into an actual business and is partnering with retailers in her area to sell her products (I’m a big fan of Th

I’m at that weird point during the year where I’m posting Mardi Gras stuff and every other bakery on the planet is shoving hearts and chocolates down my throat. Since Mardi Gras is basically canceled this year (even though I am faithfully listening to my New Orleans jazz radio station like it’s going out of style), I guess I’m at the “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” stage. The Man Candy has been calling this weekend a powerhouse weekend: Chinese New Year was on Friday (we at

Happy Epiphany! Or, well, ya know, belated Epiphany (it was on Jan. 6). Not sure what you call it - or if you even celebrate it - but Epiphany marks the day when the Three Wise Men (kings) arrived to bestow gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh on the newborn Jesus. Epiphany also goes by King’s Day, Three King’s Day, 12th Night OR 12th Day depending on if you start counting the 12 days of Christmas ON Christmas, or on the day after Christmas, but where I come from it’s known

My immediate family and I used to take very long car trips to visit our other family members when I was younger. And when you’re in the car with the same 3 people for 10 hours on end, you can only have so much conversation and can only listen to the same CDs so many times, which means we often found ourselves scanning the radio stations for something even remotely worth listening to. (Country music has always been and will always be forbidden, just FYI. We were to sit in sile