What does leftover night look like in your house? In mine, leftover night happens with frequency. Not because I cook that often, but because I only know how to cook for an army. And I’m only one woman, so if I cook for an army on Tuesday, I’m eating leftovers for lunch and dinner on Wednesday, lunch on Thursday (but not dinner because I’d need a break from whatever I cooked - I thoroughly epitomize the phrase “variety is the spice of life” when it comes to eating). I would st

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

Nothing inspires my creativity like the last minute. Usually I like to be the person who is ahead of the game and is set up for success, but lately more often than not I’m running behind on my baking projects and have to change direction because, well… I just don’t feel like it. I blame it on the exercise. That’s right. Every time I hit the gym, I don’t want to do anything else for the rest of the day. No cooking, no cleaning, no baking. But when one of my bartender gal pals

Episode 2: On a Roll Welcome back to Baking and Boozing! I am so excited to present today’s dessert and cocktail pairing: Pistachio Roulade with a Raspberry Vodka Lemonade. These flavors are light and refreshing and are the perfect entrance into spring. Try them out as soon as you can and let me know what you think! Pistachio Roulade Ingredients 4 eggs 130g sucrose 70g pistachio flour 60g AP flour 5g vanilla extract 2 tbsp. warm water green gel food coloring 10-15 raspberries

I just lived through an unbelievably crazy, utterly bizarre, absolute whirlwind of a week. It felt like a full month though. (Seriously, I told someone to ‘have a great weekend’ on Tuesday 🤦🏻‍♀️) The events of this past week… well, legally I can’t tell you about them just yet (everything is fine! Don’t freak out!), but because of the craziness that happened this week, I am now inspired to try several different types of cake decorating styles. I will make my way through them

Inspiration comes to me from all corners of the world. This week, one of my girlfriends from Book Club unwittingly inspired me to make this creation for another friend of mine. A while back, I asked some of my girlfriends to send me photos of cakes they thought were interesting/cool/creative/unique. As someone who stares at photos of extremely talented cake artists’ masterpieces all day, I was wondering a) what are other people looking at all day, and b) what types of cake do

What’s your favorite smell on the entire planet? Whatever it is, I want you to think about it intently, maybe even close your eyes to really imagine it fully, and get a good sense of it in your head. Now, let me ask you… is your favorite smell also your favorite taste? For those of you who answered with things like freshly cut grass, gasoline (there are a few of us out there who like that scent), and new car smell - I really hope you said no ;) For those who answered with thi

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Now that I got that song stuck in your head, I have to share that I've learned some pretty valuable lessons this week. I went on a business trip to the beautiful, snowy Park City, right outside of Salt Lake City, UT. I had some highs and some lows, and when I got back to the island I learned a few more lessons. All of it plays into today’s cake, so bear with me. First I learned not to take on a moose. Seriously, I did. We encounter

This week concludes my spooky photo series, and next week will kick off my official holiday mode baking, and I have to admit that I am SO excited. But while I can still let the spookiness of Halloween linger I definitely will. This is why I started learning all about a celebration that takes place shortly after Halloween and allows some of the themes of Halloween to continue. To start with I’m not really going to explain all of the intricacies of the origins of Halloween (and

Yes I said Dead. That’s because I killed it. With glass. (Such a great Halloween treat!!) Actually I’m killing it by refusing to make Red Velvet ever again. Let me explain: Do you ever perform social experiments on the people around you just to see what will happen? (Please, oh please, say yes because there have been far too many weird things in my life that I’ve chalked up as someone trying to see “what happens if…” at my expense.) I’ve certainly done a few to try to underst