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This week’s obsession: Eggnog Tart

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Dec 15, 2019
5 min

This week’s obsession: Eggnog Tart

Are you one of the many people who shudder (or gag) at the word "eggnog"? I’m not, but I know a fair few who do. It is a pretty revolting name if you ask me. Since I grew up flat out refusing to eat eggs because I thought they were gross (seriously, sometimes the word “eggs” is still enough to make my stomach turn. But I’m working on it.), eggnog always sounded like a nightmare drink when I was a kid. (I can hear Juliet now, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Ye

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This week’s obsession: Cookie Butter

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Nov 17, 2019
5 min

This week’s obsession: Cookie Butter

I want to start off by saying that I was not sponsored by Biscoff Cookie Butter™ for this post, but boy wouldn’t life be grand if I was? How does that even work, food sponsorships? Do I get a lifetime supply of the product just for writing about it? I'd love that! Can I get a Popeye’s Biscuits™ sponsorship while I’m at it? (Ok, ok, Popeye’s Chicken™ too. And Popeye's Red Beans and Rice™ of course.) Pardon me for a moment while I get lost in an elaborate and extremely specific

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This week’s obsession: Halloween & Dia de Los Muertos

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Nov 3, 2019
5 min

This week’s obsession: Halloween & Dia de Los Muertos

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

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This week’s obsession: Dead Velvet Cake

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Oct 27, 2019
6 min

This week’s obsession: Dead Velvet Cake

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

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This week’s obsession: The Ghosts Among Us

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Oct 20, 2019
4 min

This week’s obsession: The Ghosts Among Us

Y’all, things got kinda out of hand the other night... In all honesty, I already felt bad for chopping up this cute little lady ghost of mine to serve for dessert, but then she ended up with a knife in her head/whole body and I actually felt the need to apologize. To a cake. ::facepalm:: One of my guests even turned her cute little smiley face into a frown to reflect the seriousness of the situation, which only increased my desire to apologize. It was a mess. I guess I should

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This week’s obsession: Kissing the Summer Goodbye

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Sep 29, 2019
3 min

This week’s obsession: Kissing the Summer Goodbye

I’ve heard several times that spilling your drink at a party is the adult equivalent of dropping your ice cream cone as a kid (although really I guess I should just stop spilling my drink so I don't hear that comparison anymore). But honestly, I don’t know which one hurts my heart worse. I guess that’s why I see this dropped ice cream cone cake as a bittersweet reminder that summer has come to an end (for some places) and it’s time to move on to the next. In this case, “the n

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This week’s obsession: Cake Drips

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Sep 1, 2019
3 min

This week’s obsession: Cake Drips

What an appetizing title, amiright??! I actually do wish there was a better name for the drip method, perhaps something that’s a little more chic and appealing, but for now it is what it is and it is a drip. Which up until yesterday, I’ve done a pretty poor job of doing. The drip method is a really pretty way to top off a cake with an extra punch of deliciousness and #eyecandy (and in this case, #candy candy). However, it has to be done correctly otherwise it’s a visual disas

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This week’s obsession: Birthdays, Birthdays all Around!

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Aug 25, 2019
3 min

This week’s obsession: Birthdays, Birthdays all Around!

Ok, so it’s not my birthday anymore. My birthday was a week and a half ago, but because I was so enthralled with the Fairy Cake that one of my clients ordered, I never got around to creating my own birthday deliciousness. On Friday, it was one of my favorite coworker’s (aka work husband) birthday but I selfishly woke up chomping at the bit to make my own birthday cake (don’t worry, I’ll make his next week!) #cakebacklog Every year I make myself a birthday cake, typically usin

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This week’s obsession: Color Hack!

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Aug 18, 2019
3 min

This week’s obsession: Color Hack!

I am so excited to share this color hack that I JUST learned about (and really wish I had known years ago!!) because it fixes an issue that I thought I just had to live with because of my bougie preferences. Ok, let me back up because I’m getting ahead of myself. Here’s what you need to know: I am all about using quality ingredients to ensure that my products taste good, therefore I REFUSE to use shortening in my icing. Period. Sure it tastes fine in a grocery store cake, but

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This week’s obsession: Lilikoi and Fault Lines (Part 2)

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Aug 4, 2019
3 min

This week’s obsession: Lilikoi and Fault Lines (Part 2)

It turns out that I have a lot more to say about how delicious lilikoi is. So to start with, make sure you read my first post about HERE. Next I want to show you how delicious lilikoi macarons are. I mean just look at those little babies! OMG so good. So yummy. So elusive. I’m not kidding, I have yet to see lilikoi in a grocery store, so I really have no idea how I’m ever going to make these again. Which is a shame because I could eat these all day long. It um, actually got t

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This week’s obsession: Lemons

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Jul 28, 2019
4 min

This week’s obsession: Lemons

Oh how I adore a classic lemon tart: that crumbly, lightly sweetened almond flour outer shell filled to the brim with a creamy, lemony center sometimes topped with fresh whipped cream and strawberries or maybe a toasted meringue… aaaaand I’m drooling. I probably get my appreciation for lemons from my dad, who isn’t into sweets AT ALL but always got a lemon meringue pie from his mother on his birthday. Or it could be because my mom used to feed me lemons when I was a baby beca

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This week’s obsession: Lilikoi and Fault Lines

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Jul 21, 2019
4 min

This week’s obsession: Lilikoi and Fault Lines

Have you ever tasted lilikoi before? You’re probably shaking your head no, rolling your eyes, and thinking something like, “I can’t even pronounce that, much less taste it.” But odds are that you have (and you can: LILY-coy) and for those of you in the know, it’s delicious. When I first moved here, I stayed at a hotel that was across the street from this incredible French pastry shop that smelled just like my school (shout out to the French Pastry School for being the very be

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This week’s obsession: Kitchen Etiquette

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Jul 15, 2019
6 min

This week’s obsession: Kitchen Etiquette

I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaack!!! So sorry for abandoning you with no warning – I flew off island for two glorious weeks to attend weddings, kiss babies, and bask in the love and support of my incredible family and friends. While I was off enjoying my life, I did just a tad bit of baking: a wedding cake for one of my dearest friends. Flying in with just a limited amount of equipment made it a little challenging but it was nothing earth shattering. I did, however, encounter a situation

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This week’s obsession: The Simple Things

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Jun 30, 2019
5 min

This week’s obsession: The Simple Things

I know that I tend to create off the wall desserts (Spicy Chocolate, anyone?) and try out designs that I think are unique more than I create classic flavors and designs, so you might not really believe that I’m the type of person who enjoys “simple and uncomplicated”, but at the end of the day the things that make me happiest are in fact very simple. For instance, I’m composing this blog post at 6:15am while sipping coffee on my lanai. It’s quiet, there is no breeze blowing,

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This week’s obsession: Accomplishments

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Jun 23, 2019
4 min

This week’s obsession: Accomplishments

This has been a week of accomplishments! At work, I was able to make a decision that brought a close to the turmoil of the last few weeks and made me feel more at peace. Also this week my man candy flew off to Brazil and finished his bucket list goal of running a marathon on all seven continents (CONGRATULATIONS!!!) and is officially both the most inspiring and craziest person that I know! <3 Also there was this. A friend of mine ordered her birthday cake from me as a present

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This week’s obsession: Over the Top Brownies

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Jun 16, 2019
3 min

This week’s obsession: Over the Top Brownies

It’s confession time, kids. I am a chocoholic. #MEGASHOCKER Just in case you couldn’t tell that from my Instagram feed, chocolate is my favorite. Seriously, I will try to find a way to incorporate chocolate into everything. I’ve even gone so far as to dip bacon in chocolate because how could that be bad!? (SPOILER: It’s not bad, just not impressive. It tastes just like bacon dipped in chocolate. No flavor melds or anything.) So when it comes time for me to eat my feelings, (O

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This week's obsession: Diets – and Why Yours Makes Me Sad!

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Jun 9, 2019
5 min

This week's obsession: Diets – and Why Yours Makes Me Sad!

I invited a few people over for Taco Tuesday this week, and by the time Monday night came to an end I had NO PLANS for dessert. It was like my whole world was turned upside down. How could I not have a plan for the most important meal of the day?! As I was lying awake that night, panicking about not having a dessert already made, much less even an idea of what to make, I remembered that I had heavy whipping cream AND sweetened condensed milk in the house. An anomaly for sure!

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This week's obsession: Cake Art

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Jun 2, 2019
2 min

This week's obsession: Cake Art

Ok, tell me honestly – who is your favorite cake artist? (If you don’t have one, you can totally put my name in the comments - I will act so surprised and will actually be really flattered). Personally I’m a big fan of Ron Ben-Israel, Maggie Austin (an FPS graduate like me!), and Chef Marina Sousa. I was lucky enough to take a 4 day cake design workshop that Chef Marina taught at The French Pastry School a few years after I graduated. It was the perfect excuse to go back to o

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This week’s obsession: Spicy Chocolate

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May 19, 2019
3 min

This week’s obsession: Spicy Chocolate

Spicy peppers in chocolate has got to be one of my favorite flavor combinations! (Ok who are we kidding? I love most dessert flavor combinations. That’s why I’m here.) The richness of the chocolate is beautifully enhanced by the slight heat of the spices which creates an unbeatable flavor experience, IMHO. My only complaint is that every time I present a spicy chocolate anything, there’s always someone in the group who tells me that he could have taken waaaaaaay more spice in

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This week's obsession: Bourbon Caramel

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May 12, 2019
2 min

This week's obsession: Bourbon Caramel

Oooooh yeah, I said it: Bourbon. Caramel. It tastes just as decadent as it sounds, too. Trust me. I used this deliciousness three times in two weeks, and all I can say is W.O.W. Originally I made this caramel for a special order cake – Kentucky derby themed (hence the horseshoe and the sugar roses on top). The client gave me no specifics for the cake flavors, only that she wanted something to bring to her Kentucky derby party, but I just had to work some Bourbon into it to st

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