This cake was good. Really it was. But I have to be honest and tell you that I’m posting it less because it was a hands down heavenly dessert (I wouldn’t quite go that far) and more because of the fact that I am proud of myself for putting this together and not cracking the…
Category: cakes
Considering the relationships that many people have with their mother-in-law, I have to say I have it pretty good. But if there is one area I have to pick in life in which my mother-in-law and I get along the best, it would be desserts. Because as far as desserts go, we are just alike….
When I was younger I generally wanted nothing to do with the kitchen. My mom cooked a lot. We went out to eat occasionally, but mostly my mom cooked us dinners, trying to find things that satisfied everyone and occasionally trying to convince me to get in there and learn some stuff. And generally it…
When I was a kid regular old birthday cake never particularly appealed to me. I would enjoy the token piece, but really I preferred to just have a bowl of the ice cream. So I went through phases of different types of birthday cakes/desserts that strayed a bit from the traditional frosted yellow cake. There…
This past weekend Gerrit and I had dinner at my parents’ house, and when we were making the plans my mom asked me if I could whip something up for dessert. My first instant thought is that unless you are putting refrigerated cookies in the oven or making something having to do boxed pudding or…