Romantical Considerations

I guess it's all due to the month of love, because I have been really busy whipping up love-themed cakes. Of course, it never hurts that the celebration of the many forms of love is a great reason for dessert.

Congratulations, Maggie and Mark, on your impending nuptuals!

February Birthdays...

at Covenant Classical School require vanilla buttermilk cakes with espresso pastry cream, mocha buttercream, and chocolate-covered espresso beans, just for fun.

Happy Valentine's Day!

"There is no remedy for love but to love more."

- Henry David Thoreau

The Big Tumblebus, It Is'a Comin' Down The Street

And it's for Isaac. All a brand new four-year-old needs is chocolate cake with orange frosting and a travling gymnastics bus. Pretty exciting.

A few weeks ago, I began working on what I will entitle "Adrian's Baking Projects". ABP #1, individual pavlovas. They were perfect. Lightly sweetened and crisp meringue cups filled with chantilly cream and topped with sugared fruit. Mmm, the sweet taste of success.

You can certainly order any of the baking projects I'm working on this spring, or if you'd like, feel inspired to go out and make your own. There's no time like the present for creating delicious dishes in the kitchen that everyone will enjoy!

Hoping for an Early Spring

For a few weeks in December and January, us North Texans had some unusually cold weather. I believe it had most of us hoping for an early spring. We had a hint of spring last week, just in time to be enjoyed with a light, but flavorful Vanilla Bean cake with smooth and tart luscious lemon cream filling and light lemon buttercream.
Simple and fresh, this cake can truly be enjoyed any time of year. It is an especially delicious cake and perfect for anyone looking for a change from chocolate.

Pregnant Mommies Love Cake

And so do their friends and co-workers who come together to celebrate with rattles, blankies, and pretty food. I feel like showers are some of the best opportunities to serve the kind of treats we used to admire at tea parties. If only we still had tea parties...

This is the 12-inch, very popular, double chocolate cake with ganache. The flowers and carriage are made with fondant.

There has been a lot of deep, dark chocolate to keep us happy during the holidays, but next week I'm baking up a hint of spring with a vanilla bean cake with luscious lemon cream filling. I'm also working on some new recipes and offerings and will, hopefully, be posting those here as well in the near future. Feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you would like to see!

Merry January Seventh!

Since I took a couple of weeks away from the computer for the holidays, I'll post two of the cakes I made in December. If your New Year's resolution is to celebrate Christmas all year long, these cakes might just help!

First, a festive red and green Christmas Eve cake perfectly fit for a grand celebration. Underneath the decoration, this is the very popular double chocolate cake with rich chocolate ganache. Who could resist?

Secondly, I have a rich and creamy flourless chocolate torte. Perfect alongside a cup of tea or espresso, you'll try to say no to this cake, but just continue to put it in your mouth anyway. Trust me.

If you haven't made a resolution for the new year, I think a great choice would be to celebrate more. Maybe you shouldn't eat a whole cake by yourself, but I'm sure you can think of a few reasons to gather your friends and family around the table to celebrate and enjoy a piece or two of something sweet. It's sure to be a yummy year.