My mom and dad just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. To celebrate, the family and close friends went out for dinner, then back to the house to renew their vows and eat cake! Of course, my job was to make the cake. I got my inspiration from the front cover of “The Wilton School – [...]
Hubby decided that he wanted a pool party for his 25th birthday this year – problem is, his birthday’s in January. I decided to make a cake to go along with his wintry theme and decided to do penguins. This was my first time working with fondant (I used it to mold the penguins). It [...]
Wanting to bring a special dessert to this year’s Thanksgiving with the in-laws, I broke out my Southern Living Cookbook and finally narrowed it down to either the Orange-Pecan-Spice Pound Cake or the Chocolate Velvet Pound Cake. The Chocolate Velvet won, since neither Hubby nor I felt like running to the store to pick up [...]
This recipe goes with Chocolate Velvet Pound Cake. INGREDIENTS: 1 (12-oz) package semisweet chocolate morsels 1/2 cup whipping cream 3 Tbs butter DIRECTIONS: Microwave chocolate morsels and whipping cream in a 2-quart glass bowl at MEDIUM (50% power) 2 1/3 – 3 minutes or until morsels begin to melt. Whisk until smooth. Whisk in butter, [...]
When Hubby’s office had their annual Thanksgiving party, he signed me up to make a dessert. In keeping with the season, I chose to do a pumpkin cake, although I did cheat and use canned frosting since I was so short on time! INGREDIENTS: 2 cups white sugar 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil 1 tsp [...]
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